Malaysian Visa – Everything You Wanted To Know About

“Malaysia, truly Asia” a slogan used to promote Malaysia tourism proved true to its word which brought in around 08 million tourists. Malaysia a land to “Taman Negara” which literally means ‘National Park’ in Malay is one of the oldest rainforests on the Earth which supports more than 10,000 species of plants, 1,000 types of butterflies, 140 types of animals, 350 bird species, 100 kinds of snakes, and 150,000 kinds of insects.

Malaysia has a lot to offer for People having a fascination for water sports which includes 18 top-rated islands in Malaysia. Whereas Kinabalu National Park, Batu caves, Petronas towers are some of the major important tourist attractions.

With keeping certain terms and conditions in mind Malaysia visa is easily processed, once done you are ready to travel. For promoting more tourism in Malaysia, the Malaysian government has started an online visa procedure for the convenience of the tourist.  They have divided the online Malaysia visa for Indian citizens into 3 different categories:

• eNTRI Note: Single entry, 15 days stay with a validity period of 90 days. 

1. eNTRI Note requires a list of certain documents including Scanned Bio Pages of Passport, Scanned Photograph wherein size should be 33mm x 50mm with white background, Return Air Ticket, Hotel Bookings.
2. Passport should be valid for at least 6 months upon arrival in Malaysia.
3. eNTRI Note will charge you the U.S $20.
4. eNTRI Note allows you to enter through certain authorized Malaysian land entry and exit points which include Johor, Perlis, Kedah, and Sarawak.
5. eNTRI Note cannot be reapplied before 3 months once the visa process is completed and an eNTRI note is generated.
6. eNTRI Note, Original Passport, Boarding Pass, Confirmed Return tickets are mandatory documents needed upon arrival at Malaysia entry checkpoints.

• Single entry E visa: Single entry, 30 days stay with a validity of 90 days.

1. Single entry E-Visa permits you to enter Malaysia for a single entry during a span of 90 days visa validity period wherein the maximum stay can be of 30 days.
2. Documents required for the application of Single-Entry Malaysia E-visa are: Scanned Bio Pages of Passport, Scanned Photograph wherein size should be 33mm x 50mm with white background, Return Air Ticket, Hotel Bookings, Birth certificate for minors below the age of 12, Singapore Visa in case of entering via Singapore
3. Passport should be valid for at least 06 months upon arrival in Malaysia.
4. Single entry E-Visa will have two payments: USD 25 and INR 1050 both to be made after completion of online application.
5. Malaysia visa can be applied 60 days prior to the travel and maximum being 5 working days before your travel.
6. Single entry E-Visa allows you to enter through all authorized Malaysian air and land entry and exit points.
7. On approval of Malaysia E-Visa, you need to carry a color printout of the visa, original Passport and Confirmed return Air Ticket is the mandatory documents at the immigration counter.

• Multiple entry E-visa: Multiple entries, 30 days stay with a validity of 90 days.

1. Multiple entry E-Visa permits you to enter Malaysia for multiple times during a span of 90 days visa validity period wherein the maximum stay can be of 30 days.
2. Documents required for the application of Multiple Entry Malaysia E-visa are: Scanned Bio Pages of Passport, Scanned Photograph wherein size should be 33mm x 50mm with white background, Return Air Ticket, Hotel Bookings, Birth certificate for minors below the age of 12, Singapore Visa in case of entering via Singapore.
3. Passport should be valid for at least 06 months upon arrival in Malaysia.
4. Malaysia visa can be applied 60 days prior to the travel and maximum being 5 working days before your travel.
5. Multiple entry E-Visa will have two payments: U.S $25 and 10.50 both to be made after completion of online application.
6. Multiple entry E-Visa can be reapplied again immediately in case of rejection of E-Visa or in case of invalid details filled up in eNTRI note.
7. Multiple entry E-Visa allows you to enter through all authorized Malaysian air and land entry and exit points.
8. On approval of Malaysia E-Visa, you need to carry a color printout of the E-Visa, original Passport and Confirmed return Air Ticket is the mandatory documents at the immigration counter.