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You can renew your passport early but the remaining balance of the months will be added to 5 years for example if your passport is still have 12 months or more validity left and you intend to renew it earlier, we have no problem in doing it so but bear in mind that the new passport validity will start from the day you coming to renew it and whatever the balance from your previous passport will be added up to maximum of 6 months. So if you have 12 months valid from your old passport we will only reimburse only 6 months on new passport and you will have a new passport that is valid 5 years and 6 months.

Note:- Even if you do not travel whilst you are abroad (living outside Malaysia) both passport and permit to stay must be valid. Under general travel rule (Geneva Convention) and airline policy all travellers must have more than 6 months validity on their passport. If the airline are not happy with either validity or condition of your passport they have the right to refuse you from boarding the aircraft.

Due to data protection regulation and security of the applicantion, Malaysian Government does not accept application by post/courier or any third party due to digital verification is required for the applicant to be present.

The applicant is required to have live image, digital thumb scan and manual thumb print at the counter in front of the officer.

We would like to remind all Malaysian citizen overseas to ensure that their passport is always valid and do not leave it expired over 6 months.

Make sure you have a valid permit to stay in the country where you reside and for those who live here illegally we will not renew your passport and we would like to recommend you to go home and apply a new passport in Malaysia. For those illegal resident (without valid permit) whose passport is still valid more than 6 months you can just fly home without applying for a travel document.

Once you are ready to go home for good please come to our office with your expired passport, flight ticket to go home and 2 photographs. We will process a Malaysian travel document for you to go home.

It is recommended that you come to apply for it within 2 weeks before you fly.

Passport Expired – Just Received Permit

You are welcome to renew your passport and please come to our office between 09.00 and 12.00 Noon (Monday – Friday) except public holidays.

Please bring your expired passport, Malaysian MyKAd and a valid residence permit. (It might be in a form of letter from UK Home Office or BRP card)

Passport Expired – Have Valid Permit

If your passport have expired more than 6 months and you do have a valid permit to stay in United Kingdom or any country you reside. You need to get a confirmation letter from the present country home office.

How and where to get the letter?

For those who live in United Kingdom they need to search on the internet for the information on N506L or NQ Form. You need to submit your personal details on the N506L form to UK home Office in order for them to issue you a letter to confirm than you have never apply British citizen. It may take 3 to 9 weeks for the reply from UK Home Office.

One you received the letter you are welcome to renew your passport and please come to our office between 09.00 and 12.00 Noon (Monday – Friday) except public holidays.

Please bring your expired passport, Malaysian MyKAd and a valid residence permit (It might be in a form of letter from UK Home Office or BRP card or s tamp on your old passport) and N506L letter from UK Home Office.

If you have any problem please contact;

Headquarters of the Immigration Department Malaysia (Ministry of Home Affairs)

Level 1-7 (Podium) No 15, Persiaran Perdana, Precint 2, 62550 Putrajaya.

TEL : 03-8000 8000 [1MOCC] (09.00 – 17.00 Malaysia Time)

Error Message / Technical Problem

This online passport application is based in Putrajaya at Malaysian Immigration Head Quarters in Malaysia and Malaysian Immigration in London have no control or access on the handling of the operation. If it still failed after several times attempts you can still renew your passport by coming to our office at Malaysian High Commission (Immigration Department) 45 Belgrave Square SW1X 8QT between 9.00 am – 12 Noon.

Common Problem

This a common problem for online application;

Online application

• Only accept biometric passport version only (microchipped)
• Only accept biometric MYKad version only (microchipped)
• Does not accept any change of address, name or other details – it can only be done manually at the counter
• Does not accept application when the passport already expired
• Only accept application with the passport about to expire within 6 months

P.S: Other than those above there is possibility that the system is in maintenance or upgrade procedure

Printing Receipt Problem

The payment went through but no receipt is issued – Try refreshing the page and key in your passport and MyKad number.

If you can see your personal details means your application is successful.

System Froze

If the system no longer respond to inputs – it happen sometimes.

Restarting or refresh the page normally works. It’s normallymresume as usual after one or two attempts.

Make sure you make a note on the date you registered as this will assist us in tracking your application when you come to the counter.

No. UK Refugee Travel Document does not eligible to apply for an eVisa. They must present and submit their application at the nearest Malaysian Embassy.

We advise you to apply for your visa at least 2 weeks prior your depature to Malaysia.

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Do I need a visa to visit Malaysia?

Feb 19, 2022 • 5 min read

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Malaysia has a reputation as the easy country for travel in Southeast Asia, and that certainly applies to the visa situation. Citizens of many countries are granted visa-free entry on arrival, meaning there’s no complicated paperwork standing between you and Malaysia’s beaches, jungles and food markets. 

Even better, the relaxed visa situation makes for easy detours to neighboring Singapore , Indonesia , Brunei and Thailand , though you’ll need to check the latest Covid restrictions before you travel. Here’s everything you need to know about visas for Malaysia. 

Can I travel to Malaysia without a visa? 

In normal circumstances, nationals of most countries in Europe, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan (and many other countries) can visit Malaysia without a visa for a stay of up to 90 days. This applies to entries by air, land and sea. 

In practice, 90-day stays are usually given as the default if you arrive in Malaysia by air, but if you enter by land or by sea, you may be given a 30-day entry stamp unless you specifically ask for a longer permit. It’s worth doing this, as extending your stay may not be possible once the stamp is issued. 

On arrival, your passport will be stamped and you’ll need to fill out an arrival/departure card; just make sure your passport is valid for six months from the date of entry. Technically, the authorities can ask for proof of sufficient funds for your stay and a ticket for onward travel from Malaysia, but this is not usually requested. 

