Spouses' Job / Income Opportunity

VISAS FOR SPOUSES OF MALAYSIANS

The spouse programme which avails a one year work permit for all spouses of Malaysians is no longer in available and has been replaced by a less practical and more tedious procedure.

Spouses shall remain on a dependent’s visa which is actually a normal social visa with a maximum  of 6 months visa. If the spouse continues to stay on a dependent’s visa, the second term of renewal will also be only for another 6 months in the first year of their registered marriage in Malaysia. Applicants must have had their marriage registered with the Malaysian Registrar of Marriage regardless of whether they were married overseas.  Non- Muslim couples will have to get an additional Marriage Declaration from the national Registration Dept.  For a spouse to be on a dependent’s visa initially, the Malaysian partner will have to be drawing a salary to “sponsor” the “dependent”.  Only after  the initial first year will the next renewal be considered for a length of 1 year instead of the 6 months previously given.

WORK VISAS
Foreign husband/wife is permitted to work in Malaysia without having to change their Social Visit Pass to Employment Pass with condition of acquiring working approval from the Immigration Department.
The approval is in the form of endorsement and be given on the passport/travel document and entitles the holder to work in any legal profession. The permit can be applied at any time after or during the submission of the Social visit pass. This application must be made by the local sponsor company.  The results of the application  will be out within 2 weeks  of submission.