EXPATRIATES SERVICES

Please be informed that effective 1 September 2017, the reclassification of Employment Passes (Category I, II and III), under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Home Affairs (KDN) and Immigration Department of Malaysia will commence as follows:

* Please note that final decisions on approval for all Employment Pass applications Category I, II and III will continue to be at the discretion of the Immigration Department of Malaysia. 

There are several agencies that are responsible for approving and supporting expatriate posts in the relevant sectors. Companies are facilitated according to their respective industry sectors: 

a) Companies that are regulated by an Approving Agency need to submit an approval letter from the relevant Agency for each Employment Pass application (Category I, II and III). 

b) Companies in sectors under the purview of a specific Regulatory Body are required to submit a supporting letter from the relevant Body for each Employment Pass application (Category I, II and III). 

For a list of Approving and Supporting Agencies, kindly refer to Annex A.