As I described in my last post, after the immigration interview the next stage is the police interview.
The immigration officer had said that the police would call us to arrange the interview between 6 months and 1 year after the immigration interview but we actually received a call after 5 months, and were asked if we could come to the police station the next day.
The police asked us to bring 2 copies of the following:
- Foreign spouse most recent passport
- Foreign spouse most recent LTSVP
- Foreign spouse birth certificate
- Local spouse IC (both sides)
- Local spouse birth certificate
- Marriage certificate
- Immigration confirmation letter (given to us after we submitted the application to Immigration)
- Foreign spouse most recent passport
- Foreign spouse most recent LTSVP
- Foreign spouse birth certificate
- Local spouse IC (both sides)
- Local spouse birth certificate
- Marriage certificate
- Immigration confirmation letter (given to us after we submitted the application to Immigration)
It is also useful if you print a list with the following information:
- Family members of both spouses with name, age, occupation & address
- Schools the foreign spouse has attended and education qualifications
The police officer was pleased we had printed this as it made their job a little easier!
- Family members of both spouses with name, age, occupation & address
- Schools the foreign spouse has attended and education qualifications
The police officer was pleased we had printed this as it made their job a little easier!
We also brought the original documents submitted as part of our Immigration application (current & old passports/IC/wedding certificate/birth certificate/ sponsor’s payslips & employment letter/utility bill/bond receipt etc) in case we were asked to show them.
Our interview was as at Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontingen (IPK), Jalan Hang Tuah, Bukit Bintang, KL (near LaLaPort mall). Both spouses must attend. We parked in the police compound and registered at the gate. We arrived very early ahead of our appointment, but there was no need to do so as we were asked to wait by the gate until we were collected by an officer at the appointed interview time.
You should follow the dress code e.g. no shorts/t-shirts/ slippers /short skirts. You may be turned away if you are not dressed correctly.
The interview was in Bahasa Malaysia (BM) and the police can ask the same questions that Immigration asked (including to recite Rukun Negara and sing Negaraku), so it's very important that you prepare properly for the interview. Our questions were mainly to do with our relationship history, occupations and salaries, family members, education, why I had applied for PR etc.
See my post here with tips on how to improve your BM for your interview:
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The interview took 1.5 hours overall, including the officer entering data into their system. The police officers were professional and friendly.
At the end of the interview I was advised that my file will now be passed to Bukit Aman who will carry out background checks, which can take around 1 year. The file is then passed back to JIM for review and following that it is sent to JIM HQ at Putrajaya for a decision.
The police officer said I should regularly follow up with Immigration to check on the status. I was also reminded that I must continue to renew my LTSVP.
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