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Please talk to immigration. Please ask them to reconsider the rules about UK citizens, and restrict entry based on travel history instead of passport. Please let me come home. I haven’t seen my fiancé in a year. I haven’t seen anyone in a year. My entire life is in Malaysia. Malaysia is my home. Please let me come home. View
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    SJ posted an update 4 years, 8 months ago

    Please talk to immigration. Please ask them to reconsider the rules about UK citizens, and restrict entry based on travel history instead of passport. Please let me come home. I haven’t seen my fiancé in a year. I haven’t seen anyone in a year. My entire life is in Malaysia. Malaysia is my home. Please let me come home.

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    SJ posted an update 4 years, 8 months ago

    My mind is deteriorating. I have been stranded for a year. I haven’t been in the UK since January 2020. My life is in Malaysia. I am alone. Please let me come home.

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      imama 2u replied 4 years, 8 months ago

      They won’t consider anything. I came my country just for 1 months with my 6 months old son for holidays. My home my husband is in Malaysia since 10 years and we are stuck apart from my husband. I got permission everythin for me but not for my son as dependants not allowed! Everyday pass in waiting of some good news for dependants entry but nothing yet

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      imama 2u replied 4 years, 8 months ago

      BTW my baby was 6 months who is now 20 months being away from his father so long

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      EMGS Officer replied 4 years, 8 months ago

      Hi,

      Please note that we are yet to receive an update on this matter. We understand your predicament. However, the decision is solely at the discretion of the Malaysian government. We will only be able to advise once there are further instructions from the relevant government agencies.

      Have a nice day.

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    SJ posted an update 4 years, 8 months ago

    Please lift the UK passport ban. Please let me come home.

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      EMGS Officer replied 4 years, 8 months ago

      Hi,

      Please note that we are yet to receive an update on this matter. We will only be able to advise once there are further instructions from the relevant government agencies.

      Have a nice day.

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    SJ posted an update 4 years, 8 months ago

    Hi. It’s me again. Please let me know whether anything’s happening with UK passport holders being allowed to return. Thanks.

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      EMGS Officer replied 4 years, 8 months ago

      Hi,

      Please note that we are yet to receive any update on this matter. Rest assured, we will notify institutions and students as soon as there are further instructions from the relevant government agencies.

      Have a nice day.

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    SJ posted an update 4 years, 8 months ago

    Please communicate to immigration – or whoever it is that you have contact with – that the UK travel ban needs to be lifted. I know, I know, it’s up to the authorities – but I don’t have any means of communicating with them, and *you* do.

    The B117 variant is present in dozens of countries now, including Malaysia. Case numbers in the UK have…[Read more]

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      EMGS Officer replied 4 years, 8 months ago

      Hi,

      We understand your predicament. Hence, we are following up closely on the updates from the government. Rest assured, we will notify students and institution as soon as there are further instructions from the relevant government agencies.

      Thank you.

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    SJ posted an update 4 years, 9 months ago

    Hi. Are there any new developments on UK passport holders being allowed to return? I’ve already said this plenty of times, but I think it’s worth emphasising that I haven’t been in the UK since January 2020, and banning people with UK passports instead of people with a travel history to the UK is outrageous.

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      EMGS Officer replied 4 years, 9 months ago

      Hi,

      We understand your concern. However, we are yet to receive an update on this matter. Please note that the decision is solely at the discretion of the Malaysian government. We will only be able to advise once we receive further instructions on this matter.

      Have a nice day.

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    SJ posted an update 4 years, 9 months ago

    Hi. Any updates on when UK students can apply to return?

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      EMGS Officer replied 4 years, 9 months ago

      Hi,

      We are yet to receive an update on this matter. Rest assured, we will notify institutions and students once there are further instructions from the relevant government agencies.

      Have nice day.

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    SJ posted an update 4 years, 9 months ago

    Any updates on UK passport holders being able to return? I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve said this, but it’s frustrating and nonsensical that I’m still banned from entering the country when I haven’t set foot in the UK for over a year.

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      EMGS Officer replied 4 years, 9 months ago

      Hi,

      We understand your predicament. However, we are yet to receive an update on the entry for UK passport holders. We will notify institutions and students once we receive further instructions on this matter.

      Have a nice day.

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    SJ posted a new activity comment 4 years, 10 months ago

    You’re right, and I apologise for that. All these months of crushing disappointment have left me very skeptical of any news that does trickle out. Back in September, I was asking someone else to cool it and please stop posting extremely negative takes about students possibly not being able to return until January, before the ban on student entry…[Read more]

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    SJ posted a new activity comment 4 years, 10 months ago

    I’m not suggesting I have more knowledge than EMGS. The whole problem here is that none of us do. My point is that their bulletin is of very little use as long as it doesn’t clarify *when* we will be able to return, and I don’t think people should be satisfied until they let us know what’s going on with visa processing.

