{"id":18867,"date":"2019-08-28T15:36:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T15:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-corporate-lab.com\/?p=18867"},"modified":"2019-08-28T15:36:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T15:36:01","slug":"malaysia-immigration-update-employment-pass-ep-applications-for-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-corporate-lab.com\/?p=18867","title":{"rendered":"MALAYSIA IMMIGRATION UPDATE &#8211; Employment Pass (EP) applications for NIGERIANS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1><strong>Employment Pass (EP) applications for NIGERIANS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What\u2019s new?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In addition to the existing nationalities of China, Bangladesh and Pakistan, effective <strong>1 September 2019<\/strong>, all Nigerian nationals applying for Employment Pass (EP) under MDEC (Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation) will need to submit the following hardcopy documents :-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Copy of educational certificate with original attestation\/original certified true copy (CTC) by the Malaysian High Commission in Nigeria<\/li>\n<li>Copy of marriage\/birth certificate or proof of relationship documents with original attestation\/original certified true copy (CTC) by the Malaysian High Commission in Nigeria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For purposes of the EP application, the Authorities will\u00a0<b><u>retain<\/u><\/b>\u00a0these documents and will not be returned.<\/p>\n<p>Current requirements dictate the same certification process, but can be submitted online with no requirement for hardcopies being submitted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What\u2019s the impact?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Companies will need to include the additional time for their intended employee\/assignee to obtain the said attestation and CTC at the Malaysian Embassy in Nigeria. Depending on the availability of the assignee\u2019s Certificates and also where he\/she is currently residing, the process could be anywhere between 1 \u2013 4 weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For further enquires, feel free to reach out to your friendly neighborhood partner, The Corporate Lab at <a href=\"mailto:askus@the-corporate-lab.com\">askus@the-corporate-lab.com<\/a> or call +6012-215 7424.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-18867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malaysia-immigration-update-2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-corporate-lab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-corporate-lab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-corporate-lab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-corporate-lab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-corporate-lab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/the-corporate-lab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18868,"href":"https:\/\/the-corporate-lab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18867\/revisions\/18868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-corporate-lab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-corporate-lab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-corporate-lab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18867"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-corporate-lab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fyst_prominent_words&post=18867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}