One of Malaysia's beautiful beaches...

Malaysia is one of the less well-known, smaller countries in East Asia. Most of the foreigners I spoke to have sooner or later admitted that they ended up there pretty much by accident. Yet it is a country with beautiful nature and a quite developed capital city, Kuala Lumpur.

Now there is a new campaign introduced by the Malaysian government called “Malaysia My Second Home” (MM2H). It aims to attract more foreigners to the country and offers them a range of very attractive benefits. For example, people qualifying for this program

• can buy a local or import their foreign car without paying import duty, excise duty or sales tax.
• are free to purchase a house on the condition it is worth more than RM250,000. (Equivalent of USD70,000 or EUR55,000)
• can bring their kids under age 18 to study there
• AND can actually apply for a domestic worker, as they so nicely put it.

If you are looking to relocate to Asia or emigrate to a tropical country, you probably know there’s often many catches that non-locals can easily fall for. This catch is pretty straight forward: pay up. Proof you are financially self-sufficient (as you are not allowed to work in Malaysia), either through a deposit or by showing your fixed pension plan, and the 10-years Visit Pass to Malaysia is yours…

Kuala Lumpur

Source: www.eastasiafair.com