Employment Pass Category 3 Malaysia 2019

The employment pass may be renewed.

Employment pass category 3 malaysia 2019. Employment pass category i to be eligible for these types of ep applicants must earn a basic minimum monthly salary of rm 10 000 usd2 500 and have an employment contract that is valid for a minimum of 12 months. Employment pass category iii is available to foreign nationals working on contracts of 12 months or less and with monthly salaries ranging from 3 000 ringgit us 723 and under 5 000 ringgit us. Applicants can bring eligible dependent s and or foreign domestic helper s subject to approval. As such please ensure the submission of employment pass to mdec is following the above.

There are three categories of expatriate employment passes. The expatriate committee ec or relevant authorities must give approval for the foreign talent to fill a position before the issuance of an expatriate employment pass can be made by the immigration. There are two main types of ep permit in malaysia. Employment pass ep is a work pass that enables an expatriate to take up employment with an organisation in malaysia.

Effective 1 september 2017 the minimum salary for foreigners to qualify for cat i passes is rm10 000 per month. Employers filing work pass applications for foreigners through either malaysia expatriate talent service centre myxpats centre or malaysia digital economy corporation mdec are reminded of upcoming changes to requirements around salary contract duration and dependent status. Employment pass category ii. Employment pass category iii is available to foreign nationals working on contracts of 12 months or less and with monthly salaries ranging from rm 2 500 to rm 4 999.

Kindly contact our helpdesk at 03 8315 3106 3157 or e mail to email protected should you need further clarification. We wish to share that applications for employment pass category iii ep iii will now be processed as normal and companies may proceed to apply via the esd online system until further notice. The pass is subject to the contract of employment up to 60 months. Employment pass re classification category i ii and iii 1st april 2017 please be informed that effective 1st september 2017 the reclassification of the employment pass category i ii and iii under the purview of ministry of home affairs moha and immigration department of malaysia will commence as follows.

Category 1 refers to jobs paying rm10 000 and above category 2 is for salaries between rm5 000 and rm10 000 and category 3 is for jobs. The employment pass may be renewed up to two times. Malaysia employment pass holders category 1 and 2 can bring the following family members through a dependent s pass or a long stay social visit pass. Please take note that final decision on duration of employment pass is at the discretion of mdec upon reviewing the application.

Yes as a malaysia employment pass holder you are allowed to bring your dependents with you unless you are a category 3 ep holder.