Malaysia Passport

Passport rankings out of 198 countries

Freedom of travel43

Asset protection35

Quality of life65

"Plan B"56

Afghanistan

Visa is required

Albania

Visa-free for 90 days

Algeria

Visa-free for 90 days

Andorra

Visa-free for 90 days

Angola

Visa is required

Antigua & Barbuda

Visa-free for 180 days

Argentina

Visa-free for 30 days

Armenia

eTA

Australia

eTA

Austria

Visa-free for 90 days

Azerbaijan

Visa-free for 30 days

Bahamas

Visa-free for 90 days

Bahrain

Visa upon arrival

Bangladesh

Visa upon arrival

Barbados

Visa-free for 180 days

Belarus

Visa-free for 30 days

Belgium

Visa-free for 90 days

Belize

Visa-free

Benin

eTA

Bhutan

eTA

Bolivia

Visa upon arrival

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Visa-free for 90 days

Botswana

Visa-free for 90 days

Brazil

Visa-free for 90 days

Brunei

Visa-free for 30 days

Bulgaria

Visa-free for 90 days

Burkina Faso

eTA

Burundi

Visa upon arrival

Cambodia

Visa-free for 30 days

Cameroon

eTA

Canada

Visa is required

Cape Verde

Visa upon arrival

Central African Republic

Visa is required

Chad

Visa is required

Chile

Visa-free for 30 days

China

Visa-free for 30 days

Colombia

eTA

Comoros

Visa upon arrival

Congo - Brazzaville

Visa is required

Congo - Kinshasa

eTA

Costa Rica

Visa-free for 30 days

Croatia

Visa-free for 90 days

Cuba

Visa-free for 90 days

Cyprus

Visa-free for 90 days

Czechia

Visa-free for 90 days

Côte d’Ivoire

eTA

Denmark

Visa-free for 90 days

Djibouti

Visa upon arrival

Dominica

Visa-free for 180 days

Dominican Republic

Visa-free

Ecuador

Visa-free for 90 days

Egypt

Visa upon arrival

El Salvador

Visa-free for 180 days

Equatorial Guinea

eTA

Eritrea

Visa is required

Estonia

Visa-free for 90 days

Eswatini

Visa-free for 30 days

Ethiopia

eTA

Fiji

Visa-free for 120 days

Finland

Visa-free for 90 days

France

Visa-free for 90 days

Gabon

eTA

Gambia

Visa-free for 90 days

Georgia

Visa-free for 360 days

Germany

Visa-free for 90 days

Ghana

Visa upon arrival

Greece

Visa-free for 90 days

Grenada

Visa-free for 90 days

Guatemala

Visa-free for 90 days

Guinea

eTA

Guinea-Bissau

Visa upon arrival

Guyana

Visa-free for 60 days

Haiti

Visa-free for 90 days

Honduras

Visa-free for 90 days

Hong Kong SAR China

Visa-free for 90 days

Hungary

Visa-free for 90 days

Iceland

Visa-free for 90 days

India

eTA

Indonesia

Visa-free for 30 days

Iran

Visa-free for 14 days

Iraq

eTA

Ireland

Visa-free for 90 days

Israel

Visa is required

Italy

Visa-free for 90 days

Jamaica

Visa-free

Japan

Visa-free for 90 days

Jordan

Visa upon arrival

Kazakhstan

Visa-free for 30 days

Kenya

eTA

Kiribati

Visa-free for 90 days

Kuwait

Visa upon arrival

Kyrgyzstan

Visa-free for 90 days

Laos

Visa-free for 30 days

Latvia

Visa-free for 90 days

Lebanon

Visa upon arrival

Lesotho

Visa-free for 90 days

Liberia

Visa is required

Libya

eTA

Liechtenstein

Visa-free for 90 days

Lithuania

Visa-free for 90 days

Luxembourg

Visa-free for 90 days

Macao SAR China

Visa-free for 30 days

Madagascar

Visa upon arrival

Malawi

Visa-free for 90 days

Malaysia

Maldives

Visa upon arrival

Mali

Visa is required

Malta

Visa-free for 90 days

Marshall Islands

Visa upon arrival

Mauritania

Visa upon arrival

Mauritius

Visa-free for 90 days

Mexico

Visa-free for 180 days

Micronesia

Visa-free for 30 days

Moldova

Visa-free for 90 days

Monaco

Visa-free for 90 days

Mongolia

Visa-free for 30 days

Montenegro

Visa-free for 90 days

Morocco

Visa-free for 90 days

Mozambique

Visa upon arrival

Myanmar (Burma)

