CNI News

17 January 2024

 Rekalibrasi Tenaga Kerja - RTK 2.0 permit stickers will be issued in the end of June at the latest, Malaysian immigration department stated. Undocumented foreign workers were allowed to register for permits in 2023. 

After that, the period designated expired in the end of December, 2023.

So, it was difficult to register at present, Ko Thet, chairman of the Lovely Heart Philanthropic Youths Blood Donation Organization, told CNI News.

" You can't register for the time being. Registration period has expired in December 2023. It has not been difficult to enter on a visit visa or to apply for passport after entering through illegal channel. Real permits were made before the end of December 2023. Fake permits are made after the end of December 2023. When fingerprinting, you have to go to the immigration office to get a permit. If you get a permit without going to the immigration department, it is a fake permit." he said.

While Malaysian Immigration Minister come and inspect the RTK 2.0 process

Malaysian Immigration Department has stated that those who have submitted their names in the permit registration list must perform fingerprinting and getting employers' approve in the end of March at the latest. Approving activities will expire in the end of March and any more of extension will be made, the Minister for Immigration has said.

Although the Ministry of Immigration of Malaysia has not released the number of the people who have registered for permit, those who have not registered yet might be 30 percent left in the entire Malaysia, estimated Myanmar people in Malaysia.

" Fingerprinting has been allowed until the end of March. Permit stickers will be issued in the end of June at the latest. But the immigration department might change the laws because all the companies have been allowed to make their employees apply for work permit. The immigration department might not finish their work. Arrests are being conducted almost everywhere, almost every night and in some wards, even in broad daylight." said Ma Chit Thae who stays in Malaysia, told CNI News.

 While an official is issuing RTK 2.0

When applying for permits, those who have passports and employers only can apply. So, among those who have to pay the income tax that Myanmar Embassy has released might be included the people who have currently applied for permits, said Myanmar people in Malaysia.

A Myanmar concert held on Saturday night, 13th January in Penang District, Malaysia was checked by the Malaysian immigration officials, and Myanmar nationals including singer Amy Zahn and Model Phoo Pwint Khine were detained by the hundred.

The arrest was conducted only because the people living in the neighborhood complained about the noise, said Myanmar people in Malaysia.