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India temporary visa exemption — social visit

MalaysiaShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

Indian passport holders can use the published Malaysian visa waiver through 31 December 2026 for a qualifying short visit of up to thirty days. This is a nationality-specific waiver, not the separate visa-on-arrival or eVISA mechanism.

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  • Entry Requirements/conditions
    Entry Requirements/conditions for foreigners visiting or temporary stay in Malaysia as follows: Holding a valid passport or a valid travel document with a validity of MORE than 6 months Obtain a valid VISA (for nationals that requires a visa to enter Malaysia) Having sufficient financial provisions to sustain the period of stay in Malaysia Applicant is not registered under the Suspect List of the Immigration Department of Malaysia or the stolen Lost Travel Document (STLD) system Applicant is not categorized as a prohibited immigrant EVISA can be applied online through the official website: https://malaysiavisa.imi.gov.my/. Should you have any Q&A about E VISA can also be referred through this link https://malaysiavisa.imi.gov.my/faq FOR INDIAN PASSPORT HOLDERS The Malaysian government has announced the extension of visa waiver for Indian nationals travelling to Malaysia until 31 December 2026, for up to 30 days, for business, tourism, social or transit purposes. In this regard, Indian passport holders are required to ensure the fulfillment of the criteria and provide supporting documents during the security and immigration screenings as follows: The passport validity must be at least six (6) months; Confirmed Return Flight Tickets; Confirmed Hotel Booking; and Compulsory online submission of the Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (MDAC) three (3) days before the arrival date. The online MDAC forms for international travellers are available via https://imigresen-online.imi.gov.my/mdac/main

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The High Commission lists business, tourism, social visits and transit. The waiver does not establish an independent permission to take local employment or undertake a long-term course.

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  • Entry Requirements/conditions
    Entry Requirements/conditions for foreigners visiting or temporary stay in Malaysia as follows: Holding a valid passport or a valid travel document with a validity of MORE than 6 months Obtain a valid VISA (for nationals that requires a visa to enter Malaysia) Having sufficient financial provisions to sustain the period of stay in Malaysia Applicant is not registered under the Suspect List of the Immigration Department of Malaysia or the stolen Lost Travel Document (STLD) system Applicant is not categorized as a prohibited immigrant EVISA can be applied online through the official website: https://malaysiavisa.imi.gov.my/. Should you have any Q&A about E VISA can also be referred through this link https://malaysiavisa.imi.gov.my/faq FOR INDIAN PASSPORT HOLDERS The Malaysian government has announced the extension of visa waiver for Indian nationals travelling to Malaysia until 31 December 2026, for up to 30 days, for business, tourism, social or transit purposes. In this regard, Indian passport holders are required to ensure the fulfillment of the criteria and provide supporting documents during the security and immigration screenings as follows: The passport validity must be at least six (6) months; Confirmed Return Flight Tickets; Confirmed Hotel Booking; and Compulsory online submission of the Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (MDAC) three (3) days before the arrival date. The online MDAC forms for international travellers are available via https://imigresen-online.imi.gov.my/mdac/main

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The published maximum is thirty days for the visit, and the waiver is extended until 31 December 2026. The cited notice does not state a rolling-window allowance or guaranteed repeated-entry reset, and does not establish treatment of a stay crossing the scheme end date.

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  • No cumulative-stay/reset rule or end-date-crossing rule established; do not import the China 90/180 arrangement.
  • Entry Requirements/conditions
    Entry Requirements/conditions for foreigners visiting or temporary stay in Malaysia as follows: Holding a valid passport or a valid travel document with a validity of MORE than 6 months Obtain a valid VISA (for nationals that requires a visa to enter Malaysia) Having sufficient financial provisions to sustain the period of stay in Malaysia Applicant is not registered under the Suspect List of the Immigration Department of Malaysia or the stolen Lost Travel Document (STLD) system Applicant is not categorized as a prohibited immigrant EVISA can be applied online through the official website: https://malaysiavisa.imi.gov.my/. Should you have any Q&A about E VISA can also be referred through this link https://malaysiavisa.imi.gov.my/faq FOR INDIAN PASSPORT HOLDERS The Malaysian government has announced the extension of visa waiver for Indian nationals travelling to Malaysia until 31 December 2026, for up to 30 days, for business, tourism, social or transit purposes. In this regard, Indian passport holders are required to ensure the fulfillment of the criteria and provide supporting documents during the security and immigration screenings as follows: The passport validity must be at least six (6) months; Confirmed Return Flight Tickets; Confirmed Hotel Booking; and Compulsory online submission of the Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (MDAC) three (3) days before the arrival date. The online MDAC forms for international travellers are available via https://imigresen-online.imi.gov.my/mdac/main

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

The India-specific checklist requires passport validity of at least six months, confirmed return flights, confirmed hotel booking and online MDAC submission three days before arrival. General consular conditions also require sufficient funds and no relevant prohibited-immigrant, suspect-list or stolen/lost-travel-document issue. The same page says more than six months in its general section but at least six in the Indian checklist.

