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by malcontent » Thu, 16 Oct 2025 7:09 am
The information you provided is not nearly enough to hazard a guess… they look at both the employer & employee. Does the employer have a strong track record of hiring locals and where do they stand on their foreign worker quotas?
My employer had such a strong record, they assumed my EP would be approved within days and had me start working even before it was approved. This turned out to be a mistake, because my working experience was short and my starting pay was close to entry-level (and I wasn’t from Malaysia). Within two weeks, they realized there was a problem and had me stop working. Two months later, the rejection finally came.
If the particulars of the employer and employee (especially salary level and credentials) are super strong, approval should come within one week. Less strong could take two weeks or more. Weaker cases take even longer, up to one month. The longer it takes, the more likely there could be a problem. Nothing you can do about it, because this is between the employer and the government — the employee is not involved other than to provide information on the application.
Just thinking back on my case (many moons ago), the delay in processing my first EP was already a big clue that my employer should have acted on — basically MOM was waiting to see how badly they needed me, and was expecting the employer to contact them to expedite if it was a priority. Since they dragged their feet for 2 months and didn’t hear any complaints from the employer, they thought, well, they must not need me very badly.
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows - Epictetus
