Illegal Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia, who have given their finger prints, will have to collect their passports up to Jan 10 next year by submitting applications to the embassy there.
Expatriates welfare ministry public relations officer Shahidul Alam Majumder on Sunday told reporters about the deadline. The process of issuing new passports had begun on Oct 20.
Shahidul said the Malaysian government set the deadline in response to a message from the Bangladesh embassy labour counsellor in Malaysia Montu Kumar Biswas.
Bangladeshis working in Malaysia illegally were urged to legalise their stay.
Registration of the illegal Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia started Aug 1 with fingerprinting them under the 6P-Programme. This government programme would allow the illegal foreign workers to become legal. The process ended on Aug 31.
A total of 267,803 Bangladeshi workers got registered. Of them, 247,622 have no passport, according to the ministry.
Until Nov 5, some 65,000 workers got new passports.
On the other hand, 130,622 Bangladeshi workers did not apply at all.
Expatriates welfare ministry public relations officer Shahidul Alam Majumder on Sunday told reporters about the deadline. The process of issuing new passports had begun on Oct 20.
Shahidul said the Malaysian government set the deadline in response to a message from the Bangladesh embassy labour counsellor in Malaysia Montu Kumar Biswas.
Bangladeshis working in Malaysia illegally were urged to legalise their stay.
Registration of the illegal Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia started Aug 1 with fingerprinting them under the 6P-Programme. This government programme would allow the illegal foreign workers to become legal. The process ended on Aug 31.
A total of 267,803 Bangladeshi workers got registered. Of them, 247,622 have no passport, according to the ministry.
Until Nov 5, some 65,000 workers got new passports.
On the other hand, 130,622 Bangladeshi workers did not apply at all.
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