Me thinks, you spend all that money and have to do stuff yourself.. Now it is 900,000 for 5yrs and get a few points, have to use the points to get stuff done. Might as well put the 800,000 in the bank na ka.
if you came during the Pandemic, you should have got the extensions stamped in your passport, whichever one you came in on. Here it's best to do what they say, hotel, TM30, and then the extension. Good luck, but be nice.
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