Visit Putrajaya Immigration for the Permit Masuk certificate and PR passport stamp
(February 2025)
Both the applicant and spouse must go to Putrajaya Immigration within 30 days after getting the LTSVP shortened. No appointment is required as Putrajaya is walk-in only.
The following documents were needed:
- Permit Masuk approval letter (plus copy)
- 1 Passport photo (blue background)
- Statutory Declaration that marriage is still valid. We used the Commissioner for Oaths at Putrajaya Level 2 (RM10). Our photos had a white background, but blue might be better.
- Applicant's passport (plus copy of bio page)
- Shortened LTSVP (plus copy)
- Malaysian spouse IC (plus copy of both sides)
- Marriage certificate (plus copy)
These are the steps taken:
- We went to Permit Masuk office at Level 1 (Ground Floor). We arrived at 715am and joined the queue outside the office. There were about 20 people ahead of us at this time.
- The doors opened at 8am and we took a number which was called at 840am. It is also possible to use the QMS app which can be a better way to get a number. See this post: https://spousevisamalaysia.blogspot.com/2025/02/using-qms-app-at-putrajaya-immigration.html
- We gave the officer our documents and were given a green colour payment form to fill in and told to go to Level 3 to pay. We went directly to payment counters 12 and 13 (there was no need to join the queue) and made the RM120 payment.
- We then returned to the Permit Masuk counter and gave the form and receipt to the same officer. We had completed all of this before 9am.
- We were asked to return at 230pm for collection. An officer called us at 1245pm to say we could come now to collect, but we were at lunch and would not have made it back in time before the office closed at 1pm.
- We went back around 2pm and my name was called by an officer at the collection counter. We signed and put our thumb prints and were then given the Permit Masuk certificate (Im.5) and my passport with Permanent Resident stamp.
Permit Masuk Certificate
The certificate has a 6 month validity date, in which the applicant must enter Malaysia after the permit is granted. As I was already in Malaysia, the 6 month validity was not relevant, so the certificate was stamped with 'JOURNEY PERFORMED'. The officer said I must keep the Permit Masuk certificate safely, as a replacement will not be issued.
PR Passport Stamp
The stamp states that it 'is valid until expiration of the Passport' and the holder 'is required to obtain similar notification on renewal of passport'. The immigration officer reiterated that I must transfer the PR stamp when I replace my passport.
After this stage my online status was updated to:
We had just enough time to visit Putrajaya JPN later the same day to apply for the Red IC (MyPR). Before we went to JPN, we made photocopies of both the Permit Masuk certificate (both sides) and passport stamp at the shop next to the Permit Masuk office.
NEXT STEP: Applying for Red IC (MyPR): https://spousevisamalaysia.blogspot.com/2025/02/malaysian-pr-permit-masuk-applying-for.html