Malaysia: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 113
- Consulates
- 43
- missions abroad
- 124
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 167
Live & travel in Malaysia
Monthly budget
$1,500/mo
Prices vs USA: 33%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 4.059 MYR
Internet access
98%
of people online
Air quality
15.9
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
Malay
Emergency
999
Plug types
BS 1363
Calling code
+60
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Feb 21, 2026
4.3
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost4.3
- Safety5.0
- Internet access5.0
- Air quality3.0
- Climate4.2
SOS · Malaysia999Restaurants, cafés and dishes in MalaysiaTreasure Trove (restaurant) · Merdekarya · Nasi lemak · Nasi goreng · Curry mee · Ikan bakar · Nasi kerabu
Government consensus
Normal precautions· 2 of 3 governments- United StatesNormal precautions
- United KingdomIncreased caution· parts of the country
- CanadaNormal precautions· parts of the country
Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Digital nomad visa
- DE Rantau Nomad PassVerified Nov 9, 2026Min. income: $2,000/moDuration: 12 monthsUS$24,000/yr for tech talent; US$60,000/yr for non-tech (MDEC FAQ v10, Aug 2026)Official site
Programme rules change; always confirm on the official site linked on each card.
Cities in Malaysia
Traveller essentials · Malaysia
- Emergency
- 999
- Calling code
- +60
- Currency
- MYR
- Plug types
- BS 1363
- Drives on the
- left
- Capital
- Kuala Lumpur
- Time zone
- Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
Foreign missions in Malaysia
AfghanistanKuala Lumpur1AlgeriaKuala Lumpur1ArgentinaKuala Lumpur1AustraliaKuala Lumpur, Penang2AustriaKuala Lumpur, Penang2AzerbaijanKuala Lumpur1BangladeshKuala Lumpur, Penang2BelgiumKuala Lumpur1Bosnia and HerzegovinaKuala Lumpur1BrazilKuala Lumpur1BruneiKuala Lumpur, Kuching2CambodiaKuala Lumpur1CanadaKuala Lumpur1ChileKuala Lumpur1ChinaKuala Lumpur, Penang, Kuching5ColombiaKuala Lumpur1ComorosKuala Lumpur1CroatiaKuala Lumpur1CzechiaKuala Lumpur1DenmarkKuala Lumpur1EcuadorKuala Lumpur1EgyptKuala Lumpur1EswatiniKuala Lumpur1FinlandKuala Lumpur1FranceKuala Lumpur1GambiaKuala Lumpur1GermanyKuala Lumpur1GhanaKuala Lumpur1GuineaKuala Lumpur1IndiaKuala Lumpur1IndonesiaKuala Lumpur, Kuching, Johor Bahru6IranKuala Lumpur1IraqKuala Lumpur1IrelandKuala Lumpur1ItalyKuala Lumpur1JapanKuala Lumpur, Penang, Kota Kinabalu3JordanKuala Lumpur1KazakhstanKuala Lumpur1KosovoKuala Lumpur1KuwaitKuala Lumpur1KyrgyzstanKuala Lumpur1LaosKuala Lumpur1LesothoKuala Lumpur1LibyaKuala Lumpur1MacaoKuala Lumpur1MaldivesKuala Lumpur1MauritiusKuala Lumpur1MexicoKuala Lumpur1MoroccoKuala Lumpur1MyanmarKuala Lumpur1NamibiaKuala Lumpur1NepalKuala Lumpur, Penang2NetherlandsKuala Lumpur2New ZealandKuala Lumpur1North KoreaKuala Lumpur1NorwayKuala Lumpur, Yangon2PakistanKuala Lumpur1PalestineKuala Lumpur1Papua New GuineaKuala Lumpur1PeruKuala Lumpur1PhilippinesKuala Lumpur1PolandKuala Lumpur1QatarKuala Lumpur1RomaniaKuala Lumpur1RussiaKuala Lumpur1Saudi ArabiaKuala Lumpur1SenegalKuala Lumpur1SingaporeKuala Lumpur1SloveniaKuala Lumpur1South AfricaKuala Lumpur1South KoreaKuala Lumpur1SpainKuala Lumpur1Sri LankaKuala Lumpur1SurinameKuala Lumpur1SwedenKuala Lumpur1SwitzerlandKuala Lumpur1SyriaKuala Lumpur1TaiwanKuala Lumpur1TanzaniaKuala Lumpur1ThailandKuala Lumpur, Penang3TürkiyeKuala Lumpur1UgandaKuala Lumpur1UkraineKuala Lumpur1United Arab EmiratesKuala Lumpur1United KingdomKuala Lumpur2United StatesKuala Lumpur1UruguayKuala Lumpur1Vatican CityKuala Lumpur1VenezuelaKuala Lumpur1VietnamKuala Lumpur1YemenKuala Lumpur1ZambiaKuala Lumpur1
Malaysia missions abroad
AlgeriaAlgiers1ArgentinaBuenos Aires1AustraliaCanberra, Melbourne, Perth4AustriaVienna1AzerbaijanBaku1BahrainManama1BangladeshDhaka1BelgiumBrussels2Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo1BrazilBrasília1BruneiBandar Seri Begawan1CambodiaPhnom Penh1CanadaOttawa, Vancouver, Toronto3ChileSantiago1ChinaBeijing, Nanning, Xi'an7CroatiaZagreb1CubaHavana1CzechiaPrague1EgyptCairo1FijiSuva1FinlandHelsinki1FranceParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2GermanyBerlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart3GhanaAccra1GuineaConakry1Hong KongHong Kong1HungaryBudapest1IndiaNew Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai3IndonesiaJakarta, Medan, Pontianak5IranTehran1IraqBaghdad1IrelandDublin1ItalyRome, Milan3JapanTokyo1JordanAmman1KazakhstanAstana1KenyaNairobi2KuwaitKuwait City1LaosVientiane1LebanonBeirut1MexicoMexico City1MoroccoRabat1MyanmarYangon1NamibiaWindhoek1NepalKathmandu1Netherlands's-Gravenhage1New ZealandWellington1NigeriaAbuja1North KoreaPyongyang1OmanMuscat1PakistanIslamabad, Karachi2Papua New GuineaPort Moresby1PeruLima1Philippinesماكاتي, Davao City2PolandWarsaw1QatarDoha1RomaniaBucharest1RussiaMoscow1Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Jeddah3SenegalDakar1SerbiaBelgrade1SingaporeSingapore1South AfricaPretoria1South KoreaSeoul1SpainMadrid, Barcelona2Sri LankaColombo1SudanKhartoum1SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandBern, Geneva3SyriaDamascus1TaiwanTaipei1ThailandBangkok, Songkhla2Timor-LesteDili1TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul, İzmir4TurkmenistanAshgabat1UkraineKyiv1United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai2United KingdomLondon1United StatesWashington, D.C., Los Angeles, New York4UzbekistanTashkent1VenezuelaCaracas1VietnamHanoi, Ho Chi Minh City2YemenSanaa1ZimbabweHarare1
Who can enter Malaysia without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in Malaysia?
113 missions, 92 countries.
Emergency: Malaysia?
999 (fire department), 999 (emergency medical services), 999 (police)
Who can enter Malaysia without a visa?
167: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, and Barbados…