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By: Times News Service
Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian government has cancelled the letter of undertaking (LOU) that was required for traveling to Malaysia.
A statement issued online by Al Shabiba said, “The Sultanate’s Cultural Attaché in Kuala Lumpur said that the Malaysian government cancelled the LOU that was required for traveling to Malaysia, starting from May 2021, when it was submitted to the Malaysian Embassy in Muscat.”
“Travel Authorization through Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) is still required of students before traveling to Malaysia” added the statement.
You dream of studying in Asia is still very much alive!
May 3rd, 2021
As countries around the world enter a new stage of the battle against the pandemic with vaccination programs taking off, one question that remains of high interest to many of us is: When will travel resume and borders reopen for international students? There are students’ that have pent-up wanderlust and also those who are eager for borders to open not because of sightseeing, but because of their studies.
Yes, while we come to terms with needing to wait a while longer before we can continue working on our travel bucket list, many international students are anxiously awaiting the all-clear signal to continue pursuing their studies overseas. With Asia being one of the top choices in the world for studying overseas, we’ve compiled a list of countries within the region that have in fact reopened their borders to students, along with details that prospective students need to know about.
In March, the number of new applications increased by 120% compared to the same month last year.
Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) received 3,254 applications compared to 1,473 and 2,654 received in March 2020 and March 2019, said its chief executive officer Mohd Radzlan Jalaludin.
And, the number of postgraduate students coming here to do their masters and doctorates from January to March this year, also saw an upward trend compared to the same period in 2020 and 2019, he said.Last year, a total of 1,555 PhD students applied to enter the country in the first three months of the year compared to 1,293 in 2019.
“From January to March this year, we processed 2,914 PhD student applications.