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I'm not not sure marrying Malaysians has something to do with the tourism industry but this is anyway welcome news I hope neighboring countries will follow...
Foreign spouses don't have to endorse passports every year now
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(http://thestar.com.m...9250&sec=nation)
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You Now Get 5 Years Visa If You Marry A Malaysian They want to boost tourism industry
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Posted 16 March 2007 - 11:12 PM
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"Their husbands would purposely not renew their (foreign wives) visas and indirectly, kick them out of the country. Now, with the extension, foreign wives will have more time in the country to settle their problems,"
This sounds more like a rich Malaysian male citizen, bringing in a foreign wife (China, Indonesia) and the wife can now stay for 5 years.
Foreigners in Malaysia, not really well known as most of them are Asians, are depending on a visa-run( regardless married or not, male or female). Luckily Malaysian visa permit is usually for 3 months (compared to Thailand, where it is 30 days..)
I do not think, that Western tourists (as Bluecat mentioned) have any advantage or disadvantage out of this new regulation, except the few men, who do not have a working visa for Malaysia, but are married with a Malaysian citizen, are younger than 50 years (otherwise 5 years retirement-visa) and are living in Malaysia (I think very few people fitting this description)...
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