🇲🇾 Malaysia: EMGS Student Pass & Processing Fee Tracker
Estimates the upfront EMGS, eVAL, iKad, medical, insurance and immigration sticker cost (with 8% Service Tax) for a Malaysian Student Pass.
Estimated Total Payable
How It Works
1. The Processing-Fee Matrix
EMGS charges a tiered processing fee by institution category and study duration. For Peninsular public/private universities, a new application under 6 months costs RM800; over 6 and up to 12 months is RM1,600. Renewal is a flat RM250. Language centres pay RM500 new / RM140 renewal. International Accredited Training Centres and Mobility programmes pay RM250–500. ODL is flat RM450.
2. The 8% Service Tax Trap
Since 1 March 2024, an 8% Service Tax applies only to the Processing Fee and eVAL (RM150). Insurance, iKad, medical, sticker, visa and courier are not taxed. Naive calculators that flatly apply SST to the grand total overstate the bill — this tracker applies it only to taxable components.
3. Static Add-Ons
The eVAL (RM150), iKad (RM50), medical screening (RM250, new applicants only), Student Pass sticker (RM60 per year) and courier (RM10) are fixed nationwide. The Multiple-Entry Visa fee depends on nationality, ranging RM0 (e.g. Singapore, Brunei) to RM50 — RM20 covers most countries.
4. Adversarial Boundary Defense
Renewal applications skip the RM250 medical (not required by EMGS) and apply renewal-tier processing fees instead. The Personal Bond (RM200–RM2,000, nationality-banded) is held by Immigration as a security deposit and fully refunded on programme completion — the tracker therefore breaks out a "Non-Refundable Subtotal" so you know the true sunk cost vs. the full upfront outlay.
Primary Regulatory Sources
- Official EMGS Schedule of Fees (Education Malaysia Global Services): visa.educationmalaysia.gov.my Schedule of Fees v1.6 .
- Malaysian Immigration Department — Student Pass guidelines: imi.gov.my Student Pass .
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