Admission and visa
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What are the procedures for international students entering Malaysia?
All current students who intend to return to Malaysia must apply for their travel permit through the EMGS website. Once it is approved, the travel permit will be available to download through the EMGS website. The travel permit can be downloaded from the link below:
Students must:
1. Complete the online payment for quarantine and the COVID-19 screening test through MySafeTravel (www.safetravel.myeg.com.my) / the MyQr app by MyEG (www.myeg.gov.my), and present the payment receipt at the international point of entry on arrival.
2. Take an RT-PCR COVID-19 test three (3) days before travelling to Malaysia. The RT-PCR COVID-19 test result must be translated into English so that the relevant authorities in Malaysia can check it.
3. Download the MySejahtera app from the iOS App Store, Google Play Store or Huawei AppGallery and complete all the required information three (3) days before the date of arrival.
4. Use the MySejahtera app to scan the QR code on arrival at the international point of entry.
5. Comply with the mandatory quarantine for fourteen (14) days, or any period set by the Malaysian Ministry of Health (MOH), on arrival in Malaysia at the quarantine station designated by the Malaysian government. The 14-day period will be extended to 21 days (a 7-day extension), depending on the risk assessment on the fourteenth day of quarantine. The quarantine period will be extended at the same quarantine station.
6. The second COVID-19 RT-PCR screening will be carried out at the international point of entry (KLIA & KLIA2), and the third screening will be carried out on the tenth day of quarantine. The fourth test will be carried out on the eighteenth day, if necessary.
- Monitor their health condition using the MySejahtera app during the quarantine period. If symptoms appear, these individuals must inform the medical team on duty for further examination and treatment.
- Stay in quarantine and do not leave the room.
- Comply at all times with the standard operating procedures, laws and regulations relating to the management of COVID-19, as set by the Malaysian government.
- At the end of the quarantine period, all students will be required to take a COVID-19 RT-PCR test.
- Students will be released from the quarantine station if the COVID-19 test result is negative.
