Handbook for International Students
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UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN DU012(A) Wholly owned by UTAR Education Foundation 200201010564 (578227-M) Handbook for International Students Pre-Arrival Table of Content ·Full time students are advised to visit study.utar.edu.my and email the Division of Programme Promotion at [email protected] for more information. Page ·Exchange students are advised to visit cee.utar.edu.my/Inbound_Student_ 1 Exchange_Programme.php or email the Centre for Extension Education at Pre-Arrival 1 [email protected] for more information. Application of Single Entry Visa (SEV) 2 ·Download and complete the application form. Arrival at Airport 6 2 ·Prepare all relevant and certified true copy documents. ·Submit the application. At UTAR Campus 7 Accommodation around UTAR Kampar Campus 9 ·Receival of offer letter from UTAR. 3 ·Make your bill payment (non refundable) for the “Student Pass” application. Accommodation around UTAR Sungai Long Campus 10 Campus Life 11 ·Department of International Student Services (DISS) will apply the “Student Pass” via online at “Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS)”, after students have Travel & Discovery: Around Kampar 13 made their bill payments. 4 ·Receival of Electronic Visa Approval Letter (eVAL) once EMGS approves the Travel & Discovery: Around Sungai Long 15 application. ·The eVAL is only valid for 6 months. Failure to enter Malaysia within 6 months after the eVAL is issued may result in students needing to reapply for the “Student Pass”. Completion of Studies / Withdrawal from UTAR 17 Emergency Contacts 18 ·Foreign students who received Electronic Visa Approval Letter (eVAL) must obtain a Single Entry Visa (SEV) from the Malaysian High Commission/Embassy/Consulate Office overseas before entering Malaysia. SEV must be utilised within 3 months of 5 issuance. ·Failure to provide eVAL and SEV may result in denied entry to the country by the Immigration Department of Malaysia. ·Please consult with UTAR before purchasing flight tickets. The preferable arrival time in Malaysia is either morning or afternoon during working days. Arrival time at night, or on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays are not encouraged. ·Students are advised to send their flight itinerary, minimum 10 days prior arrival in 6 Malaysia, in order for the university to arrange for a smooth pick up at the airport and immigration clearance. Kindly inform the university if there are any changes to your flight schedule, to ensure UTAR representatives are able to meet you at the airport’s Immigration Department of Malaysia’s office. • Students must not consume any medication at least one week before arriving in Malaysia. Should there be real medical needs, please consult with your doctor. 7 • Drugs are illegal possession and consumption of drugs are prohibited. • For appeal cases, the fees will be borne by the students. Students who fail the post medical screening will be deported. 1 Application of Single Entry Visa (SEV) Visa required students from the following economies that do not have Malaysian Representative offices are permitted to enter Received eVAL without Single Entry Visa (SEV). However, students must provide the ‘Visa Approval Letter’ (eVAL) at the point of entry. Afghanistan Kyrgyz Republic Albania Latvia No Malaysian Embassy in Malaysian Embassy in Angola Liberia home country home country Armenia Lithuania Belarus Luxembourg Benin Macao Bhutan Macao SAR Bolivia Macedonia Bulgaria Madagascar Burkina Faso Mali Go to Malaysian Embassy / Burundi Mauritania Malaysian High Commission Get a Single Entry Visa Cape Verde Moldova / Consulate Office in one of Central African Rep Monaco your neighbouring economies Chad Mongolia Colombia Nicaragua Comoros Niger Congo Demo. Rep Norway Congo Republic Palestine Costa Rica Panama Inform and liaise with UTAR Denmark Paraguay Get a Single Entry Visa before purchasing air ticket Djibouti Portugal to Malaysia El Salvador Sao Tome & Principe Equador Slovakia Equat. Guinea Slovenia Eritrea Somali Estonia Somalia Ethiopia Suriname Gabon Tajikistan Inform and liaise with UTAR Meet up with UTAR Georgia Togo before purchasing air ticket to representative at the airport’s Greece Tunisia Malaysia Immigration Department of Guatemala United Nations Malaysia’s Office area Guinea-Bissau Upper Volta Haiti Uruguay Honduras Vatican City Iceland Western Sahara Ivory Coast Yugoslavia Kirgystan Meet up with UTAR representative at the airport’s DISCLAIMER: The list above is only for reference purposes and is subject to changes. Please Immigration Department of visit the Immigration Department of Malaysia’s website for the latest information or seek Malaysia’s Office area DISS for further advice. 