(FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENT ONLY)
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Married students MUST enter Malaysia as a single traveler.
The Immigration Department will only accept the dependent application after completion of student (principle) pass. Please contact us for inquiries.
WHO IS DEPENDENT?
Wife/Husband (spouse) with children (below 17 years old) OR Mother OR Father.
(Undergraduate student is NOT allowed to bring dependent)
Sibling/Family in Law is NOT ALLOWED to apply for dependent pass
NOTE:
- Student from Afghanistan are required to apply Dependent VAL from Immigration Department prior travelling to Malaysia for conversion to Dependent Pass (list of country will change from time to time)
- For newborns, the principal (parent/student) must apply for their Dependant Pass by following these steps:
– At birth, apply for a passport, temporary travel document, or emergency certificate for the newborn at their respective embassy in Malaysia. The newborn’s passport must have an entry stamp into Malaysia; therefore, the baby must be brought out of Malaysia and re-entered to obtain the required entry stamp before the application for a New Dependant Pass can be made.
– Both the newborn and the principal (student) must attend an Immigration appointment to apply for a Special Pass, which is required for travel arrangements to leave the country.
– Do not purchase flight tickets before receiving approval or official Immigration appointment details from UTM International, in accordance with instructions from Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia (JIM). - Immigration Department will charge Journey Perform (JP) fee MYR506 – RM550 for each Dependent.
- The principle (student) must renew the student pass before dependent can submit for renewal.
- The date of expiring of dependent pass cannot exceed expiry date of principle (i.e. if student pass expiry on 22 February 2019, the dependent pass will expired earlier or on same date of principle).
DO NOT DO THIS!
- Late submission of dependent passport near to the expiry date of the Social/Special Pass which you obtained from Immigration in your passport upon arrival.
- Please submit your passport/ document to UTM International for Dependent Pass endorsement within 7 days arrival in Malaysia to avoid paying additional charges. Immigration Department may not endorse dependent pass if late submission. Immigration may request your dependent to return to home country. REMINDER!
Immigration Department may not endorse dependent pass if late submission of the document after arriving in Malaysia. If Immigration reject your dependent pass application, your family are required exit Malaysia and reapply.