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WHO ARE THOSE PERSONS PROHIBITED TO ENTER MALAYSIA ?
Under the Immigration Act 1959/1963, the following persons are prohibited to enter Malaysia:
- any person who is unable to show that he has the means of supporting himself and his dependents if any or that he has definite employment awaiting him, or who is likely to become a pauper or a charge on the public
- any person suffering from mental disorder or being a mental defective or suffering from a contagious or infectious disease which make his presence in Malaysia dangerous to the community
- any person who refuses to submit to a medical examination after being required to do so by an immigration officer if he considers necessary
- any person who
- has been convicted in any country or state of any offence and sentenced to imprisonment for any term, and has not received a free pardon and
- by reason of a circumstances connected with the conviction is deemed by the Director General of immigration to be an undesirable immigrant
- any prostitute, or any person, who is living on or receiving, or who, prior to entering Malaysia, lived on or received, the proceeds of prostitution
- any person who procures or attempts to bring into Malaysia prostitutes or women or girls for the purpose of prostitution or other immoral purpose
- vagrants and habitual beggars
- any person whose entry into Malaysia is, or at the time of his entry was, unlawful under the written law for the time being in force
- any person who believes in or advocates the overthrow by force or violence of any Government in Malaysia or of any established government or of constituted law or authority or who disbelieves in or is opposed to established government, or who advocates the assassination of public officials, or who advocates or teaches the unlawful destruction of property
- any person who is a member of or affiliated with any organization entertaining or teaching disbelief in or opposition to established government or advocating or teaching the duty, necessity or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers, either of specific individuals or officers generally, of any Government in Malaysia or of any established government, because of his or their official character, advocating or teaching the unlawful destruction of property
- any person who, in consequence of information received from any source deemed by the Minister to be an undesirable immigrant
- any person who has been removed from any country or state by the government of that country or state on repatriation for any reason whatever and who, by reason of the circumstances connected therewith, is deemed by the Directory General of immigration to be an undesirable immigrant
- any person who, being required by any written law for the time being in force to be in possession of valid travel documents, is not in possession of those documents or is in possession of forged or altered travel documents or travel documents which do not fully comply with any such written law
- the family and dependents of a prohibited immigrant and
- any person or any member of a class of persons, against whom an order has been made or whose Pass or Permit has been canceled.
A person against whom an order has been made or those Pass or Permit has been canceled by the Director General of immigration if dissatisfied with the cancellation may appeal to the Minister within 7 days of the publication of the order in the Gazette or the notification of the cancellation to the holder of the Pass or Permit.
Such appeal shall be by way of petition in writing setting out clearly and why in detail the grounds of appeal.
The decision of the Minister shall be final.
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