Lonely Planet™ · Thorn Tree Forum · 2020

Visa in Malaysia?

Country forums / South-East Asia Islands & Peninsula / Malaysia

Dear travelers

I'll arrive in KL and head straight to Thailand for 3 months. Afterwards i'll like to stay 3 months in Malaysia. Is that possible? Is the following right: First i get a visa/stamp for 90 days, which will be over, when i come back from Thailand. Does i get another 90 days stamps when i re-enter Malaysia? Is that the case every time when i enter the country, i'll get another 90 days stay which starts at day 1 (new counting for the upcoming 90 days, when i re-enter)?

So i could also travel in Malysia for 1, 2 or 3 months, stay 2 days in Bahrain, and then have another (new) 3 months in Malaysia?

Thanks a lot for all your answers!

Pete from Switzerland

If you are Swiss , I think you do qualify fot the 90 day stamp (not visa) . Yes you can leave and be given a new 90 day stamp . However thats at the discretion of the immigration staff . generally they take a fairly apathetic attitude towards from foreigners (providing you come from the sort of countries they usually expect tourists to come from) .
But if they begin to think you have stayed too long , suspect you may be working , or there is something else about you they don't like they can give you less time.
On the other hand one English woman lived 6 years on a beach at Tioman island just by going in and out getting new stamps each time .

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A friend of mine (German passport) stayed in Malaysia for a couple of years doing visa runs to Singapore. Towards the end of his stay he only got 2- month stamps.

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