Comments on: Light at the End of the Tunnel? http://macvaysia.com/2009/10/23/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/ Celtic by blood, Canadian by birth, Malaysian bit by bit. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:23:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Eina http://macvaysia.com/2009/10/23/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/comment-page-1/#comment-226159 Eina Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:04:28 +0000 http://macvaysia.com/?p=1145#comment-226159 I am an Aussie & have lived in Malaysia for 24 years, been married to a Malaysian woman for 15 years & have an 11 year old Malaysian daughter. Still no PR. In fact no current PR application even in because they keep changing the rules every 5 minutes. I hope they sort it all out before my 5 year Spouse Programme (now defunct!) visa runs out in 2012. Personally I hold little hope that things will change for the better. I only know one expat personally who got PR & it took him 36 years! I am an Aussie & have lived in Malaysia for 24 years, been married to a Malaysian woman for 15 years & have an 11 year old Malaysian daughter.

Still no PR. In fact no current PR application even in because they keep changing the rules every 5 minutes. I hope they sort it all out before my 5 year Spouse Programme (now defunct!) visa runs out in 2012.

Personally I hold little hope that things will change for the better. I only know one expat personally who got PR & it took him 36 years!

]]> By: Jordan http://macvaysia.com/2009/10/23/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/comment-page-1/#comment-226156 Jordan Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:31:11 +0000 http://macvaysia.com/?p=1145#comment-226156 You're on, bro. Hopefully by the time we retire, ABC is still cheap! You’re on, bro. Hopefully by the time we retire, ABC is still cheap!

]]> By: bingregory http://macvaysia.com/2009/10/23/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/comment-page-1/#comment-226155 bingregory Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:09:37 +0000 http://macvaysia.com/?p=1145#comment-226155 That's great news. This should move from the PM to parliament to Federal Immigration to State Immigration in time for us to get PR by the time we retire! Or not quite that fast. No I'm kidding. This is good news. Hey, we should have a race to see who gets PR first. Whoever wins owes the other an ABC. Deal? That’s great news. This should move from the PM to parliament to Federal Immigration to State Immigration in time for us to get PR by the time we retire! Or not quite that fast. No I’m kidding. This is good news. Hey, we should have a race to see who gets PR first. Whoever wins owes the other an ABC. Deal?

]]> By: Jordan http://macvaysia.com/2009/10/23/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/comment-page-1/#comment-226153 Jordan Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:45:13 +0000 http://macvaysia.com/?p=1145#comment-226153 Well, since same-sex marriage is a no-no here, they're taking it as a given that all foreigners who marry Malaysian women will be men. As for why they don't extend this to foreigners who marry Malaysian men: Well, it's always been somewhat easier for foreign wives to get PR than foreign husbands (at least, it hasn't been as close to impossible as it has for men). Still, plenty of foreign wives have had trouble getting PR as well, so hopefully the new initiative will help them too. Well, since same-sex marriage is a no-no here, they’re taking it as a given that all foreigners who marry Malaysian women will be men.

As for why they don’t extend this to foreigners who marry Malaysian men: Well, it’s always been somewhat easier for foreign wives to get PR than foreign husbands (at least, it hasn’t been as close to impossible as it has for men). Still, plenty of foreign wives have had trouble getting PR as well, so hopefully the new initiative will help them too.

]]> By: Larry http://macvaysia.com/2009/10/23/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/comment-page-1/#comment-226152 Larry Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:59:27 +0000 http://macvaysia.com/?p=1145#comment-226152 Interesting that they don't specify the gender of the foreigner marrying the Malaysian woman. And why don't they extend this to foreigners who marry Malaysian men? Interesting that they don’t specify the gender of the foreigner marrying the Malaysian woman. And why don’t they extend this to foreigners who marry Malaysian men?

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