    We deserve an update, not…[Read more]

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    SJ posted a new activity comment 4 years, 10 months ago

    Re: your third point – section 1.8 states that the SOP applies to new students whose eval approval is currently pending. That isn’t useful information – it’s reiterating that those of us currently waiting for our evals will be able to follow the steps laid out in section 2b once our application is processed and our evals are issued. We’ve a…[Read more]

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      Ramdhan Hidayat replied 4 years, 10 months ago

      I see your intention, thank you for the effort and sorry for not engaging in the best way before. However, you could’ve do it in a more neutral way by not adding your personal pessimistic projection of the future like “we could still be stuck until 2022” (post below). Thats really unnecessary, especially when you state that in a reply to someone…[Read more]

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        SJ replied 4 years, 10 months ago

        You’re right, and I apologise for that. All these months of crushing disappointment have left me very skeptical of any news that does trickle out. Back in September, I was asking someone else to cool it and please stop posting extremely negative takes about students possibly not being able to return until January, before the ban on student entry…[Read more]

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    SJ posted a new activity comment 4 years, 10 months ago

    Until they outright say “yes, immigration has resumed issuing evals”, our situation remains unchanged. Announcements of new bureaucratic procedures are worthless without details of when they’ll actually become relevant to us.

    If EMGS had any confidence in students being able to return in the near future, they’d say so. They’re aware of how long…[Read more]

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      Ramdhan Hidayat replied 4 years, 10 months ago

      Whatever man. This case is similar to your post above. Believe whatever you want to believe. Just keep your utopian criteria of how the letter should be written to yourself, read the room ffs. If, as you say, “emgs have no idea” then you even have much less idea than them the possibility of things

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        SJ replied 4 years, 10 months ago

        I’m not suggesting I have more knowledge than EMGS. The whole problem here is that none of us do. My point is that their bulletin is of very little use as long as it doesn’t clarify *when* we will be able to return, and I don’t think people should be satisfied until they let us know what’s going on with visa processing.

        We deserve an update, not…[Read more]

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    SJ posted a new activity comment 4 years, 10 months ago

    Supposedly, yes, international students holding evals are allowed to enter now. They’re still refusing to say what’s going on with issuing evals though.

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    SJ posted a new activity comment 4 years, 10 months ago

    Forgive me for not persisting in blind optimism when we’ve all spent the past 10 months watching the authorities repeatedly dangle hope in front of our faces only for absolutely nothing to change.

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      Ramdhan Hidayat replied 4 years, 10 months ago

      It’s not a blind optimism when some other supporting indicators exist:
      1. Vaccination in MY starts om February

      2. Hybrid learning for next semester is a very high possibilty, even also stated in the latest bulletin (some malaysian colleagues in UM and UiTM also said their university has comfirmed this)

      3. New students which eVals are still in…[Read more]

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        SJ replied 4 years, 10 months ago

        Re: your third point – section 1.8 states that the SOP applies to new students whose eval approval is currently pending. That isn’t useful information – it’s reiterating that those of us currently waiting for our evals will be able to follow the steps laid out in section 2b once our application is processed and our evals are issued. We’ve a…[Read more]

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          Ramdhan Hidayat replied 4 years, 10 months ago

          I see your intention, thank you for the effort and sorry for not engaging in the best way before. However, you could’ve do it in a more neutral way by not adding your personal pessimistic projection of the future like “we could still be stuck until 2022” (post below). Thats really unnecessary, especially when you state that in a reply to someone…[Read more]

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            SJ replied 4 years, 10 months ago

            You’re right, and I apologise for that. All these months of crushing disappointment have left me very skeptical of any news that does trickle out. Back in September, I was asking someone else to cool it and please stop posting extremely negative takes about students possibly not being able to return until January, before the ban on student entry…[Read more]

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    SJ posted a new activity comment 4 years, 10 months ago

    Other countries understand the need for specificity in these situations — the US currently explicitly bans “people who have entered the UK”. The EMGS protocol, meanwhile, just says “all international students (except from the United Kingdom)”, which is ambiguous and unhelpful. Does “from” mean “travelling from”, or “citizens of”? And if it’s base…[Read more]

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      Karim Ashraf replied 4 years, 10 months ago

      trust me, whether you’re really dumb or you don’t understand english.

      Because its obvious to 3 year old kid, that citizens from UK not allowed.

      Stop playing the dumbass role and shut your mouth up.

      Thank you

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        Olivier Maresch replied 4 years, 10 months ago

        Chill

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          Ramdhan Hidayat replied 4 years, 10 months ago

          @Olivier Maresch Nah, this kind of comment is needed, otherwise this guy would continue spread his innacurate and negative conclusion to others (look at one of his comment below)

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        alamin replied 4 years, 10 months ago

        Good reply 😅😅😅

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    SJ posted an update 4 years, 10 months ago

    I need to know whether the ongoing UK ban is based on passport or travel history. I haven’t set foot in the UK in over a year. I can’t face the thought of still being barred from returning to my life in Malaysia just because of a deteriorating situation in a country I have practically nothing to do with.

