1) can i do job on visit visa in malaysia 2) I want to ask that can I convert my visit visa to work permit in Malaysia.
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1 :
No you can npt with visit visa
2 :
If you get caught working for a Malaysian company on a visit visa, you will be in a lot of trouble. You can be put in jail and deported. You shouldn't risk it. However, I think you are allowed to go to Malaysia for a business trip and work, as you aren't being paid a salary from a Malaysian company. Getting a work permit is very difficult these days. There are only certain positions for which it will be given (English teacher is not one of them, ironically, when even the Immigration Department can't write proper English). I'm not sure which jobs can get work permits, so the best bet would be to check with the Immigration Office in your state (for KL it is Pusat Bandar Damansara, to get there take the U82 bus from KL Sentral), or the Head Immigration Office in Putrajaya (to get there take the E1 bus from Pasar Seni if you're in KL). Ask for someone who speaks English (say "Anda boleh berchakap Bahasa Inggeris?"). You may need to return to your country before the work permit will be issued. It usually takes around 4-6 weeks to be approved, if it does get approved at all.
3 :
as Michael says, you are not allowed to work on a visit visa in Malaysia; say you are here on a visit, find someone who wishes (and can) employ you - very few industries allow foreigners, such as palm oil plantations... - then your future wishful employer can start applying for a work permit for you. On the work permit papers it says that you must hand them in personally, but it also says that during the whole process you are not supposed to stay in Malaysia. It is a chicken and egg thing, really. Besides, immigrations are really not nice, I have a lot of hassles right now myself. But if you have a good agent they can apply for your work pass while you are in Malaysia on a visit visa, and eventually you will receive a work pass. The chances are, however, that getting the approval for a work pass exceeds the length of your visit visa so you will have to leave Malaysia at some point or other anyway.
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1) No, you are not allowed to hold any job in Malaysia with your visit visa 2) No, you cannot convert your visit visa into working permit. What you can do is to go look for a job while you were in Malaysia and get your prospective employer to apply for a working permit but you still have to return to your country before the expiry of your visit visa
