Mulltiple Entry Non B visa Passport full waiting for new passport

[Lady45]

Hello! Hope everyone's having a nice day. My partner who is South African applied for his new passport last December 2015 due to the current passport being full (only a page left and some spaces for border stamps). This passport is expiring on 2023. He has to wait according to his embassy for 4-6 months before he can get a new passport. We were aware of that because he tried applying before for a new passport mid-year 2015 but his embassy refused telling him he should get a work permit in order to apply for a new passport (which doesn't make sense to me and he doesn't have any at that time). He did a visa run to Kota Bharu November 2015 therefore using the one last page for his single entry non-b visa. Processed his work permit and went straight to his embassy to apply for a new passport. Only for the people there to tell him a work permit is not necessary. Now he doesn't have any page left. His visa is expiring on the 12th of February. His embassy however, gave him a letter to show to the immigration that he is waiting for his new passport. What to do? Our options are - for him to go back to SA and get his passport asap which is very costly; or taking the risk of crossing the border to apply for his multiple non-b visa extension for 1 year with his full passport.

[ubonjoe]

Is his employer able to supply the paper work needed to get a on year extension of stay based upon working. That would require less than half a page.

Without a full page for a visa sticker he will not be able to get another visa.

[Lady45]

Yes the employer has every document sorted out. But they say he'll need another visa sticker for the multiple entry non-b visa.

[ubonjoe]

It appears the company is not able to or willing to provide the required documents to apply for a one year extension of stay at an immigration office. He does not need a multiple entry visa to apply for it.