Visa requirements for Malaysian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Malaysia.
As of 2024, Malaysian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 183 countries and territories, ranking the Malaysian passport 12th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index,[1] making it the 2nd highest-ranked passport in Southeast Asia after Singapore, the 5th highest-ranked in Asia[2] and the 2nd highest-ranked passport in the developing world and among Muslim-majority countries, just behind United Arab Emirates.
Although Malaysian passports bear the inscription "This passport is valid for all countries except Israel" and the Malaysian government officially allows travel to Israel for Christian and Muslim pilgrims only, Israel still issues visas to Malaysian citizens according to its rules.
In September 2017, Malaysia announced a ban on all Malaysian citizens from travelling to North Korea, in the wake of strained Malaysia–North Korea relations following the assassination of Kim Jong-nam at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.[3]
Country / Region | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes | |
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Afghanistan | ||||
Albania | 90 days | |||
Algeria | 3 months | |||
Andorra | ||||
Angola | ||||
Antigua and Barbuda | 180 days | |||
Argentina | 30 days[4] | |||
Armenia | [5] | 120 days |
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3 months |
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Austria | 90 days |
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Azerbaijan | [6] | 30 days |
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Bahamas | 3 months | |||
Bahrain | 1 month |
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Bangladesh | 30 days |
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Barbados | 6 months | |||
Belarus | 30 days |
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Belgium | 90 days |
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Belize | ||||
[7] | 30 days |
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Bhutan | [8] | |||
30 days[9] | ||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 90 days | |||
Botswana | 90 days | |||
Brazil | 90 days | |||
30 days | ||||
Bulgaria | 90 days |
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Burkina Faso | [10] | |||
Burundi | 1 month | |||
Cambodia | 30 days | |||
Cameroon | [11] | |||
Canada | ||||
Cape Verde |
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Central African Republic | ||||
Chad | ||||
Chile | 30 days | |||
30 days | ||||
Colombia | [14] | |||
Comoros | 45 days | |||
[15] | 7 days | |||
Costa Rica | 90 days | |||
Cote d'Ivoire | [16] | 3 months |
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Croatia | 90 days |
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Cuba | 90 days | |||
Cyprus | 90 days |
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Czech Republic | 3 months |
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3 months |
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Djibouti | [20] | 90 days | ||
Dominica | 6 months | |||
Dominican Republic | 30 days | |||
Ecuador | 90 days | |||
Egypt | [21] | 30 days / 15 days | ||
El Salvador | 3 months | |||
Equatorial Guinea | [22] | |||
Eritrea | ||||
Estonia | 90 days |
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30 days | ||||
Ethiopia | [23] | up to 90 days |
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Fiji | 4 months | |||
Finland | 90 days |
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90 days |
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Gabon | 90 days | |||
Gambia | 90 days | |||
Georgia | 1 year | |||
Germany | 90 days |
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Ghana | ||||
Greece | 90 days |
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Grenada | 3 months | |||
Guatemala | 90 days | |||
Guinea | [24] | 90 days | ||
Guinea-Bissau | 90 days | |||
Guyana | 60 days[25] | |||
Haiti | 3 months | |||
Honduras | 3 months | |||
Hungary | 90 days |
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Iceland | 90 days |
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India | 30 days | |||
Indonesia | 30 days | |||
15 days | ||||
Iraq | ||||
Ireland | 3 months | |||
Israel | ||||
Italy | 90 days |
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Jamaica | 180 days | |||
Japan | 90 days |
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Jordan | [26] | 1 month |
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Kazakhstan | 30 days | |||
Kenya | [28] | 3 months | ||
Kiribati | 90 days | |||
[29] | ||||
[30] | 90 days |
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Kuwait | [32] | 3 months |
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Kyrgyzstan | 30 days | |||
30 days | ||||
Latvia | 90 days |
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Lebanon | 1 month |
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Lesotho | 90 days | |||
Liberia | ||||
Libya | [33] | 14 days |
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Liechtenstein | 90 days |
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Lithuania | 90 days |
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Luxembourg | 90 days |
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Madagascar | 60 days | |||
Malawi | 90 days | |||
Maldives | 30 days |
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Mali | ||||
Malta | 90 days |
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Marshall Islands | 90 days | |||
Mauritania |
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Mauritius | 90 days | |||
Mexico | 180 days | |||
30 days | ||||
90 days |
