Expat Experience

Immigration Office at Setia Tropika (level 10) Based on the records on my current visa in Malaysia,  I was given a visa based on the passport number from my old passport. And since my old passport was punctured by my embassy when I got my new passport, it is now considered invalid. Hence, I went to the Immigration office at the Setia Tropika in Johor Bahru to process this matter. On that day, I actually has two transactions. First is to re-new m y Spouse Visa or Multiple Entry Visa  and the second one is to renew my Work Endorsement under the spouse visa programme. The documents we had submitted were the following: Borang IM. 12 document which will be provided by the Immigration office   Borang IM. 38 which will be provided by the Immigration office stating the details of the applicant's name and others   Photo copy of my new passport data page Photocopy of my old passport Visa data page   Photocopy (back and front) of my wife’s IC   Passport photo with b

I would like to share this experience of mine whereby I was in a dilemma on how to do things about my new passport as well as the transferring of my visa from my old passport to my new passport. This is actually new to me but I believe some knew about this matter already. I also believe that this is worth sharing for especially for those who have the same situation like me. Let me start this story… With our new passport, our embassy will eventually punctured our old passport. That’s the rule. Which means, once a passport is punctured, it is already considered invalid.  Just like what happened to me during the Immigration Check at CIQ in JB. We are supposed to travel to Singapore for a short holiday on that day, but the immigration officer told us that I need to transfer the visa endorsement from my old passport to my new passport.  Yes, I am allowed to exit Malaysia on that day, but the officer advised me that when I returned back to Malaysia, I will be in trouble. I will

Source: Google My passport will actually be expiring next year 2018 and My Spouse Visa will be expiring on the 8 th of August 2017. And since my visa is expiring, I asked some spouses from my network about this scenario and they just told me to better renew my passport before I proceed to another renewal of Spouse Visa with Multiple Entry in Malaysia. So I went  up to Kuala Lumpur from Johor Bahru and submitted the necessary requirements to renew my Philippine Passport.  The requirements are just simple: Passport Application Form (FA Form 79) (2 pages) – you can download this to the website of the Embassy of the Philippines Kuala Lumpur Original passport Photocopy of your Philippine passport data page Photocopy of your Endorsement/ Visa in Malaysia Supporting Documents Applicants’ Birth Certificate Marriage Certificate (Authenticated by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs) Malaysian Spouse (IC)- Photocopy Consular Fee of RM255 The Application F