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PASSPORT SUBMISSION TO EMGS DURING MCO 3.0

 

1.     PURPOSE:
 
1.1.   Senior Minister (Security Cluster), Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob made an announcement on 22nd May 2021 that the Malaysian Government has introduced a stricter Movement Control Order (MCO) from 25th May 2021.

1.2.   EMGS would like to provide an update to Education Institutions regarding the submission of passports during this period.

 

2.     IMPLEMENTATION:

2.1.   Conditions imposed under the stricter MCO requires 80% of civil servants working from home. In line with the Government’s decision, the Director General of the Malaysian Immigration Department has issued an order on 25th May 2021 that all applications for long term pass holders (student pass and dependent pass) will be placed on hold during the MCO 3.0 period.


2.2.   Kindly note that the Immigration Department will accept applications for Special Pass (SP) on case to case basis (e.g. flight scheduled during MCO period, emergency cases that requires student to go home urgently), issuance of a Check Out Memo (COM) or other reasons which is deemed as important by the Immigration Department. The Immigration Department will try to facilitate these requests made by institutions wherever possible working with minimum capacity and at the same time adhering to the directives ruled out by the Malaysian Government to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

 
2.3.   Kindly note that EMGS will only accept passports that fall in the above-mentioned categories beginning 27th May 2021 until 7th June 2021.

 
2.4.   The EMGS One Stop Centre will remain open during this period for institutions to collect their respective students’ passports. Kindly also note that all other services will be operating as usual during this period.


Education Malaysia Global Services
26th May 2021