Malaysia’s New 20-Year Residence Permit

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Malaysian government welcomes foreigners in an all-new Malaysian visa initiative — a “residency through investment” program.

Officially known as the Premium Visa Programme (PVIP), the pass seeks to welcome wealthy foreigners to invest in the nation and reside here for a period of 20 years, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.

In this video, Andrew shares all the details.

00:00 Start
0:16 Living in Malaysia
1:17 Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H)
2:30 Malaysia vs.Thailand
5:56 Malaysia’s New 20-Year Residence Permit

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[gdh]

All rather sad. People like this guy trying to find a better place to avoid paying tax and contributing to the society that he wants to live in, and presumably expecting all the services (like roads, hospitals, schools, a functional and uncorrupted bureaucracy and legal system).

[hijazzains]

Probably attractice considering South East Asia is probablly the most stabile. The country is also geopolitically neutral. Malaysia can make a good base.

[shaqisumari]

As Malaysian, come and enjoy Malaysia as your home. We are after all citizen of planet earth

[marshmallowpuff]

Malaysia is simply fantastic. I would pick Malaysia over Thailand in a heartbeat and I’ve lived in the LOS for a long time . Penang is so much more live able than many of the spots in LOS. Malaysia is slower good for oldies, they speak English, don’t underestimate the importance of a chat . They have pavements and great buses . The scenery is stunning and the weather is perfect . It just feels homely. Just my two cents worth . And Malaysians are genuinely friendly and helpful .

[carsten]

On a broader sense, multi-racial Malaysia is among the tops for a residence permit. English is widely spoken(most important), has very good infrastructure and transport in the form of buses, taxis, trains, planes to every corner of the country including small towns (unlike the United KIngdom), tons of white sand beaches, islands and rainforest mountains. A very safe country to live with cheap living costs from rents, food, cars (compared to sky high living Singapore). Malaysia is truly Asia where the three major cultures (Malay, Chinese, Indian) are all here !

[teduzzz]

the government has announce stricter rules because of the increasing number of illegal workers/foreigners & over-stayed tourists.

[coach-piotr]

Im european, living in Kuala Lumpur (married to local).
And I agree with those people who claim that many things has changed and that "they do not want us here any more".
And we should all understand that "They" doesn't represent regular people, but authorities and immigration.
It's quite hostile out here towards forigners since new goverment took over a while ago.

[khairi]

M'sia offers good human capital, good infrastructures, good international tertiary education & situated at the heart of South East Asia. Couple with it's abundance of natural resources & cheap currency then M'sia is a good bargain for the profesional, business owners even the retirees to live & make more money.

[danthadon]

Borneo real estate prices at least on the Indonesian side is going to blow up soon, Indonesia is replacing their capital city with a new one in borneo.

[cber]

Both of these programs are way too expensive.

[alexinthemiddle]

1st comment: 20 years! That's a really long time!

[longmemory]

A warning if the low ( presently zero) tax rate on foreign income is influencing your decision, last year, under pressure from the US this income was going to be taxed. Rates up to 23% were talked about but seemed to settle on 5%. In the end a 5 year exemption was agreed but still the threat lingers if you are looking at a 20 year time frame.

[coolrunnings]

The fact that foreigners can purchase freehold in Malaysia makes me think I should just buy property directly instead of going through one of their programs. One wouldn't obtain the status to open bank accounts etc., but a western passport would entitle you to a 90 day stay - good for a trifecta setup. I think the programs are great for tax planning though.

[aniqaliq]

Malaysia is still very affordable country to live in, cheap petrol which is still 50 us cent / liter, still affordable electricity charge and still affordable property gain…. Very very cheap compare to spore for example or uk or usa

[chiangea]

You can enjoy the Malay, Chinese, Indian, Mamak & many more type of foods in Malaysia !😋😋😋

[luckybiby]

If MM2H didn't make sense, consider SMM2H from Sarawak, for 50 yrs old and up, either $7K Ringgit retirement monthly income or $150K Ringgit deposit in the Ma. bank, stay 15 days in Sarawak yearly, then you can reside in West Malaysia the rest of the year. By the way, Kuching, Sarawak in East Ma. is a friendly city too.

[lufiasila]

secondly, the tax rate is very low if you do all your business/employment using your Labuan Offshore entity

[addieadnan]

Guys, welcome to Malaysia... let me know should any of you have enquiries on Malaysia real estate

[Molloy]

Not surprisingly, this new 20 year long visa program is attracting almost nobody to Malaysia. I hope they modernize their visa programs.

[gengis]

Thank you for your video. Ive been following you for a few years now and I love Asia.