Visa rules for Malaysia
Of the 198 other passports, 167 can visit Malaysia visa-free. 28 need an e-Visa or online approval before they travel and 3 need an embassy visa or can’t visit at the moment.
Visa-free167
Visa on arrival0
e-Visa or online28
Embassy visa or no entry3
Official siteMalaysia Digital Arrival Card
DataDataset 17 Feb 2026 · checked 17 Oct 2026
Which passports can visit Malaysia
Each country is coloured by what its passport holders need to visit Malaysia. Hover over or tap a country for details.
Every passport, by entry type
Visa-free 167 passports
Southern Africa
- Botswana · up to 30 days
- Eswatini · up to 30 days
- Lesotho · up to 30 days
- Malawi · up to 30 days
- Namibia · up to 30 days
- South Africa · up to 90 days
- Zambia · up to 30 days
- Zimbabwe · up to 30 days
East Africa
- Kenya · up to 30 days
- Somalia · up to 30 days
- South Sudan · up to 30 days
- Tanzania · up to 30 days
- Uganda · up to 30 days
West Africa
- Benin · up to 30 days
- Guinea · up to 30 days
- Mauritania · up to 30 days
- Senegal · up to 30 days
- Sierra Leone · up to 30 days
- The Gambia · up to 30 days
- Togo · up to 30 days
Central Africa
North Africa
- Algeria · up to 90 days
- Egypt · up to 90 days
- Libya · up to 14 days
- Morocco · up to 90 days
- Sudan · up to 90 days
- Tunisia · up to 90 days
Indian Ocean islands
- Comoros · up to 30 days
- Madagascar · up to 30 days
- Mauritius · up to 30 days
- Seychelles · up to 30 days
Atlantic islands
- Cabo Verde · up to 30 days
- São Tomé and Príncipe · up to 30 days
Europe
- Albania · up to 90 days
- Andorra · up to 30 days
- Austria · up to 90 days
- Belarus · up to 30 days
- Belgium · up to 90 days
- Bosnia and Herzegovina · up to 90 days
- Bulgaria · up to 90 days
- Croatia · up to 90 days
- Cyprus · up to 90 days
- Czechia · up to 90 days
- Denmark · up to 90 days
- Estonia · up to 90 days
- Finland · up to 90 days
- France · up to 90 days
- Germany · up to 90 days
- Greece · up to 90 days
- Hungary · up to 90 days
- Iceland · up to 90 days
- Ireland · up to 90 days
- Italy · up to 90 days
- Kosovo · up to 30 days
- Latvia · up to 90 days
- Liechtenstein · up to 90 days
- Lithuania · up to 90 days
- Luxembourg · up to 90 days
- Malta · up to 90 days
- Moldova · up to 30 days
- Monaco · up to 30 days
- Netherlands · up to 90 days
- North Macedonia · up to 30 days
- Norway · up to 90 days
- Poland · up to 90 days
- Portugal · up to 90 days
- Romania · up to 90 days
- Russia · up to 30 days
- San Marino · up to 90 days
- Slovakia · up to 90 days
- Slovenia · up to 90 days
- Spain · up to 90 days
- Sweden · up to 90 days
- Switzerland · up to 90 days
- Ukraine · up to 30 days
- United Kingdom · up to 90 days
- Vatican City · up to 30 days
Middle East
- Bahrain · up to 90 days
- Iran · up to 14 days
- Iraq · up to 30 days
- Jordan · up to 90 days
- Kuwait · up to 90 days
- Lebanon · up to 90 days
- Oman · up to 90 days
- Palestine · up to 30 days
- Qatar · up to 90 days
- Saudi Arabia · up to 90 days
- Syria · up to 90 days
- Türkiye · up to 90 days
- United Arab Emirates · up to 90 days
- Yemen · up to 90 days
East Asia
- China · up to 30 days
- Hong Kong · up to 30 days
- Japan · up to 90 days
- Macao · up to 30 days
- Mongolia · up to 30 days
- South Korea · up to 90 days
- Taiwan · up to 30 days
Southeast Asia
- Brunei · up to 30 days
- Cambodia · up to 30 days
- Indonesia · up to 30 days
- Laos · up to 30 days
- Myanmar · up to 14 days
- Philippines · up to 30 days
- Singapore · up to 30 days
- Thailand · up to 30 days
- Timor-Leste · up to 30 days
