Immigration
Our team of Immigration lawyers helps you bridge the barriers between international borders. We have a dedicated immigration practice, offering a full range of services involving both contention and non-contentious work.
We serve a diverse client base, including many international financial institutions and multinational conglomerates, many of which have offices here in Malaysia and hire foreign employees or second such employees to Malaysia. We serve clients in all states in Peninsular Malaysia but not Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan.
Our practice offers a range of dynamic services focused on:
- Assisting expatriate hiring companies/ representative offices/ regional offices/ approved operational headquarters with the registration process with the relevant governing authorities, including the Expatriate Services Division (ESD) under the Immigration Department of Malaysia, the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), and the Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA).
- Applications for work-related passes for professionals or personnel at technical, executive, managerial and C-suite levels, who have been assigned to work in Malaysia. This includes but is not limited to the employment pass, professional visit pass, digital nomad visa and social visit pass – internship.
- Applications for Dependent’s Pass or Long-Term Visit Pass (Social) for the family members of such employees to reside in Malaysia for the duration of their assignment.
- Translations, legalisations, notarisations, certifications as well as procurement of police clearances and birth certificates required for Malaysian work-related applications.
- Assisting with the transfer of endorsement and special pass applications for expatriates and their family members i.e. due to change of new passports, arrangements to leave the country.
- Advising and assisting with the arrival and deregistration formalities for employees and their family members upon repatriation.
- Advisory and assistance with Malaysian citizenship-related matters
- Advisory and assistance regarding immigration blacklisting and notice of refusal of entry
- Advisory and investigative services related to immigration and labour law legal compliance