Check your Malaysiavisa application status.

You cannot apply for a Malaysian student visa by yourself at the High Commission. Your Malaysian institution applies first, and only after approval do you apply for the visa itself ¹². A Bangladeshi citizen on a regular passport needs a visa to enter Malaysia ¹.

The two stages

Stage one: the institution applies to EMGS (Education Malaysia Global Services) for your Visa Approval Letter, called the VAL ¹². The Immigration Department of Malaysia decides, and the High Commission describes its decision as at its discretion and final ¹.

Stage two: with the original VAL, you apply for a visa with reference, called the VDR, through an Authorised Visa Application Agency appointed by the Malaysian government. There is no direct submission to the High Commission ¹. The High Commission of Malaysia in Dhaka issues the VDR once the Immigration Department approves ¹. The High Commission gives dhaka@imi.gov.my for visa queries ¹.

A social visit visa is for stays of no more than 30 days and does not allow study ¹. Study needs the VDR ¹. A single-entry visa is valid for three months from issue and becomes invalid once you enter ¹. After arrival, you must complete a health screening at an EMGS-approved clinic within seven working days, and then the student pass sticker is issued ².

What you bring to the visa stage

The High Commission lists ¹:

• the original VAL from the Immigration Department through EMGS
• your original passport and a photocopy of the pages with your details, plus any previous passport
• the completed visa application form
• two passport-sized photos
• a flight ticket
• anything else the processing officer asks for

The fee for a Bangladesh passport is BDT 600 plus a RM 105 processing fee and the agency fee ¹. An application can be rejected if it does not meet the full criteria, and the Immigration Department may ask for more documents or call you for an interview ¹.

Checking and timing

EMGS has a student visa application status search. It asks for your travel document number, your nationality, and a tick to accept its terms and privacy policy ³. EMGS says you can also check in its EMGS Hub mobile app ². The search page does not show status labels until you submit a search, and EMGS does not publish the meaning of each stage on the pages read ³.

EMGS states 14 working days for a Malaysian student visa, but the same page has a comparison table that conflicts with it, so treat 14 days as a rough guide only ².

Have your passport number and nationality ready when you use the EMGS search through the status check above.