Hello All,
I just joined the forum today and so am as new to this as it can be. First let me introduce myself. I am a 43 year old Indian doctor (radiologist) by profession have been living in USA since 2001. I live with my beautiful wife who is a home maker and a 9 year old son. My son has been diagnosed with moderate grade autism and severe ADHD. We have tried a lot of treatments for him including ABA therapy, biomedical treatment, homeopathy and ayurveda but have not seen any appreciable improvement. Out of desperation (as I am sure a parent can understand) we contacted a medical astrologer to see if any thing else can help our son and he suggested a change in place would realign his stars and may cause improvement in his health (not sure how far it is going to help). Hence out of desperation we have decided to try it. One of the places he had suggested was Malaysia and so thats how I ended up coming to this forum.
We are thinking of moving to Kuala Lumpur. We visited KL in December to look around the city. We stayed in Bukit Bintang and visited Bangsar, Brickfield and Mont Kiara. We really liked the city. It looked like a great cosmopolitan city with a good mix of all ethnicity and culture.
Before we move further, we had a few questions for which we would like help and suggestions:
1. I know that there are many options for expats, but in my case (doctor practicing in america) - is MM2H the best option?
2. I was planning to continue to work in america for atleast couple more years while my wife and son move to malaysia. In MM2H- can I do that? Even though the visa is in my name, can I still stay in America while my spouse (indian citizen) and son (american citizen) move to Malaysia?
3. If I continue to earn around 300,000 USD a year and show pay checks for that, do I need to make a preliminary deposit in malaysian bank or dont have to?
4. MM2H paperwork- Is the paperwork for applying simple enough that I can do it myself or do I need to get an agent?
Sorry for long message but am kinda lost right now and would appreciate any guidance in this regard.
Thanks