Malaysia: visa and entry rules
What you need to get in, how long you may stay, and what an overstay costs
Malaysia's borders: every crossing point
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Malaysia's land border crossings, grouped by the neighbour they lead to:
With Thailand: Bukit Kayu Hitam - Sadao, the main one on the Kuala Lumpur - Hat Yai route; Padang Besar, which also has a railway post; Rantau Panjang - Sungai Kolok on the east coast.
With Singapore: Johor Bahru - Woodlands along the causeway and the Second Link (Tuas), among the busiest crossings in the world.
With Brunei: Kuala Lurah, Sungai Tujoh and other posts on Borneo.
With Indonesia: Tebedu - Entikong on Kalimantan.
Johor Bahru is worth planning around the time of day. At peak hours and at weekends the queue on the causeway is measured in hours: hundreds of thousands of people commute across it every day.
Bukit Kayu Hitam is open around the clock and takes the bulk of the visa-run traffic from Thailand.
Borneo is organised separately: Sabah and Sarawak have their own immigration control, and your passport is checked again when you fly in from the peninsula.
Driving to Malaysia
Entry from Thailand is straightforward - it is the most workable overland route in the region.
Insurance is mandatory and is bought on entry if your policy does not cover Malaysia.
An International Driving Permit is mandatory.
Traffic drives on the left, roads on the peninsula are of good quality and the motorways are tolled.
Entering from Singapore by car requires a full tank - the Singaporean three-quarter-tank rule is checked as you leave Singapore, not as you enter Malaysia.
Travelling to Malaysia with a pet
An import licence is arranged in advance with the veterinary service - without it the animal will not be accepted.
A microchip is mandatory, to the ISO standard.
The rabies vaccination and an antibody titre test are mandatory.
Quarantine applies to animals from a country Malaysia does not recognise as rabies-free or rabies-controlled. Which countries are on that list is set by Malaysia's Department of Veterinary Services and does change, so check your own country's current status with them before you go rather than assume either way.
Certain dog breeds are banned from import regardless of paperwork.
Overstaying your visa in Malaysia
The fine is issued on departure, and the rate rises with the length of the overstay.
The blacklist closes off entry for a long time. Malaysia maintains it strictly, and you discover you are on it at the border on your next trip.
Being detained during a check inside the country ends in deportation rather than a fine.
Leaving of your own accord is cheaper - the thirty-day allowance is short, and an overstay here almost always comes down to carelessness.
What else to check before you go
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Entry rules change faster than anything else on this site, and they change without notice. We cross-check every page against several sources and state the date it was verified, but that does not replace the main step: before you travel, check an official source — the country’s consulate, its immigration service or its e-visa portal. Especially if more than a couple of months have passed since our check.