KUALA LUMPUR: There is no significant disparity in the approval rates of permanent resident (PR) applications between foreign husbands and wives of Malaysian citizens, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
The Home Minister said a task force under the ministry and the Immigration Department had resolved all 19,205 backlogged entry permit applications lodged between 2013 and 2023, comprising 14,918 applications from foreign wives and 4,287 from foreign husbands of Malaysian citizens.
