MM2H visa status subject to passport validity, says Saifuddin

 

Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said that a MM2H visa would be cancelled if the holder’s passport is revoked by the country which issued it.

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) visa is subject to the validity of the applicant’s or participant’s passport, says home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail,

He was responding to a recent plea by the family of a Bangladeshi politician to have their MM2H visas reinstated.

Saifuddin said that a MM2H visa, which falls under the purview of the immigration department, would be cancelled if the holder’s passport is revoked by the country which issued it.

“For someone to attain the MM2H visa, their passport from the country of origin must be valid.

“If their passport is invalid for any reason, this will impact their MM2H application or their status as an MM2H participant,” he told reporters after officiating the Shaftsbury passport office here today.

On Feb 9, the family of Bangladeshi politician, MA Quayum, who was released from detention by the immigration department, pleaded with the government to reinstate their MM2H visas which were cancelled after his arrest on Jan 12.

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