2 3 Visa required students from the following economies must obtain Single Entry Visa (SEV) from Malaysian Representative offices overseas before entering Malaysia. Students must also provide Non visa required students may proceed to enter Malaysia by the ‘Visa Approval Letter’ (eVAL) at the point of entry. providing the ‘Visa Approval Letter’ (eVAL) at the point of entry. Algeria Iraq Rwanda Argentina Ireland Samoa Antigua & Bermuda Netherland Azerbaijan Italy Saudi Arabia Australia New Zealand Austria Japan Senegal Bahamas Papua New Guinea Bahrain Jordan Serbia Montenegro Barbados Seychelles Bangladesh Kazakhstan South Africa Belize Singapore Belgium Kosovo South Korea Botswana Solomon Island Bosnia-Herzegovina Kuwait Spain Brunei South Africa Brazil Laos Sri Lanka Canada St Kitts & Nevis Cambodia Lebanon St Marino Dominica St Lucia Cameroon Libya Sudan Fiji St Marino Chile Lienchestien Sweden Gambia St Vincent Grenadine China Malta Syria Grenada Swaziland Croatia Mexico Taiwan Guyana Switzerland Cuba Morocco Thailand Ireland Tanzania Czech Republic Mozambique Turkey Jamaica Tonga Egypt Myanmar Turkmenistan Kenya Trinidad & Tobago Finland Nepal Ukraine Kiribati Gilbert Isl Tuvalu France Netherland United Arab Emirates Lesotho Uganda Germany Nigeria United Nations Lienchestien United Kingdom Ghana North Korea United States Malawi Vanuatu Guinea Republic Oman Uzbekistan Maldives Western Samoa Hong Kong (C.I / D.I) Pakistan Venezuela Mauritius Zaire Hong Kong SAR / BNO Philippines Vietnam Namibia Zambia Hungary Poland Western Samoa Nauru Zimbabwe India Qatar Yemen Indonesia Romania Iran Russia DISCLAIMER: The list above is only for reference purposes and is subject to changes. Please DISCLAIMER: The list above is only for reference purposes and is subject to changes. Please visit the Immigration Department of Malaysia’s website for the latest information or seek visit the Immigration Department of Malaysia’s website for the latest information or seek DISS for further advice. DISS for further advice. 4 5 Arrival at Airport At UTAR Campus ·Upon arriving, students are required to assemble/wait at Counter 56, located Accommodation (refer to page 9) near the Immigration Department of Malaysia’s Office at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). For flights landing at KLIA 2, students are to wait at For full time international students: the Immigration Department of Malaysia’s office area. Coordinated by Department of International Student Services (DISS) 1. Assist students to search for ·A representative from the Department of International Student Services (DISS) accommodation. 1 will be waiting at the Immigration Department of Malaysia Counter to meet For international exchange students: 2. Students to prepare deposit and the students. rental payment in cash. ·Students must provide the DISS representative their eVAL, SEV, passport and Coordinated by Centre for Extension offer letter, to get immigration clearance at the Immigration Department of Education (CEE) Malaysia Counter. Post Medical Screening Reminder: ·Students are not allowed to personally stamp their passport, or they may lose their “Student Pass” application and possibly be detained by the Immigration 1. Students must undergo 1. Students must not consume any Department of Malaysia. post medical screening medication at least one week before ·If you are unable to locate the DISS representative, please contact him/her. within 7 days of arrival arriving in Malaysia. Should there be Wi-Fi is also available near the Immigration Department of Malaysia’s office in Coordinated in Malaysia to obtain real medical needs, please consult KLIA. by DISS student pass. with your doctor. 2 ·Upon clearance from the airport, students are not allowed to leave the country 2. DISS will arrange and 2. Please inform DISS if the students are within a period of 30 days as allocated by the Immigration Department of inform students of required to take medication regulary Malaysia. You can only leave the country after you have passed the post the date for medical as advised by the doctor. medical screening and after your “Student Pass” is endorsed. Should you screening. leave the country within the 30-day period, you will risk losing your student pass endorsement and may be denied from re-entering Malaysia by the Immigration Department of Malaysia. Transportation Modes to Campus UTAR Bus ·After immigration clearance, students may proceed to collect luggage. Students to purchase bus ticket from the Division of Finance (RM8 per 3 ·Money Changer counters are available in the airport. booklet) at RM0.80 per trip. Click below to view the bus schedules: ·Mobile phone SIM card and meals are available for purchase in the airport. Kampar Campus Sungai Long Campus ·Check-in to hotel / hostel. ·Note that the check-in time is up to 1700. In the case where students arrive past the check-in time,