Notices

New UNHCR Verify Plus App

UNHCR Verify Plus is a new mobile application which is now available for free download on Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The new app will replace the UNHCR Verify MY app, and can be used to verify UNHCR IDs. For more information, click the button below. UNHCR...

Full Lockdown (MCO 3.0) Starting 1 June 2021

Please note that the Malaysian Government has announced a Movement Control Order (MCO 3.0), which is a full lockdown beginning from 1 June 2021 to 14 June 2021. This will be similar to the first MCO (MCO 1.0) announced in March 2020, with strict restrictions on...

ATTENTION: Refugees and Asylum-Seekers living in Kuala Lumpur

If you are a UNHCR document holder who is living in Kuala Lumpur and is holding an expired UNHCR document, please make sure that you have: 1. Updated your phone number with UNHCR Malaysia Refugee Malaysia Contact Page - most preferable...

Closure of UNHCR Office on 30 April 2021

Please be informed that the UNHCR Office will be closed on Friday, 30 April 2021 in observation of Labour Day. The Representation will resume operations on Monday, 3 May 2021. The Arrest and Detention Hotline remains contactable for arrest and detention-related...

Canadian Groups of 5 Sponsorship Programme: Attestation by UNHCR

UNHCR Malaysia has been receiving requests for proof of refugee status in relation to the Canadian Groups of 5 sponsorship programme. Kindly note that our Office does not issue any such letters of attestation. Instead, a system has been set up between the Canadian...