Immigration Documentation time

The first stage is when the company formation is vetted to check if they have permission to hire foreigners and how many. It also goes to a specialist Committee to decide on whether the proposed hire is not taking a job from locally available talent, etc. If the company does not send in the right documents or there are queries, this stage can be prolonged. I think the Committee meets a couple of times a month. We also have a long weekend here (which also means the whole of this week has been affected by absences). It is impossible to say how long it will take, but up to 1 month is quite common (it has been known to take up to 3 months).

Stage 2 is when the company is given permission to offer the job to a foreigner and immigration then processes the application for a calling visa i.e. permission to enter Malaysia to take up the job. This is sent to the nearest Malaysian High Commission or Consultate. This will take about 2 weeks.

The employment pass is entered into the passport after arrival in Malaysia and takes 1-7 working days, depending how it is done e.g. with a runner, by the company officials themselves, by courier and collected, etc.

u must think twice f u wnt to come and work here.make sure tht ur going to work on tht company..otherwise ur going to suffer here..just advice

Hello alibell,

I didn't get you?

I got an offer from a very good MNC and the salary offered is also good. Just the stage 1 is taking time. Got reply from HR that  they have check with MDEC is still waiting for their approval.

ok  f u think thyre reliable go ahead...but b sure about tht,,good luck