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RE: Immigration Fail πŸ›ƒπŸ˜” A Devastating Setback For My Family

in ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY β€’ 3 years ago

Hi hi Justin.. it is definitely frustrating to have gone through such a lengthy documentation process but yet in the end, it doesn't work out as planned. Your daughters would definitely be very sad while they wait for the reunification visa. My wife has the same situation in Brunei too. Although she was born there, she is not given the citizenship but rather just a permanent resident IC. So I am trying to in the future get her a citizenship in Malaysia. When I got married with her it was months of waiting due to tons of paper work that needed to be done so I roughly understand how frustrating it is especially when your fighting for your family and to make sure that there is a place to be able to settle down. There is a silver lining. Hope that things work out and do keep writing it out, I am interested to read about your life journey.

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It seems silly to have three nations share an island and not some basic understanding of the need for humans to have freedom of movement. Is there short-term visa-free travel within the Borneo island for Malaysians, Indonesians, and Brunei citizens? This would seem to be a necessity.

Also curious if there was/is a movement to make Borneo an independent nation without any internal borders. It seems this would be a better situation for all the inhabitants. If/when we are back together in the future, it'll be under much more sustainable conditions, wherever that may be.

Hi hi.. Justin.. yes.. there is automatic free visa.. for Malaysians to go Brunei and I think Indonesia too.. usually for Malaysians to go Brunei, no application of visa is required for 30 days.. Sarawak is a part of Malaysia but many in Sarawak don't really want to be part of Malaysia. West Malaysians when they come to Sarawak have to apply for visa. Sarawakians can enter the West of Malaysia freely. I think it is something to do with the constitution laid out by Brooke when he ruled here for a while. If Sarawak is an independent state, this state would be wealthy because most of the revenue earnt by Sarawak is given to the government of Malaysia with only peanuts returned. The Malaysian government in a way fears the lost of Sarawak and Sabah because these are hard to control areas. Indonesia is relocating its new capital to Kalimantan on the island of Borneo in a couple of years. =)