Employment Pass Category 3 Malaysia 2019

Applicants are not allowed to bring dependent s and or foreign domestic helper s.

Employment pass category 3 malaysia 2019. To foreign domestic helpers fdh. Employers filing work pass applications for foreigners through either malaysia expatriate talent service centre myxpats centre or malaysia digital economy corporation mdec are reminded of upcoming changes to requirements around salary contract duration and dependent status. However it was unclear whether the new policy affects renewals for category 3 employment passes as well or only new applications. Employment pass category 3 which includes non executive positions in a company that require significant work experience and specific technical or practical skills.

There are two categories of temporary employment passes which the malaysian government issues. Employment pass re classification category i ii and iii 1st april 2017 please be informed that effective 1st september 2017 the reclassification of the employment pass category i ii and iii under the purview of ministry of home affairs moha and immigration department of malaysia will commence as follows. Employment pass category i and ii are renewable provided all the necessary conditions are fulfilled. E xpats service centre msc malaysia facilitation.

You must earn a monthly salary between rm3 000 and rm4 999. The category 3 employment pass covers foreign nationals working in malaysia for up to one year and this pass may be renewed twice. Kindly contact our helpdesk at 03 8315 3106 3157 or e mail to expatctr email protected should you need further clarification. Additionally malaysia temporary employment.

A temporary employment pass for malaysia is issued to semi skilled or unskilled workers in certain approved sectors. Recently we have received feedback related to the announcement made by the immigration department of malaysia on 7 march 2019 on the review of employment pass category iii epiii applications. Lastly to apply for the employment pass category iii epiii the employer will require prior approval from the ministry of home affairs moha. We wish to share that applications for employment pass category iii ep iii will now be processed as normal and companies may proceed to apply via the esd online system until further notice.

Effective 1 september 2017 the minimum salary for foreigners to qualify for cat i passes is rm10 000 per month. As such please ensure the submission of employment pass to mdec is following the above. The employment pass may be renewed up to two times. Please take note that final decision on duration of employment pass is at the discretion of mdec upon reviewing the application.

To foreign workers in the sectors of manufacturing construction plantation agriculture and services.