eTA

Namibia

Visa-free for 90 days

Nauru

Visa is required

Nepal

Visa upon arrival

Netherlands

Visa-free for 90 days

New Zealand

eTA

Nicaragua

Visa-free for 90 days

Niger

Visa is required

Nigeria

eTA

North Korea

Visa is required

North Macedonia

Visa-free for 90 days

Norway

Visa-free for 90 days

Oman

Visa upon arrival

Pakistan

eTA

Palau

Visa upon arrival

Palestinian Territories

Visa-free

Panama

Visa-free for 90 days

Papua New Guinea

eTA

Paraguay

Visa is required

Peru

Visa-free for 180 days

Philippines

Visa-free for 30 days

Poland

Visa-free for 90 days

Portugal

Visa-free for 90 days

Qatar

Visa upon arrival

Romania

Visa-free for 90 days

Russia

eTA

Rwanda

Visa-free for 30 days

Samoa

Visa upon arrival

San Marino

Visa-free for 90 days

Saudi Arabia

Visa upon arrival

Senegal

Visa-free for 90 days

Serbia

Visa is required

Seychelles

Visa-free for 90 days

Sierra Leone

Visa upon arrival

Singapore

Visa-free for 30 days

Slovakia

Visa-free for 90 days

Slovenia

Visa-free for 90 days

Solomon Islands

Visa upon arrival

Somalia

eTA

South Africa

Visa-free for 90 days

South Korea

eTA

South Sudan

eTA

Spain

Visa-free for 90 days

Sri Lanka

Visa upon arrival

St Kitts & Nevis

Visa-free for 90 days

St Lucia

Visa upon arrival

St. Vincent & Grenadines

Visa-free for 90 days

Sudan

Visa upon arrival

Suriname

Visa-free for 30 days

Sweden

Visa-free for 90 days

Switzerland

Visa-free for 90 days

Syria

Visa upon arrival

São Tomé & Príncipe

eTA

Taiwan

Visa-free for 30 days

Tajikistan

Visa-free for 30 days

Tanzania

Visa-free for 90 days

Thailand

Visa-free for 60 days

Timor-Leste

Visa upon arrival

Togo

eTA

Tonga

Visa upon arrival

Trinidad & Tobago

Visa-free

Tunisia

Visa-free for 90 days

Turkey

Visa-free for 90 days

Turkmenistan

Visa is required

Tuvalu

Visa upon arrival

UAE

Visa-free for 30 days

Uganda

Visa-free for 180 days

Ukraine

Visa is required

United Kingdom

eTA

United States

Visa is required

Uruguay

Visa-free for 30 days

Uzbekistan

Visa-free for 30 days

Vanuatu

Visa-free for 120 days

Vatican City

Visa-free for 90 days

Venezuela

Visa-free for 90 days

Vietnam

Visa-free for 30 days

Yemen

Visa upon arrival

Zambia

Visa-free for 90 days

Zimbabwe

Visa-free for 90 days

About Malaysia

A state in Southeast Asia. It consists of two parts separated by the South China Sea: West Malaysia is located on the Malay Peninsula, and East Malaysia is located in the northern part of Kalimantan. It borders on Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines.

In Malaysia, they extract oil, develop agriculture, produce electronic chips and equipment. In addition, this country is the center of Islamic banking.

Population

32.7 million

Capital

Kuala Lumpur

Official language

Malay

GDP per capita

$11.637

Time zone

UTC+8

Currency

Ringgit

Grounds for obtaining a Malaysia passport

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Birth to citizens of the country

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Marriage to a citizen of the country

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Work for the country's government

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Naturalization

Estimated time: 11 years

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Repatriation

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Adoption

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Parents citizenship

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Special conditions

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Special services to the state

Obtaining a Malaysia passport by naturalization: requirements for applicants

Knowledge of state language

Assimilation or cultural knowledge

Stable financial status

Good health

No criminal records

Frequently asked questions

  • What does Malaysian citizenship provide?

    A Malaysian passport allows you to visit 178 countries without a visa. Citizens of a country can reside on its territory and use the rights provided for by the country’s legislation.

  • How to get Malaysian citizenship by naturalisation?

    A foreigner must have lived in the country for at least 10 of the last 12 years, speak Malay and have high moral standards.

    Malaysian citizenship can be obtained through marriage, it it’s not annulled or annulled within the first two years.

  • Does Malaysia recognize second citizenship?

    Malaysian citizens are not allowed to have a second citizenship.

  • Can a child acquire Malaysian citizenship if they were born in Malaysia?

    A child who is born to a family of Malaysian citizens or whose mother is Malaysian can obtain Malaysian citizenship by right of birth.

Malaysia Passport in comparison with other passports