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Monaco | ||||
Mongolia | 30 days | |||
Montenegro | 90 days | |||
Morocco | [34] | 90 days | ||
Mozambique | [35] | 30 days |
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Myanmar | [36] | 28 days |
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Namibia | 3 Months | |||
Nauru |
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Nepal | 90 days[38] | |||
90 days |
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New Zealand | 3 months |
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Nicaragua | 90 days | |||
Niger | ||||
Nigeria | [41] | 90 days | ||
30 days | ||||
Norway | 3 months |
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Oman | [44] | 14 days / 30 days | ||
Pakistan | [45] | 90 days |
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Palau | 30 days | |||
Panama | 90 days | |||
Papua New Guinea | [46] | 60 days |
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Paraguay | ||||
Peru | 90 days | |||
Philippines | 30 days | |||
Poland | 90 days |
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Portugal | 90 days |
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Qatar | [48] | 90 days | ||
Romania | 90 days |
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[49] | 16 days | |||
Rwanda | 30 days | |||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 months | |||
Saint Lucia | 6 weeks | |||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 month | |||
Samoa | 60 days | |||
San Marino | ||||
[50] |
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Saudi Arabia | [51] | 90 days | ||
Senegal | 90 days | |||
Serbia | [52] |
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Seychelles | [53] | 3 months | ||
Sierra Leone | 30 days | |||
Singapore | 30 days | |||
Slovakia | 90 days |
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Slovenia | 90 days |
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Solomon Islands | 3 months | |||
Somalia | 30 days | |||
South Africa | 90 days [54] | |||
[55] |
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Spain | 90 days |
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Sri Lanka | [56] | 60 days / 30 days |
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Sudan | 3 months | |||
Suriname | [58] | 30 days | ||
Sweden | 90 days |
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Switzerland | 90 days |
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[59] [60] | 3 months | |||
Tajikistan | 30 days | |||
3 months | ||||
[61] | 60 days | |||
Timor-Leste | 30 days[62] |
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Togo | [64] | 15 days |
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Tonga | 31 days |
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Trinidad and Tobago | ||||
Tunisia | 3 months | |||
Turkey | 90 days |
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Turkmenistan | ||||
Tuvalu | 1 month | |||
Uganda | 3 months | |||
Ukraine | [67] |
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United Arab Emirates | 30 days | |||
United Kingdom | 6 months | |||
United States | [68] |
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Uruguay | 30 days | |||
Uzbekistan | 30 days | |||
Vanuatu | 30 days | |||
90 days | ||||
90 days | ||||
30 days |
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Yemen | 3 months | |||
Zambia | 90 days | |||
Zimbabwe | 3 months |
Date of visa changes | |
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Malaysians have never required visas to the following countries:
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30 August 1962: The Philippines (as Federation of Malaya) [69] | |
18 December 1980: Micronesia | |
9 September 1983: South Korea | |
1 November 1987: New Zealand [70] | |
11 March 1993: Dominica [71] | |
6 June 1994: Mongolia [72] | |
1995: Kyrgyzstan | |
26 May 1997: Cambodia | |
26 May 1998: Cuba | |
22 July 1999: Brazil [73] | |
21 November 2001: Vietnam | |
1 November 2002: Taiwan [74] | |
1 July 2004: Laos | |
20 September 2007: Kiribati [75] | |
18 December 2007: Dominican Republic [76] | |
8 May 2012: Panama[77] | |
1 July 2013: Japan [78] | |
11 January 2014: Moldova [79] | |
19 August 2016: Tanzania [80] | |
14 December 2016: Costa Rica [81] | |
1 January 2017: Kazakhstan [82] | |
12 February 2017: Belarus | |
9 August 2017: Qatar [83] | |
27 December 2017: Morocco [84] | |
1 January 2018: Rwanda [85] | |
10 February 2018: Uzbekistan [86] | |
10 December 2020: Oman [87] | |
1 January 2022: Tajikistan [88] | |
1 July 2022: Suriname [89] | |
1 December 2023: China (until 30 November 2024) [90] | |
21 March 2024: Libya |
Visa requirements for Malaysia citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:
Visitor to | Visa requirement | Notes (excluding departure fees) | |
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Europe | |||
Electronic form submission and supporting documents submission via email or fax[91] | |||
Mount Athos | Special permit required (4 days: 25 EUR for Orthodox visitors, 35 EUR for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 EUR for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[92] [93] | ||
Brest and Grodno, Belarus | Visa-free for 10 days[94] Entry to / exit from Brest, Zhabinsky, Kamenets, Pruzhansky districts of Brest region, as well as Svisloch district of the Grodno region must be through road checkpoints Brest (Terespol), Domachevo (Slovatici), Peschatka (Polovtsi), the point of a simplified pass Pererov (Bialowieza), railway crossing point Brest-Vostochny (Terespol) & checkpoint Brest airport. Entry to / exit from territory of special tourist and recreational park Augustow Canal must be through road checkpoints Bruzgi (Forge Belostotskaya) Privalka (Raigardas), point of a simplified check Forestry (Rudavka), Privalka (Svindubre), railway checkpoint Grodno (Kuznica Belostotskaya) & checkpoint Airport Grodno. | ||
