Visa Requirement


No visa is required for U.S.A. citizens visiting Malaysia for social, business or academic purposes (except for employment).

No visa is required for a stay of less than one month for nationals of all ASEAN countries except Myanmar. For a stay exceeding one month a visa will be required, except for nationals from Brunei and Singapore.

For delegates from Israel, Visa applications process will take more than three months from the conference date. Please contact the organizer for further information.

For national of Republic of Serbia and Republic of Montenegro, visas are required and permission must be granted from Ministry Of Home Affairs.

Nationals of countries other than those stated below (with the exception of Israel) are allowed to enter Malaysia without a visa for a visit not exceeding one month.

For more info, please visit www.imi.gov.my

Visa Application

  • Visa application must be made at any Malaysian Representative Office Abroad.
  • For countries that do not have Malaysian Representative, application can be made at the Embassy or British High Commissioner's Office.
  • Application also can be made online through I-Visa System (for tourist from Chennai and New Delhi, India or Shanghai, China only).

Application for Visa Without Reference
Document required for visa application without reference (approval of visa is given by High Commission of Malaysia) are:

  • Original passport
  • Two (2) photocopies of passport
  • Two (2) photocopies of visa application form (Form IMM.47)
  • Two (2) passport size photograph of applicant
  • Original air ticket and two (2) photocopies (confirmed and returned ticket)
  • Bank statement / traveller's cheques
  • Invitation letter (if any)
  • Payment of visa fee

Note : Visa Without Reference is required for purpose of social visit


Countries That Requires Visa
Afghanistan (Visa With Reference)AngolaBhutanBurkina Faso
BurundiCentral African RepublicChinaColombia
ComorosCongo Democratic RepublicCongo RepublicCote D'ivoire
DjiboutiEquat. GuineaEritreaEthiopia
Guinea-BissauHong Kong (C/I or D/I)IndiaLiberia
MaliMyanmar (normal passport)NepalNiger
RwandaSerbia & MontenegroTaiwanUnited Nations (Laissez Passer)
Western Sahara

Commonwealth Countries That Requires Visa
BangladeshCameroonGhanaMozambique
NigeriaPakistanSri Lanka

Countries That Requires Visa For a Stay Exceeding 3 Months
AlbaniaAlgeriaArgentinaAustralia
Austria (Vienna)BahrainBelgiumBosnia-Herzegovina
BrazilCroatiaCubaCzech Republic
DenmarkEgyptFinlandFrance
GermanyHungaryIcelandIreland
ItalyJapanJordanKirgystan
KuwaitKyrgyz RepublicLebanonLienchestien
LuxembourgMoroccoNetherlandNorway
OmanPeruPolandQatar
RomaniaSt MarinoSaudi ArabiaSlovakia
South KoreaSpainSwedenSwitzerland
TunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanUnited Arab Emirates
United KingdomUruguayYemen

Countries That Requires Visa For a Stay Exceeding 1 Month
ArmeniaAzerbaijanBarbadosBelarus
BelarusBeninBoliviaBulgaria
CambodiaCape VerdeChadChile
Costa RicaEquadorEl SavadorEstonia
GabonGeorgiaGreeceGuatemala
Guinea RepublicHaitiHondurasHong Kong SAR
KazakhstanLatviaLithuaniaMacao SAR
MacedoniaMadagascarMaldovaMauritania
MexicoMonacoMongaliaNicaragua
North KoreaNorth YemenPanamaParaguay
PortugalRussiaSao Tome & PrincipeSenegal
SloveniaSudanSurinamTajikistan
TogoUkraineUpper VoltaUzbekistan
Vatican CityVanezuelaZaireZimbabwe