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After Your Studies (Monash Malaysia)
Monash University Malaysia
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Now that you have completed your course, your student pass must be cancelled* before you leave the University. Failure to comply with this procedure will result in the University notifying the authorities: Police, Ministry of Higher Education, the respective Embassy/High Commission and the Immigration Department of Malaysia. This may affect your future application for a new student pass or other passes with the Immigration Department of Malaysia.
*This process is also applicable if you are going on intermission, discontinuing or moving to another Malaysian institution for your studies.
- Please complete this form and submit the following documents to the International Student Pass Office at Building 2, Level 1:*Please take note of the following important guidelines when arranging your flight departure from Malaysia, in relation to your Student Pass status:a) If your student pass expires within 21 days from the date you submit your passport to ISP, your flight ticket provided must be scheduled three (3) weeks after the student pass expires.Example: If your current student pass expires on 31 October 2025 (Friday) and you submit your passport to ISP on 20 October 2025 (Monday), the flight ticket provided must be scheduled three (3) weeks after the student pass expires on 31 October 2025.b) If your student pass expires beyond 21 days from the date you submit your passport to ISP, your flight ticket provided can be scheduled three (3) weeks from the date the passport is submitted to ISP.Example: If your current student pass expires on 12 November 2025 (Wednesday) and you submit your passport to ISP on 20 October 2025 (Monday), the flight ticket provided can be scheduled three (3) weeks from the date of the passport submitted to ISP.Effective December 2020, if you are converting your student pass to an employment pass, you must exit Malaysia after cancelling your student pass.Do you have more questions? Fret not, we have a collection of frequently asked questions here.