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Originally Posted by Gloucesterguy
Hello Again Serendipity2,
OK, Can see there are benefits with the MM2H program that will not apply with Visitor status. So, I must look really hard at how I might be able to qualify. Maybe there are options for me to raise the necessary investment with a loan.
Is the RM 150,000 the only outlay. Thought there might be some other amount to find?
Can I really pre-arrange, visa etc, an entry to Malaysia with a maid escort on an MM2H ? If that's true I know just the right person 
Would you advise an experienced person, such as an agent, to advise on the practical can and cannot do's. and to make all the arrangements? I saw comment that they are very expensive for the work they actually do.
Have already spent 3 years in Asia, mostly in the Philippines. Spent a week in KL already and was very impressed- everything was so clean and organized. |
Gloucesterguy,
I'm not the definitive expert on Malaysia or MM2H so anything I've posted is more what I think that what I know but if you'll "Google" the MM2H there is a lot of info and, yes, I've read you can bring a maid but before you opted to do so you should find out what obligations there are regarding salary and taxes etc.
Probably your best source would be Tumbleweeds who has lived in KL and can give you some helpful guidance. I do understand, though, that many expats live in Malaysia for years, even buy real estate [I understand you do not have to be a Malay citizen to buy a home - someone correct me if this is not correct] and just make infrequent trips out of the country to renew their 90 day visas. That may end one day but for now apparently it's not a problem. One bit I did read that was somewhat troubling is that after 60-65 you could not buy health insurance and if you did have it when you hit 70 you can't renew. I guess that's government planning for you - out with the old! :/ Still, I understand medical care is pretty affordable - like the Philippines. Unless you have a serious medical problem. I do think you'll find Malaysia far more open to expats than the Philippines is and you CAN buy a home whereas in the Philippines you can lease every square foot [or meter] of every island but you can't own one square inch of the Philippines.
Serendipity2