Entry requirements
Who can enter Malaysia
Malaysia admits 167 of the world's 198 passports without an advance visa, making it one of the most open destinations in our index. 1 passport is not admitted at all. It ranks #6 for openness, tier S.
By nationality
Malaysia entry rules, nationality by nationality
167 passports enter Malaysia without an advance visa
Malaysia ranks #6 for openness
Visa-free, visa on arrival and eTA combined, out of 198 passports in our dataset. How we count
Openness reflects visa policy only — not safety, government travel advisories, or how easy the country is to travel in.
- Visa-free
- 167
- Visa on arrival
- 0
- eTA
- 0
- eVisa
- 28
- Visa required
- 2
- Albania90 days
- Algeria90 days
- Andorra30 days
- Antigua and Barbuda30 days
- Argentina90 days
- Armenia30 days
- Australia90 days
- Austria90 days
- Azerbaijan30 days
- Bahamas30 days
- Bahrain90 days
- Barbados30 days
- Belarus30 days
- Belgium90 days
- Belize30 days
- Benin30 days
- Bolivia30 days
- Bosnia and Herzegovina90 days
- Botswana30 days
- Brazil90 days
- Brunei30 days
- Bulgaria90 days
- Cabo Verde30 days
- Cambodia30 days
- Canada90 days
- Chad30 days
- Chile30 days
- China30 days
- Comoros30 days
- Costa Rica30 days
- Croatia90 days
- Cuba90 days
- Cyprus90 days
- Czechia90 days
- Denmark90 days
- Dominica30 days
- Dominican Republic30 days
- Ecuador30 days
- Egypt90 days
- El Salvador30 days
- Estonia90 days
- Eswatini30 days
- Fiji30 days
- Finland90 days
- France90 days
- Gabon30 days
- Gambia30 days
- Georgia30 days
- Germany90 days
- Greece90 days
- Grenada30 days
- Guatemala30 days
- Guinea30 days
- Guyana30 days
- Haiti30 days
- Honduras30 days
- Hong Kong30 days
- Hungary90 days
- Iceland90 days
- India30 days
- Indonesia30 days
- Iran14 days
- Iraq30 days
- Ireland90 days
- Italy90 days
- Jamaica30 days
- Japan90 days
- Jordan90 days
- Kazakhstan30 days
- Kenya30 days
- Kiribati30 days
- Kosovo30 days
- Kuwait90 days
- Kyrgyzstan90 days
- Laos30 days
- Latvia90 days
- Lebanon90 days
- Lesotho30 days
- Libya14 days
- Liechtenstein90 days
- Lithuania90 days
- Luxembourg90 days
- Macao30 days
- Madagascar30 days
- Malawi30 days
- Maldives90 days
- Malta90 days
- Marshall Islands30 days
- Mauritania30 days
- Mauritius30 days
- Mexico30 days
- Micronesia30 days
- Moldova30 days
- Monaco30 days
- Mongolia30 days
- Morocco90 days
- Myanmar14 days
- Namibia30 days
- Nauru30 days
- Netherlands90 days
- New Zealand90 days
- Nicaragua30 days
- North Macedonia30 days
- Norway90 days
- Oman90 days
- Palau30 days
- Palestine30 days
- Panama30 days
- Papua New Guinea30 days
- Paraguay30 days
- Peru90 days
- Philippines30 days
- Poland90 days
- Portugal90 days
- Qatar90 days
- Romania90 days
- Russia30 days
- Saint Kitts and Nevis30 days
- Saint Lucia30 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines30 days
- Samoa30 days
- San Marino90 days
- Sao Tome and Principe30 days
- Saudi Arabia90 days
- Senegal30 days
- Seychelles30 days
- Sierra Leone30 days
- Singapore30 days
- Slovakia90 days
- Slovenia90 days
- Solomon Islands30 days
- Somalia30 days
- South Africa90 days
- South Korea90 days
- South Sudan30 days
- Spain90 days
- Sudan90 days
- Suriname30 days
- Sweden90 days
- Switzerland90 days
- Syria90 days
- Taiwan30 days
- Tajikistan30 days
- Tanzania30 days
- Thailand30 days
- Timor-Leste30 days
- Togo30 days
- Tonga30 days
- Trinidad and Tobago30 days
- Tunisia90 days
- Turkey90 days
- Turkmenistan90 days
- Tuvalu30 days
- Uganda30 days
- Ukraine30 days
- United Arab Emirates90 days
- United Kingdom90 days
- United States90 days
- Uruguay90 days
- Uzbekistan30 days
- Vanuatu30 days
- Vatican City30 days
- Venezuela30 days
- Vietnam30 days
- Yemen90 days
- Zambia30 days
- Zimbabwe30 days
No passports match this filter.
No passports match this filter.
- Afghanistan30 days
- Angola14 days
- Bangladesh30 days
- Burkina Faso14 days
- Burundi14 days
- Cameroon14 days
- Central African Republic14 days
- Colombia14 days
- Congo14 days
- Côte d'Ivoire14 days
- Djibouti14 days
- DR Congo14 days
- Equatorial Guinea14 days
- Eritrea14 days
- Ethiopia14 days
- Ghana14 days
- Guinea-Bissau14 days
- Liberia14 days
- Mali14 days
- Montenegro30 days
- Mozambique14 days
- Nepal30 days
- Niger14 days
- Nigeria14 days
- Pakistan30 days
- Rwanda14 days
- Serbia30 days
- Sri Lanka30 days
About this data
How to read these categories
Visa-free means no permission is needed before or on arrival; visa on arrival and eTA are granted at the border or online in minutes; eVisa and consular visa must be approved before you travel.
Data last verified: August 20, 2026. How we count
Openness reflects visa policy only. It says nothing about safety, government travel advisories, flight connectivity or how easy the trip actually is.
No destination-specific primary source has been recorded for Malaysia yet — this column comes from the general dataset sweep rather than an individual re-verification.
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