Crimea | Visa issued by Russia is required.[95] | ||
3 months[96] [97] | |||
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus | [98] | Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas. | |
Faroe Islands | 90 days[99] [100] | ||
Gibraltar | [101] | 90 days[102] | |
90 days[103] | |||
90 days[104] | |||
Jan Mayen | Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[105] [106] | ||
90 days[107] | |||
90 days[108] | |||
Travellers can obtain the visa on arrival at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Stepanakert upon arrival.[109] [110] Holders of a passport containing an Artsakh visa (expired or valid) or any evidence of travel to Artsakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.[111] [112] | |||
Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[113] | |||
Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[114] [115] | |||
Registration required after 24h.[116] | |||
Africa | |||
British Indian Ocean Territory | Special permit required.[117] [118] | ||
Eritrea outside Asmara | To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[119] | ||
Mayotte | 90 days[120] | ||
Reunion | 90 days[121] | ||
[122] [123] | 3 months within any year period. | ||
6 months. Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 GBP.[124] | |||
Permission to land required for 15/30 GBP (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 GBP for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[125] | |||
Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory. | |||
30 days for 30 USD, payable on arrival.[126] | |||
Sudan | All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit. | ||
Darfur | Separate travel permit is required.[127] | ||
Asia | |||
Hainan | 30 days. Available at Haikou Meilan International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport. | ||
Hong Kong | 90 days | ||
India PAP/RAP | Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.[128] [129] [130] [131] [132] [133] | ||
Kazakhstan | Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[134] | ||
Kish Island | Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[135] | ||
Macao | 30 days[136] | ||
Maldives | With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.[137] | ||
outside Pyongyang | People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving) | ||
Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[138] | |||
[139] | 30 days[140] | ||
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province | OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[141] [142] [143] | ||
Tibet Autonomous Region | Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[144] [145] [146] | ||
Turkmenistan | A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.[147] [148] | ||
Korean Demilitarized Zone | |||
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar | |||
Yemen | Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[149] | ||
Caribbean and North Atlantic | |||
Anguilla | 3 months | ||
Aruba | 90 days[150] | ||
Bermuda | 6 months. | ||
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba | 90 days[151] | ||
6 months, extensions possible | |||
San Andrés and Leticia[152] | must hold return/onward ticket. Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival. | ||
Cayman Islands | 60 days | ||
3 months | |||
French West Indies | 90 days. French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy. | ||
Greenland | 90 days[153] | ||
Margarita Island | All visitors are fingerprinted.[154] | ||
Montserrat | 6 months[155] [156] | ||
Puerto Rico | Visa Issued by the United States is required. | ||
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 90 days | ||
90 days[157] | |||
Turks and Caicos Islands | Holders of valid visa issued by Canada, United Kingdom or the USA may enter Turks and Caicos Islands for stay up to a maximum of 90 days.[158] [159] | ||
Visa issued by the United States is required. | |||
South America | |||
French Guiana | 90 days[160] | ||
Galápagos | Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[161] | ||
Oceania | |||
American Samoa | Entry Permit required from Office of Attorney General of American Samoa.[162] | ||
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Special authorisation required.[163] | ||
Clipperton Island | Special permit required.[164] | ||
Cook Islands | 31 days[165] | ||
Lau Province | Special permission required.[166] | ||
French Polynesia | 90 days[167] | ||
Guam | 45 days[168] | ||
New Caledonia | 90 days[169] | ||
Niue | 30 days | ||
Northern Mariana Islands | 45 days | ||
14 days visa free and landing fee USD 35 or tax of USD 5 if not going ashore.[170] [171] [172] | |||
United States Minor Outlying Islands | Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[173] [174] [175] [176] [177] [178] [179] [180] | ||
Wallis and Futuna | 90 days | ||
South Atlantic and Antarctica | |||
British Overseas Territory visa is required. Apply at British High Commission[181] | |||
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required 60 days before arrival[182] | ||
Special permits required for,,, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[183] [184] [185] [186] [187] [188] [189] [190] [191] [192] [193] |
Holders of an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) travelling on business do not require a visa to the following countries:[194]
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1 - Up to 180 days
2 - Up to 90 days
3 - Up to 90 days in a period of 180 days
4 - Up to 60 days
The card must be used in conjunction with a passport and has the following advantages:[195]