BINA Ramanand and Asha Lim are just two among what is believed to be many more with a predicament because they live in Malaysia. They are foreign spouses married to Malaysians who have waited years and in some cases, decades, for their permanent residency (PR) applications to be approved. As of June 2010, the Home […]
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Immigration officer nabbed for bribery
PENANG, 17 April 2009: A state immigration department officer has been arrested for allegedly accepting bribes from illegal immigrants to facilitate their exit from the country without documentation. A team of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers nabbed the immigration officer at the Penang International Airport in Bayan Lepas about 7am today. Also picked up were […]
Bangladeshis’ visas cancelled immediately
PUTRAJAYA, 10 March 2009: All entry visas for Bangladeshi workers approved in 2007 and who had not entered the country have been cancelled effectively immediately, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar today. Speaking to reporters after his ministry’s monthly assembly here, he said the move was in line with the government’s decision not […]
Passport holders can check status via SMS
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Feb 2009: Malaysian passport holders can check their status via the short messaging service (SMS) beginning next month, Immigration Department Director-General Datuk Mahmood Adam said today. He said the service was the first of its kind in the world and the number would be announced soon. Currently the public could now check […]
Former deputy DG slapped with more graft charges
Updated 14 Nov 2008, 7:21pm PETALING JAYA, 14 Nov 2008: Former Immigration deputy director-general Yusof Abu Bakar, who faces 13 counts of corruption, was slapped with another charge in the Sessions Court here today, this time for accepting a RM5,000 bribe. Yusof, 54, pleaded not guilty to accepting RM5,000 from sales manager Khoo Nee Boon […]