- Vietnam · up to 30 days
South Asia
Central Asia and the Caucasus
- Armenia · up to 30 days
- Azerbaijan · up to 30 days
- Georgia · up to 30 days
- Kazakhstan · up to 30 days
- Kyrgyzstan · up to 90 days
- Tajikistan · up to 30 days
- Turkmenistan · up to 90 days
- Uzbekistan · up to 30 days
North America
- Canada · up to 90 days
- Mexico · up to 30 days
- United States · up to 90 days
Central America
- Belize · up to 30 days
- Costa Rica · up to 30 days
- El Salvador · up to 30 days
- Guatemala · up to 30 days
- Honduras · up to 30 days
- Nicaragua · up to 30 days
- Panama · up to 30 days
Caribbean
- Antigua and Barbuda · up to 30 days
- Bahamas · up to 30 days
- Barbados · up to 30 days
- Cuba · up to 90 days
- Dominica · up to 30 days
- Dominican Republic · up to 30 days
- Grenada · up to 30 days
- Haiti · up to 30 days
- Jamaica · up to 30 days
- Saint Kitts and Nevis · up to 30 days
- Saint Lucia · up to 30 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · up to 30 days
- Trinidad and Tobago · up to 30 days
South America
- Argentina · up to 90 days
- Bolivia · up to 30 days
- Brazil · up to 90 days
- Chile · up to 30 days
- Ecuador · up to 30 days
- Guyana · up to 30 days
- Paraguay · up to 30 days
- Peru · up to 90 days
- Suriname · up to 30 days
- Uruguay · up to 90 days
- Venezuela · up to 30 days
Oceania
- Australia · up to 90 days
- Fiji · up to 30 days
- Kiribati · up to 30 days
- Marshall Islands · up to 30 days
- Micronesia · up to 30 days
- Nauru · up to 30 days
- New Zealand · up to 90 days
- Palau · up to 30 days
- Papua New Guinea · up to 30 days
- Samoa · up to 30 days
- Solomon Islands · up to 30 days
- Tonga · up to 30 days
- Tuvalu · up to 30 days
- Vanuatu · up to 30 days
e-Visa or online authorisation 28 passports
Southern Africa
- Angola · e-visa
- Mozambique · e-visa
East Africa
West Africa
- Burkina Faso · e-visa
- Côte d’Ivoire · e-visa
- Ghana · e-visa
- Guinea-Bissau · e-visa
- Liberia · e-visa
- Mali · e-visa
- Niger · e-visa
- Nigeria · e-visa
Central Africa
- Cameroon · e-visa
- Central African Republic · e-visa
- DR Congo · e-visa
- Equatorial Guinea · e-visa
- Republic of the Congo · e-visa
Europe
- Montenegro · e-visa
- Serbia · e-visa
South Asia
- Afghanistan · e-visa
- Bangladesh · e-visa
- Nepal · e-visa
- Pakistan · e-visa
- Sri Lanka · e-visa
South America
- Colombia · e-visa
Embassy visa, or not possible now 3 passports
Middle East
- Israel · not possible at the moment
East Asia
- North Korea · embassy visa
South Asia
- Bhutan · embassy visa
Before you go
- Your passport should be valid for at least 6 months after your trip, with 2 blank pages.
- Carry a return or onward ticket, your accommodation details and proof you can pay for your stay.
- Apply only on the official site: Malaysia Digital Arrival Card. Copycat sites charge extra.
- Check whether you need a yellow fever certificate, especially if you travel from or through Africa or South America.
- Airlines decide boarding with Timatic: check your route on the IATA Travel Centre.
Sources and checks
How current is this? Entry types come from an open visa dataset updated 17 Feb 2026, corrected where newer official notices show a change (checked 17 Oct 2026). Rules change without notice: confirm with the embassy or official immigration site, and check your route on the IATA Travel Centre before you book.
- dataPassport Index Data (visa matrix for 199 passports, updated 17 Feb 2026) · imorte, continuing the dataset by Ilya Ilyankou (MIT licence) · published 17 Feb 2026
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