MAY 11 — “If your ability to live with your children has an expiry date, what would you do—walk away, or fight to stay?” This is not a hypothetical question. It is the...
“If your ability to live with your children has an expiry date, what would you do—walk away, or fight to stay?”
Their only alternatives are short-term visas available to non-citizen mothers raising Malaysian children — such as the widow visa, divorcee visa, or one granted to abused spouses. But these visas come with strict and often punishing conditions: they require a Malaysian sponsor, which can leave women dependent on another man or external party, reinforcing their vulnerability. Although a Residence Pass is available, very few single mothers are able to obtain it.
Without the right to work, these single mothers and their Malaysian children are once again shackled to their circumstances with no way out — they are forced to continue depending on others around them, leaving them vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. It’s important to remember that widowed or divorced husbands of Malaysian women — many of whom have Malaysian children — are also denied the right to stay and co-parent their children. The law makes no exception for their role as fathers. Instead, they are often given an absurd and deeply insensitive suggestion: to marry another Malaysian to secure a visa or obtain an exorbitant work permit or leave the country.
Though she reapplied and eventually secured a five-year Residence Pass in 2024, the threat of future separation still looms, highlighting the precarious status of non-citizen spouses raising Malaysian children.In these cases, granting these non-citizen single parents access to Permanent Residence could be lifesaving.
Remove the employment prohibition for Long-Term Social Visit Pass holders, including those under visas such as the widow visa, “” , and custody visa, enabling non-citizen spouses to achieve financial independence and contribute to the economy.
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