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Visa Requirements for Malaysia Passport Holders (2026)

A Malaysia passport gives visa-free access to 159 of 198 destinations (visa-free, visa on arrival, or eTA). Full breakdown by entry type below.

Visa-free117
Visa on arrival34
eTA8
e-Visa21
Visa required18

Visa-free destinations (117)

Albania (90d), Algeria (90d), Andorra (90d), Antigua and Barbuda (180d), Argentina (30d), Austria (90d), Azerbaijan (30d), Bahamas (90d), Barbados (180d), Belarus (30d), Belgium (90d), Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina (90d), Botswana (90d), Brazil (90d), Brunei (30d), Bulgaria (90d), Cambodia (30d), Chile (30d), China (30d), Costa Rica (30d), Croatia (90d), Cuba (90d), Cyprus (90d), Czech Republic (90d), Denmark (90d), Dominica (180d), Dominican Republic, Ecuador (90d), El Salvador (180d), Estonia (90d), Fiji (120d), Finland (90d), France (90d), Gambia (90d), Georgia (360d), Germany (90d), Greece (90d), Grenada (90d), Guatemala (90d), Guyana (60d), Haiti (90d), Honduras (90d), Hong Kong (90d), Hungary (90d), Iceland (90d), Indonesia (30d), Iran (14d), Ireland (90d), Italy (90d), Jamaica, Japan (90d), Kazakhstan (30d), Kiribati (90d), Kosovo (90d), Kyrgyzstan (90d), Laos (30d), Latvia (90d), Lesotho (90d), Liechtenstein (90d), Lithuania (90d), Luxembourg (90d), Macao (30d), Malawi (90d), Malta (90d), Mauritius (90d), Mexico (180d), Micronesia (30d), Moldova (90d), Monaco (90d), Mongolia (30d), Montenegro (90d), Morocco (90d), Namibia (90d), Netherlands (90d), Nicaragua (90d), North Macedonia (90d), Norway (90d), Palestine, Panama (90d), Peru (180d), Philippines (30d), Poland (90d), Portugal (90d), Romania (90d), Rwanda (30d), Saint Kitts and Nevis (90d), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90d), San Marino (90d), Senegal (90d), Seychelles (90d), Singapore (30d), Slovakia (90d), Slovenia (90d), South Africa (90d), Spain (90d), Suriname (30d), Swaziland (30d), Sweden (90d), Switzerland (90d), Taiwan (30d), Tajikistan (30d), Tanzania (90d), Thailand (60d), Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia (90d), Turkey (90d), Uganda (180d), United Arab Emirates (30d), Uruguay (30d), Uzbekistan (30d), Vanuatu (120d), Vatican (90d), Venezuela (90d), Vietnam (30d), Zambia (90d), Zimbabwe (90d)

Visa on arrival (34)

Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burundi, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Oman, Palau, Qatar, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Yemen

eTA required (8)

Australia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, United Kingdom

e-Visa required (21)

Armenia, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, India, Iraq, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Russia, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo

Visa required in advance (18)

Afghanistan, Angola, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Israel, Liberia, Mali, Nauru, Niger, North Korea, Paraguay, Serbia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States

Passports with similar entry access

Iceland · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Latvia · Slovenia · United States

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Data source: Passport Index dataset (CC-BY). Retrieved & last verified June 26, 2026. Visa rules change frequently — always confirm with the destination’s embassy or official immigration website before you book. See our methodology.