Document checklist generator
Pick the application and get the document list, with the items that most often hold a file up marked.
The short answer
Most applications that get refused or stuck fail on paperwork. The person was eligible; the file wasn’t complete. Pick the application below to get its document list. Attestation of foreign civil documents and company financial records are the two items that usually sit on the critical path, so start those first.
Filed on ALIANCE. Company registration on the platform must be complete before the application starts.
- ALIANCE company registration, completed and active
- SSM company registration and current constitutional documents
- Latest audited financial statements
- Job description matching the candidate qualifications and experience
- JobSarawak advertising record, where the position requires advertising
- Labour quota approval, where required
- Candidate passport, valid well beyond the intended pass period, all pages
- Degree certificates and transcripts, certified or attested where required
- Employment references covering the claimed experience
- Signed employment contract
- Passport-standard photograph meeting the specification
11 items
Filed through the Expatriate Services Division. ESD company registration must be complete first.
- ESD company registration, completed and approved
- SSM company registration, Form 24/49 or current equivalents
- Latest audited financial statements
- Evidence of paid-up capital appropriate to the shareholding structure
- Job description and organisation chart
- Candidate passport, valid well beyond the intended pass period, all pages
- Degree certificates and transcripts, certified or attested where required
- Employment references covering the claimed experience
- Signed employment contract
- Passport-standard photograph meeting the specification
10 items
Processed manually in Sarawak. It has not moved to ALIANCE.
- Sponsoring company SSM registration and constitutional documents
- Letter of appointment or contract between the foreign employer and the Sarawak host
- Company representative letter naming who is authorised to file
- Applicant passport with sufficient validity
- Qualifications and experience supporting the technical nature of the assignment
- Defined scope and duration of the assignment
- Evidence the applicant remains employed and paid by the foreign entity
7 items
The approval that must exist before any foreign worker recruitment begins.
- SSM company registration and constitutional documents
- Business licence for the operating location
- Evidence of the operation: premises, contracts, order book or production records
- Current staffing list showing local and foreign headcount
- Completed application form for the relevant labour department
- Evidence that the local hiring position has been addressed
6 items
Attestation of foreign civil documents is the step that most often delays these. Start it early.
- Approved Employment Pass of the principal
- Marriage certificate, translated and attested where not in English or Malay
- Birth certificate for each child, translated and attested where required
- Passport for each dependant with sufficient validity
- Passport-standard photographs meeting the specification
5 items
Household eligibility is assessed alongside the helper documents.
- Employer identity documents and proof of address
- Evidence of household income, including overseas income where declared
- Reason for requiring a helper: young children, elderly or disabled family member
- Helper passport with sufficient validity
- Employment contract meeting the source-country standards
- Medical screening result
- Insurance and security bond arrangements
- SOCSO employer registration
8 items
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