Premium visa programme gets 20,000 applications on first day


Hamzah, pictured here presenting identification documents to a Mekar programme recipient, says PVIP fees may be raised in the next phase if the good response continues. – BERNAMApic

ARAU: The premium visa programme (PVIP) has been a huge success, with the Home Ministry receiving 20,000 applications from agents on the day of its launch on Thursday (Sept 1), says Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.

"I would like to state that for the first phase, we have set a limit of no more than 25,000 applications,” the Home Minister told reporters after the Menyemai Kasih Rakyat (Mekar) programme with the Siamese community at the Prisons Training Centre (Pulapen), Perlis Correctional Centre, here on Monday (Sept 5).

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