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      SJ replied 4 years, 10 months ago

      Other countries understand the need for specificity in these situations — the US currently explicitly bans “people who have entered the UK”. The EMGS protocol, meanwhile, just says “all international students (except from the United Kingdom)”, which is ambiguous and unhelpful. Does “from” mean “travelling from”, or “citizens of”? And if it’s base…[Read more]

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        Karim Ashraf replied 4 years, 10 months ago

        trust me, whether you’re really dumb or you don’t understand english.

        Because its obvious to 3 year old kid, that citizens from UK not allowed.

        Stop playing the dumbass role and shut your mouth up.

        Thank you

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          Olivier Maresch replied 4 years, 10 months ago

          Chill

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            Ramdhan Hidayat replied 4 years, 10 months ago

            @Olivier Maresch Nah, this kind of comment is needed, otherwise this guy would continue spread his innacurate and negative conclusion to others (look at one of his comment below)

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          alamin replied 4 years, 10 months ago

          Good reply 😅😅😅

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      SJ replied 4 years, 10 months ago

      Forgive me for not persisting in blind optimism when we’ve all spent the past 10 months watching the authorities repeatedly dangle hope in front of our faces only for absolutely nothing to change.

      • Profile picture of Ramdhan Hidayat
        Ramdhan Hidayat replied 4 years, 10 months ago

        It’s not a blind optimism when some other supporting indicators exist:
        1. Vaccination in MY starts om February

        2. Hybrid learning for next semester is a very high possibilty, even also stated in the latest bulletin (some malaysian colleagues in UM and UiTM also said their university has comfirmed this)

        3. New students which eVals are still in…[Read more]

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          SJ replied 4 years, 10 months ago

          Re: your third point – section 1.8 states that the SOP applies to new students whose eval approval is currently pending. That isn’t useful information – it’s reiterating that those of us currently waiting for our evals will be able to follow the steps laid out in section 2b once our application is processed and our evals are issued. We’ve a…[Read more]

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            Ramdhan Hidayat replied 4 years, 10 months ago

            I see your intention, thank you for the effort and sorry for not engaging in the best way before. However, you could’ve do it in a more neutral way by not adding your personal pessimistic projection of the future like “we could still be stuck until 2022” (post below). Thats really unnecessary, especially when you state that in a reply to someone…[Read more]

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              SJ replied 4 years, 10 months ago

              You’re right, and I apologise for that. All these months of crushing disappointment have left me very skeptical of any news that does trickle out. Back in September, I was asking someone else to cool it and please stop posting extremely negative takes about students possibly not being able to return until January, before the ban on student entry…[Read more]

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    SJ posted a new activity comment 4 years, 10 months ago

    And on top of that, you put it out last thing on a Friday night, so now we get to spend the weekend wondering whether anything is actually going to change, with zero prospect of further communication. Who does that? How does it make any sense to publish a bulletin at 11:30 PM on a Friday? Why couldn’t EMGS have waited until Monday morning? And…[Read more]

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    SJ posted a new activity comment 4 years, 10 months ago

    No. This is just announcement regarding the steps we’ll have to follow. They haven’t provided any insight on whether application processing is being unfrozen, or how much time steps like eval and travel authorisation will take. It’s functionally useless, and yet they have the absolute cheek to post triumphantly on their social media like *this* is…[Read more]

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    SJ posted a new activity comment 4 years, 10 months ago

    It’s barely an update. They very specifically haven’t mentioned how long it’ll take for evals to be issued, or if there’s been any internal change to how existing applications are being processed. Not much use telling us about the SOP when for all we know we could still be stuck until March. Or August. Or January 2022.

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      Ramdhan Hidayat replied 4 years, 10 months ago

      @SJ Its better to stfu and don’t spread your negativity when your reading comprehension is low. Obviously changes for eval applications are mentioned for institutions

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        SJ replied 4 years, 10 months ago

        Until they outright say “yes, immigration has resumed issuing evals”, our situation remains unchanged. Announcements of new bureaucratic procedures are worthless without details of when they’ll actually become relevant to us.

        If EMGS had any confidence in students being able to return in the near future, they’d say so. They’re aware of how long…[Read more]

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          Ramdhan Hidayat replied 4 years, 10 months ago

          Whatever man. This case is similar to your post above. Believe whatever you want to believe. Just keep your utopian criteria of how the letter should be written to yourself, read the room ffs. If, as you say, “emgs have no idea” then you even have much less idea than them the possibility of things

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            SJ replied 4 years, 10 months ago

            I’m not suggesting I have more knowledge than EMGS. The whole problem here is that none of us do. My point is that their bulletin is of very little use as long as it doesn’t clarify *when* we will be able to return, and I don’t think people should be satisfied until they let us know what’s going on with visa processing.

            We deserve an update, not…[Read more]

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    SJ commented on the post, 5 Famous West Malaysian Cities Worth Exploring 4 years, 11 months ago

    Read the room, oh my god

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