If your application for the sticker goes through emgs and your current pass has expired, then emgs will tell you that the immigration department needs your university to submit a valid sticker or special pass.
In my case, USM interacts directly with the state immigration office. My pass expired so my university automatically applied for a special pass then for the sticker.
Thank you Mohammed for the specific answer. In my case UTP goes through EMGS. So currently it’s 35% with the immigration, they will notify EMGS, then the university, then I can apply. InshaAllah.
Are you inside Malaysia now?
If yes:
1. Is your visa expired already and you got a special pass at the airport?
2. Is your visa valid but will expire within less than a month from now?
If either case applies to you, be proactive and ask your university if they can or need to apply for another special pass.
Note: The key issue is that the immigration department will not process our applications if we are overstying our visas. So if your visa expires while the application is in process, you need to pay at your university special pass fees and ask them to request a special pass.
Thank you Mohammed. I’m in Malaysia, and my visa expired, while my VAL approval is with the immigration. So I’m applying through my university, they will get EMGS permission, then can apply for special pass to continue the application. (I did not leave, so no airport, in this case)
Mmmmmm. This is an area that I am still trying to navigate in the system. If a student has an expired visa, how would the immigration department process his application for renewal? The immigration will to the best of my knowledge require either a valid visa or a valid special pass.
Logically, since your visa expired, your university should have applied for a special pass for you. Otherwise, again logically, when the immigration officer looks at your passport with an expired visa he would ask: where is the special pass? How can I place a sticker on a passport of an overstayed student?
I truly do not have an answer to this dilemma. In my case:
1. My student pass was expired.
2. The special pass given to me at the airport was expired.
3. I got a special pass valid for an additional month. Paid RM110.
4. Few days later I got the sticker.
Bottom line: Check with your university in case you need to pay for a special pass and thus relieve yourself from unnecessary bottlenecks.
I am really unable to understand how things go on in your case. But at least I am sharing with you my experience.
Thank you soo much Muhammad, for your sharing. You have already answered/ clarified my questions/ doubts. It’s a progression visa bachelors to master, inside Malaysia.
Now, I know that the uni is getting approval from EMGS, for them to apply for special pass on my behalf. (The dilemma was where & when the special pass process should start)
Special pass request is to immigration not emgs.
If your application for the sticker goes through emgs and your current pass has expired, then emgs will tell you that the immigration department needs your university to submit a valid sticker or special pass.
In my case, USM interacts directly with the state immigration office. My pass expired so my university automatically applied for a special pass then for the sticker.
Thank you Mohammed for the specific answer. In my case UTP goes through EMGS. So currently it’s 35% with the immigration, they will notify EMGS, then the university, then I can apply. InshaAllah.
Are you inside Malaysia now?
If yes:
1. Is your visa expired already and you got a special pass at the airport?
2. Is your visa valid but will expire within less than a month from now?
If either case applies to you, be proactive and ask your university if they can or need to apply for another special pass.
Note: The key issue is that the immigration department will not process our applications if we are overstying our visas. So if your visa expires while the application is in process, you need to pay at your university special pass fees and ask them to request a special pass.
Thank you Mohammed. I’m in Malaysia, and my visa expired, while my VAL approval is with the immigration. So I’m applying through my university, they will get EMGS permission, then can apply for special pass to continue the application. (I did not leave, so no airport, in this case)
Mmmmmm. This is an area that I am still trying to navigate in the system. If a student has an expired visa, how would the immigration department process his application for renewal? The immigration will to the best of my knowledge require either a valid visa or a valid special pass.
Logically, since your visa expired, your university should have applied for a special pass for you. Otherwise, again logically, when the immigration officer looks at your passport with an expired visa he would ask: where is the special pass? How can I place a sticker on a passport of an overstayed student?
I truly do not have an answer to this dilemma. In my case:
1. My student pass was expired.
2. The special pass given to me at the airport was expired.
3. I got a special pass valid for an additional month. Paid RM110.
4. Few days later I got the sticker.
Bottom line: Check with your university in case you need to pay for a special pass and thus relieve yourself from unnecessary bottlenecks.
I am really unable to understand how things go on in your case. But at least I am sharing with you my experience.
Thank you soo much Muhammad, for your sharing. You have already answered/ clarified my questions/ doubts. It’s a progression visa bachelors to master, inside Malaysia.
Now, I know that the uni is getting approval from EMGS, for them to apply for special pass on my behalf. (The dilemma was where & when the special pass process should start)