Ramai rakyat Hong Kong kiciwa tak dapat masuk Malaysia melalui MM2H.Ramai pulak

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Hong Kong businessman Craig Tong decided to migrate to Malaysia under its initiative to attract wealthy foreigners – known as Malaysia My Second Home or MM2H – last September, enticed by the education system and business opportunities.

The 37-year-old submitted his application to Malaysia’s Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, which manages the scheme, in December. In February, after Hong Kong shut schools due to the Covid-19 outbreak, Tong pulled his four-year-old son out of kindergarten and made plans to transfer him to an international school in Puchong, about 21km from Kuala Lumpur. He also rented a 1,300 sq ft apartment nearby, paid a year’s worth of rent in advance and prepared to move this year with his son, wife and elderly mother.

He expected his application would be approved between July and October.

But, months later, Tong is still in Hong Kong, one of an estimated thousands of foreign nationals to have been affected by Malaysia’s sudden decision last month to suspend the MM2H programme. The government offered no explanation for its decision, other than saying it would suspend the processing of new visa applications and renewals of existing visas to “comprehensively review and re-evaluate the MM2H programme”. It said it would resume the programme next year.

Tong has since lost almost HK$66,000 in application and rental fees, as his apartment lease began last month. He felt like he was in limbo, unable to decide what to do next and worried that his son had no school to go to for the next few months.

“My son is staying at home doing nothing,” said Tong. “Should I get my son back to a Hong Kong school first, and when MM2H restarts then I stop school again? I don’t know what I should do.”

Tong’s experience is just one example of confusion and crises that foreigners on the MM2H visa have experienced since the Covid-19 pandemic prompted Malaysia to shut its borders in March.

Expats stuck in countries from Britain to India to Indonesia because of border closures and restrictions have shared their stories of being unable to return to their primary place of residence. The situation has not been helped by new entry restrictions that took effect on September 7, when the Malaysian government, fearing a rise in Covid-19 cases after getting the situation under control, placed entry restrictions on 23 countries with more than 150,000 cases – including Indonesia, the Philippines and the United States. The restrictions include MM2H visa holders.

Among them are Hongkongers looking to migrate due to concerns over Beijing’s tightening grip on the city. Violent protests last year led to the introduction of a controversial national security law this year, handing sweeping powers to the authorities and threatening press freedom and judicial independence, critics have said.

Jessie Ong, director of Penang-based Overseas Living (MM2H), said she had seen at least a 50 to 60 per cent rise in the number of Hongkongers asking about the migration programme in her travel agency since the protests erupted in July 2019.

“After the protests, we are always getting phone calls from Hongkongers and they are able to decide quickly if the MM2H programme suits them. I can tell they are panicky about the situation, especially those who have kids,” she said.

Ong said an additional 30 to 40 per cent of her clients had proceeded with their MM2H applications since the protests began.

Ken Lee, a 49-year-old engineer living in Hong Kong, has serious thoughts of applying for the MM2H pass, citing retirement perks and letting his daughter, six, study in a relatively stress-free environment. Although he has not officially applied, he has been joining MM2H Facebook groups and watching YouTube videos to learn more.

“I tried to ask many consultants and found out that agents can’t even accept my application at this point,” he said.

“I was planning to travel to Malaysia during the summer holidays or Christmas to check out the environment, now I have to push it back to Chinese New Year or Easter. Now I can only research and get information based on what I see online.”

The MM2H programme was started in 2002 and was originally heavily promoted by the Malaysia Tourism Authority and the Immigration Department. The scheme offers foreigners multiple-entry resident visas that must be renewed every 10 years. They can buy property valued at 1 million ringgit (US$239,234) or more, and own vehicles but need a separate employment pass if they want to be actively involved in the day-to-day running of a business.

Between 2002 and 2018, 43,943 applications from 131 countries or territories were approved, of which 1,087 came from Hong Kong, ranking the city ninth in a list of the top 10. The scheme is most popular with people from mainland China and Japan.

But according to Malaysian My Second Home Consultants Association (MM2HCA), rejections spiked last September. Between September and November 2019, about nine in 10 MM2H applicants were rejected without explanation, according to the association. Before that, the rejection rate was around one in 10, it said.

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/art...-my-second-home

kluangman

Adalah satu keistimewaan tinggal di Malaysia samaada sebagai warganagera, penduduk tetap, pekerja asing dengan izin ataupun melalui MM2H.