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Limits of the record
  • Exact six-month passport boundary differs between the general and India-specific wording.
  • Entry Requirements/conditions
    Entry Requirements/conditions for foreigners visiting or temporary stay in Malaysia as follows: Holding a valid passport or a valid travel document with a validity of MORE than 6 months Obtain a valid VISA (for nationals that requires a visa to enter Malaysia) Having sufficient financial provisions to sustain the period of stay in Malaysia Applicant is not registered under the Suspect List of the Immigration Department of Malaysia or the stolen Lost Travel Document (STLD) system Applicant is not categorized as a prohibited immigrant EVISA can be applied online through the official website: https://malaysiavisa.imi.gov.my/. Should you have any Q&A about E VISA can also be referred through this link https://malaysiavisa.imi.gov.my/faq FOR INDIAN PASSPORT HOLDERS The Malaysian government has announced the extension of visa waiver for Indian nationals travelling to Malaysia until 31 December 2026, for up to 30 days, for business, tourism, social or transit purposes. In this regard, Indian passport holders are required to ensure the fulfillment of the criteria and provide supporting documents during the security and immigration screenings as follows: The passport validity must be at least six (6) months; Confirmed Return Flight Tickets; Confirmed Hotel Booking; and Compulsory online submission of the Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (MDAC) three (3) days before the arrival date. The online MDAC forms for international travellers are available via https://imigresen-online.imi.gov.my/mdac/main

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

No prior visa application is required when all waiver conditions are met; the traveller submits the MDAC and presents the required documents for border screening. The general Social Visit Pass extension process allows special consideration with documentary proof, in-person passport/IMM.55 submission and a confirmed departure ticket; it is not an automatic extension of the Indian waiver.

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  • Entry Requirements/conditions
    Entry Requirements/conditions for foreigners visiting or temporary stay in Malaysia as follows: Holding a valid passport or a valid travel document with a validity of MORE than 6 months Obtain a valid VISA (for nationals that requires a visa to enter Malaysia) Having sufficient financial provisions to sustain the period of stay in Malaysia Applicant is not registered under the Suspect List of the Immigration Department of Malaysia or the stolen Lost Travel Document (STLD) system Applicant is not categorized as a prohibited immigrant EVISA can be applied online through the official website: https://malaysiavisa.imi.gov.my/. Should you have any Q&A about E VISA can also be referred through this link https://malaysiavisa.imi.gov.my/faq FOR INDIAN PASSPORT HOLDERS The Malaysian government has announced the extension of visa waiver for Indian nationals travelling to Malaysia until 31 December 2026, for up to 30 days, for business, tourism, social or transit purposes. In this regard, Indian passport holders are required to ensure the fulfillment of the criteria and provide supporting documents during the security and immigration screenings as follows: The passport validity must be at least six (6) months; Confirmed Return Flight Tickets; Confirmed Hotel Booking; and Compulsory online submission of the Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (MDAC) three (3) days before the arrival date. The online MDAC forms for international travellers are available via https://imigresen-online.imi.gov.my/mdac/main
  • The Short term social visit pass
    The Short term social visit pass is given to foreign visitors upon arrival for the following purposes: Social visit Visiting relatives Tourism Journalism / Reporting Meeting / Conference Business Discussion Factory Inspection Auditing Company Accounts Signing Agreement Carrying out a survey on investment opportunities/setting up factory Attending Seminars Students on goodwill missions or taking examinations at a university Taking part in sports competitions Other activities approved by the Director General of Immigration. Extension of Social Visit Pass An Extension may be given on Special consideration e.g. due to illness, accident, war in home country etc. The visitor must furnish evidence, and also present a confirmed return ticket to their home country or third country. Required Documents Applicants must appear in person together with passport Form IMM.55 Supporting documents (if relevant) Confirmed ticket to home country or in possession of a visa and ticket to a third country

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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