EMGS Hub | SJ | Activity https://hub.emgs.com.my/members/sjla/activity/ Activity feed for SJ. Sun, 31 May 2026 08:01:16 +0800 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 6178925f907fbc4626fb3ee14327fbda SJ posted an update: Please talk to immigration. Please ask them to reconsider the […] https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/415956/ Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:51:51 +0800 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.

]]> 0 775abcc7e541a8033fc84bcf82571e83 SJ posted an update: My mind is deteriorating. I have been stranded for a year. I […] https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/415955/ Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:50:29 +0800 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.

]]> 3 60009756fd50a66890bb67f5901b1f9b SJ posted an update: Please lift the UK passport ban. Please let me come home. https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/415953/ Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:36:25 +0800 Please lift the UK passport ban. Please let me come home.

]]> 1 a0f9f104367310a8a1f8da5c31986454 SJ posted an update: Hi. It's me again. Please let me know whether anything's […] https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/415196/ Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:29:59 +0800 Hi. It’s me again. Please let me know whether anything’s happening with UK passport holders being allowed to return. Thanks.

]]> 1 8e140bf9f1469baec33be4e2e279f8a5 SJ posted an update: Please communicate to immigration - or whoever it is that you […] https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/414617/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 05:58:58 +0800 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]

]]> 1 0ea56948463d642d8abb9b65c6a4d617 SJ posted an update: Hi. Are there any new developments on UK passport holders […] https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/413991/ Mon, 08 Mar 2021 12:24:09 +0800 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.

]]> 1 a80b6c6d9950db2df9abaccfa22eba56 SJ posted an update: Hi. Any updates on when UK students can apply to return? https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/413703/ Thu, 04 Mar 2021 03:27:50 +0800 Hi. Any updates on when UK students can apply to return?

]]> 1 974dae264876967680c285285bcc4d92 SJ posted an update: Any updates on UK passport holders being able to return? […] https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/412686/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 06:14:23 +0800 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.

]]> 1 ed269be62dd7e9bd4543d052dd73f032 SJ posted a new activity comment https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/410231/#acomment-410267 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 09:32:30 +0800 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]

In reply to - SJ posted an update 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 […] ]]> 2d266e1a0d0de0d7ca0d336fbe7c12e5 SJ posted a new activity comment https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/410215/#acomment-410254 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 07:37:49 +0800 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]

In reply to - Said Bashir MUsa posted an update Good news. Thank you for your update.emgs you are great ]]> 0befc659ccbecca5f45f70d55380608b SJ posted a new activity comment https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/410231/#acomment-410253 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 07:31:43 +0800 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]

In reply to - SJ posted an update 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 […] ]]> ce1e5924759253549a2f81b9d07d71fd SJ posted a new activity comment https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/410215/#acomment-410246 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 05:43:57 +0800 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]

In reply to - Said Bashir MUsa posted an update Good news. Thank you for your update.emgs you are great ]]> 5bf94c95ff02c5543f7eb3bf13502cb0 SJ posted a new activity comment https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/410226/#acomment-410245 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 05:30:26 +0800 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.

In reply to - Mazen Rermet posted an update Are NEW international students allowed to enter now? And will they start issuing vals for us? ]]> d9b006b5c670397814758d71373bb4d2 SJ posted a new activity comment https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/410231/#acomment-410243 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 05:24:57 +0800 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.

In reply to - SJ posted an update 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 […] ]]> b4e45ef479351b31b55f15c3948b5a88 SJ posted a new activity comment https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/410231/#acomment-410233 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 02:23:49 +0800 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]

In reply to - SJ posted an update 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 […] ]]> 38876765f4a0ac1d1b54032c008c4970 SJ posted an update: I need to know whether the ongoing UK ban is based on […] https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/410231/ Sat, 16 Jan 2021 02:15:34 +0800 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.

]]> 10 a116290ce31ce881b56c6a20db17ced6 SJ posted a new activity comment https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/410197/#acomment-410230 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 02:10:21 +0800 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]

In reply to - Marcus Lingz posted an update https://educationmalaysia.gov.my/news_update/update-on-the-standard-operating-procedures-during-and-after-covid-19-pandemic-movement-control-order-15-jan-2021/ ]]> 8aca95cd985bb81db0c59c2c9e1eec87 SJ posted a new activity comment https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/410197/#acomment-410229 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 02:01:13 +0800 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]

In reply to - Marcus Lingz posted an update https://educationmalaysia.gov.my/news_update/update-on-the-standard-operating-procedures-during-and-after-covid-19-pandemic-movement-control-order-15-jan-2021/ ]]> 7bcb4ca4a870abdbdc8eb770e1e2e5c7 SJ posted a new activity comment https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/410215/#acomment-410228 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 01:53:31 +0800 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.

In reply to - Said Bashir MUsa posted an update Good news. Thank you for your update.emgs you are great ]]> 82293717b4ad8d929c6218b923415d15 SJ posted a new activity comment https://connect.emgs.com.my/5-famous-west-malaysian-cities-worth-exploring/#comment-566 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:37:49 +0800 Read the room, oh my god

In reply to - EMGS Connect wrote a new post Malaysia is a beautiful country with a rich cultural history dating back to the Srivijaya civilization during the 6th century and onwards. In the modern age, one of the best ways to […] ]]> 4a882fc10f37744b79401b774e7cccaa SJ posted an update: More than six months of my application sitting immobile at […] https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/409413/ Mon, 04 Jan 2021 13:10:54 +0800 More than six months of my application sitting immobile at 32%. My mental health is in tatters. Arbitrary border control measures that privilege every other visa-holding category over students don’t protect Malaysian lives any more than a robust quarantine regime does on its own — all they achieve is destroying the lives of people who made a (…[Read more]

]]> 8 1e3c687fe719edcd6b3f9156dccba367 SJ posted an update: I'm a UK passport holder but I haven't been to the UK since […] https://hub.emgs.com.my/activity/p/409186/ Fri, 01 Jan 2021 03:43:44 +0800 I’m a UK passport holder but I haven’t been to the UK since January 2020. Will I be barred from entry on the basis of my passport, rather than my travel history? I can provide thorough documentation of my movements over the past year if necessary.

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