The Expatriate Services Division (ESD) of the Immigration Department of Malaysia has announced that it has revised the simplified document requirements for Personal Visit Pass (PVP) applications which it previously announced on August 12, 2024.
Effective August 20, 2024, the general documents required for each PVP application have been reduced from 13 items to 6 as below:
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In the previous revision, a security bond was only valid from Chinese or Bangladeshi nationalities, and all other nationalities required a personal bond.
The following documents are no longer required:
- Bank Guarantee
- Offer Letter
- Acceptance Letter
- Job Description
- Working Schedule
- Academic Certificate
- Updated Resume
Once deployed, updated sample documents and the updated ESD Online Guidebook will be available in the ESD Online for user reference.
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