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IMPACT – MEDIUM
What is the change? Malaysia’s Multimedia Development Corporation has announced its holiday schedule for the Hari Raya Aidil Fitri (Eid al-Fitr) holiday in July.
What does the change mean? To avoid processing delays, applicants must take note of the scheduled office closures and submission cutoff dates.
Background: In celebration of the holiday immediately following the month of Ramadan, the e-Xpats Centre will be closed July 16-19, resuming work July 20. MDeC has announced the following deadlines for Stage 1 and 2 applications prior to the holiday:
Stage 2 applications received from June 19 onward will be processed without original passports for security reasons. Passport submission for Stage 2 processing will resume as normal on July 20. Applications submitted without an original passport must contain copies of the following pages of an applicant’s passport:
Note that the Stage 2 submission cutoff date only applies to MSC-status companies. The ICT-status companies may continue to file applications directly to the Immigration Unit as normal.
BAL Analysis: In order to avoid delays in processing time, employers are encouraged to submit applications according to the cutoff dates provided by the authorities.
This alert has been provided by the BAL Global Practice group and our network provider located in Malaysia. For additional information, please contact your BAL attorney.
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