Some countries are granted a shorter stay in Malaysia

Citizens of Russia and many neighboring countries are granted a stay of one month on arrival, and similar rules apply to nationals of many countries in Africa and Central and South America. For longer stays, you’ll need to apply for a visa. 

Note that citizens of Israel can only enter Malaysia with written permission from Malaysia’s Ministry of Home Affairs , which rules out easy overland trips from Thailand to Singapore.

What are the visa requirements for Malaysia? 

If your home country is not on the visa-free travel list, or you’re planning a long stay, you’ll need to apply for a visa. However, be aware that the only visas valid for more than 90 days are the multi-entry visas reserved for business travelers.

Different rules apply to different countries. Tourist E-Visas lasting up to 30 days are issued to citizens of Serbia & Montenegro, China, India, and many other nations in South Asia and Africa. See the Immigration Department of Malaysia website for details of how to apply and a full list of approved countries. 

Other nationals will need to apply for a visa the old-fashioned way at a Malaysian embassy or consulate in their home country. The Malaysian Ministry of Home Affairs has a full list of Malaysian missions overseas; contact your local embassy for advice on the application process. 

Business and transit visas for Malaysia

For business trips, it’s usually fine to enter the country as if you were a tourist, but you are not permitted to work for any Malaysian company. Business travelers can also apply for long-duration multiple-entry visas, but the application process is complex – Malaysian embassies can provide details. 

Transit visas are also available, but as so many people can enter Malaysia without a visa, they’re rarely needed.   

What are the rules for travel to East Malaysia? 

Sabah and Sarawak – the two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo – retain a certain degree of control over their borders. Even if you arrive from Peninsular Malaysia, you must go through passport control and have your passport stamped. This also applies when traveling between Sabah and Sarawak via Brunei, and when traveling to the federal district of Pulau Labuan. 

When entering Sabah or Sarawak from another part of Malaysia, your new visa stamp will be valid only for the remainder of the period you were granted when you first entered Malaysia. If Malaysian Borneo is your first port of call in Malaysia, you’ll get the full, uninterrupted 30 or 90 days. 

Extending a Malaysia visa 

While the entry procedures for Malaysia can seem very relaxed, it’s important not to overstay your visa or the visa-free entry period. If you do, you can be detained, fined, deported, and blacklisted – it’s no laughing matter. 

In the past, it has been possible to extend a 30-day entry up to 90 days through the Immigration Department of Malaysia , but don’t rely on this being possible with the pandemic muddying the waters. Extending a 90-day stay is out of the question. 

The good news is that it is possible to prolong your stay in Malaysia by hopping across the border to a neighboring country. When you re-enter, you’ll be granted a new 30- or 90- day entry stamp on arrival. There’s rarely a problem if you do this once or twice, but the authorities may take a dim view if you repeat the so-called “visa run” too many times. 

On the peninsula, the easiest place to leave and re-enter Malaysia is Johor Bahru ; local buses buzz across the causeway to Singapore day and night. The other easy option is Pulau Langkawi , which has ferries to Satun (year-round) and Ko Lipe (November to May) in Thailand. 

Alternatively, consider crossing the Thai border by train at Padang Besar, or take the ferry to Sumatra in Indonesia from Melaka or Johor Bahru. In East Malaysia, you can cross by bus or boat into Kalimantan in Indonesia, or make the easy hop into Brunei by bus from either Miri or Kota Kinabalu , or by boat from Pulau Labuan. 

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Malaysia sees 32.5% surge in foreign tourist arrivals in Q1

P ETALING JAYA: Malaysia welcomed 5.8 million foreign tourists from January to March this year, up by 32.5% from the 4.3 million visitors during the same period last year, says tourism, arts and culture minister Tiong King Sing.

Tiong said the top 10 tourist-generating markets for Malaysia were Singapore, Indonesia, China, Thailand, Brunei, India, South Korea, Australia, the United Kingdom and the Philippines, Bernama reported.

“Besides that, from January to April 2024, Malaysia also received chartered flights from Nanjing, Chengdu, Zhengzhou, Chongqing, Xi’an, Shenyang, Nanchang and Guangzhou, totalling 22 charted flights every week from the said cities with an estimated 3,600 passengers arriving per week.

“To date, we have 15 new additional routes, including Wuhan to Kuala Lumpur, Ahmedabad to Kuala Lumpur, Incheon to Kota Kinabalu and Almaty to Kuala Lumpur,” he said in his speech at Tourism Malaysia’s networking session on the strategic direction towards Visit Malaysia Year 2026 (VMY2026) in Kuala Lumpur.

Tiong added that the 30-day visa exemption for tourists from China and India, implemented as part of the visa liberalisation plan, had also proven to boost tourist arrivals in Malaysia.

As such, Tiong said visa facilitation, improved accessibility, and flight connectivity would be key strategies to attract approximately 36 million tourist arrivals and generate an estimated RM150 billion in tourist receipts for VMY2026.

He also stressed the importance of ramping up effective marketing strategies, urging all stakeholders to leverage their strengths across various sales and marketing channels to maximise their potential.

“We also need to ensure the readiness of destinations we are targeting, including in each state, while developing new, unique tourism products and packages, as well as niche tourism development, including nature-based tourism, culture and heritage, experiential and responsible tourism,” he said.

Tiong also pledged to continue collaborating with Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd, the transport ministry and local international airlines to increase flight frequencies, develop new routes and increase seat capacity, especially from key markets such as West Asia, China, India and Korea.

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