Kurex

Datang tak balik2

monreyes

Hongkies ni wpun sepet...bertamaddun..dats y Aussie pun welcome dorang kalau nak migrate

Artemesiaa

Betul tu ramai yang sebenarnya bercadang nak pindah terus tak nak balik kesana dah sejak tampuk pemerintahan berbalik ke tanah besar semula

Simunggu

komunis kiasu mau datang sini??? baik jangan

Simunggu

komunis kiasu mau datang sini??? baik jangan bagi masuk...

monreyes

Dulu pernah stay kat Mongkok..dorang ni mcm omputeh jugak...jenis x peduli orang and mana2 pergi pun rasa selamat je...even kita merayau tengah2 mlm...now kacau bilau btol situ..tempat aku tinggal dulu tu Chinese Malaysian punya n mmg ramai juga rakyat msia migrate sana..now mesti dah kecut telo

meow_tompok

kami bole baca je masalah hangpa, tapi kami bukan bole tolong. carik je la negara lain.

macaiPH

kena buat syarat la kalau bangsa2 DAP ni nak masuk

kena dikembirikan dan dibuang organ peranakan masing2

boleh?

midori888

org2 yg iols kenal yg amik MM2H nie bukan diorg nak beli rumah, eh kejap....ada sorang beli rumah, tapi lebih kepada nakkan 10 years work permit tu...senang nak jump ke company lain bila dah abis contract kat company skrg...

jazaa100

meow_tompok replied at 14-9-2020 12:17 PM
kami bole baca je masalah hangpa, tapi kami bukan bole tolong. carik je la negara lain.

Kannn.....

Jgn le menyemak kat sini....kami dah cukup semak dahhh

binipopeye

confident nyaaa bakal approved.... harap govt msia jgn laa approve application yg dtg sepet2 ni sume...

tgk cina yg ada kt msia pun xreti ape itu 5rukun negara... masa 1957 dlu atuk nenek cina2 ni punyer lah berjanji setia & hormat negara.. lepas 63thn berlalu tgk perangai cucu cicit2 dapig nih nk kuasai msia... smpi lupa asal usul cuma menumpang

binipopeye

Simunggu replied at 14-9-2020 12:09 PM
komunis kiasu mau datang sini??? baik jangan bagi masuk...

cina2 ni pilih msia atau singapore... sbb negara ni jer ade existing cina & negara membangun...paling penting xperlu belajar bahasa melayu diorg ckp english & bahasa dpig bole hidup dh... singapore susah nk msuk jd msia laa tmpt dia lari dr tanah besar..

dgn betina2 prostitude xdpt di kesan.. msuk xkeluar2... skrg guna pakej MM2H lah pulak

Dwdrum

binipopeye replied at 13-9-2020 08:38 PM
cina2 ni pilih msia atau singapore... sbb negara ni jer ade existing cina & negara membangun...pal ...

Package mm2h bukan untuk ummah sengkek untuk jadi sex slave di malaysia... Mereka perlu ada offshore income at least rm 10k monthly... Means mereka ada auto generate income  di negara sendiri.. Harap maklum..

babydoll

bkn org hong kong je yg nk masuk Malaysia. blh kata sapa yg ada MM2H holder dari pelbagai negara, tgh berusaha nak masuk Malaysia.


i join group support utk anak Malaysia yg duduk di perantauan & nk balik tanah air. ramai jugak yg MM2H holder ni join group & tny mcm2 utk nak masuk negara.


ada skali tu, this one foreigner dari UK x silap i, complaint pasal kene tunggu lama kt KLIA airport & servis teruk & slow kt hotel.  teruk kene tibai balik dgn Malaysians dalam group tu. mana tak kene tibai, boleh kata setiap hari at least 3 posts dari group members citer pasal experience diorang balik tanah air. siap bagi tips & tricks apa nk prepare sebelum & selepas sampai ke KLIA. skali dtg plak kokesen gini dok complaint mcm tak reti ape.  

AbukRokok

alhamdulillah malaysia my second home digantung akhirnya
rahmat disebalik kobid

Dwdrum

babydoll replied at 13-9-2020 08:49 PM
bkn org hong kong je yg nk masuk Malaysia. blh kata sapa yg ada MM2H holder dari pelbagai negara, tg ...

Kalau banyak complaint mm2h... malaysia not the best dalam la vida golden pass programme  but easy procedure.. Thailand terbaik elite visa but procedure banyak...

Bedah.Cun

No bitch no!!! Berambus duk UK mcm cinks Penang yang koyak paspot tue. Suckkk

AbukRokok

monreyes replied at 14-9-2020 12:16 PM
Dulu pernah stay kat Mongkok..dorang ni mcm omputeh jugak...jenis x peduli orang and mana2 pergi pun ...

npe nk kucut telo?
xgembira kah pulang ke ibu pertiwi?