Good news: No visa required for traveling to UK

Envoy: Malaysia in no danger of losing visa-free status in Britain

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's visa-free status with Britain is under no threat of being revoked, according to the British High Commission.

Revealing the good news, High Commissioner Boyd McCleary said any such notion was misleading.

He said Britain's visa-free status with Malaysia had already been reviewed and the outcome was to have it maintained pending any future review.

McCleary was responding to news reports that Malaysia was set to be included in the list of countries whose citizens required visas to enter Britain.

Malaysian Deputy High Commissioner to Britain Datuk Rustam Yahaya was quoted as saying that the number of Malaysian overstayers had reached a "critical" level following a recent situation update by the British Home Office.

He said based on the current trend, British authorities were likely to impose visa requirements on Malaysians travelling to Britain.

Malaysia was in a group of 11 non-European countries whose visa-exempt status was reviewed by Britain in mid-2008.

After a six-month wait, the British Home Office announced last January that Malaysia was to maintain its visa-free status.

Via The Star