Malaysian Visa is not required for Filipinos
Stay Duration: 30 days
Entry Requirements
- Philippine nationals can visit Malaysia on visa-free, and live there for up to 30 days.
- Passport of citizens must be valid for six months beyond the date of arrival into the country and must have a minimum of reserve two pages on your passport.
- You should reserve a minimum of two empty passport pages for the required stampings.
- Foreign travellers are not required to pay any airport tax.
- An amount up to or exceeding $10,000 USD must be declared to the customs upon your entry into the country.
- Malaysian standard time zone is (GMT+8), being the same to the Philippines’, the two countries maintain the same standard time zone.
- Estimated time to travel by flight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from Manila is 4 hours.
- Airlines traveling within the two countries are AirAsia 585, Malaysia Airlines 805, Philippines AirAsia 942, Philippines Airlines 525 and Cebu Pacific 501.
- The telephone code of Malaysia is (+60) for both local and international communication.
- Before you could come into the country with your pets, they must be older than 3 months of age and health certificate and rabies vaccination are required.
- Children aged 15 years old and younger may be added to the passport of an adult in their company.
- Entry is denied to foreign women in a late stage of pregnancy (six months or more).
- You must have enough money at least USD 74 to cover your daily expenses, as well as onward or return tickets.
- Due to the outbreak of swine flu, all travellers to Malaysia are required to fill in a health declaration form handed over by the airlines during the flight.
- Malaysia is the 66th largest country by landmass and it borders with Thailand in West Malaysia, and Indonesia and Brunei in East Malaysia.
- The Malaysia “My Second Home” program that allows foreigners to live in the country on a long-stay visa for up to 10 years has made Malaysia listed as one of the best places to retire to in the world.
- The country has the highest numbers of women working in the banking industry.
- Malaysia is ranked 19th in the world for its quality roads, quality of port infrastructure and quality of air transport infrastructure but ranked 39th in quality of electricity supply.
- The country has seven international ports, the major one being the Port Klang.
- Malaysian official capital is Kuala Lumpur, and the currency used in the country is Malaysian Ringgit(MYR).
- There are 200 industrial parks along with specialized parks such as Technology Park Malaysia and Kulim Hi-tech park.
- The telecommunication network, although strong in urban areas, is less available to the rural population.
- The major modes of transportation within Malaysia is by road and railways.
- The constitution grants freedom of religion and makes Malaysia an officially secular state while establishing Islam as the “religion of the Federation”
- The official and national language of Malaysia is Malaysian, a standardized form of the Malay language alongside the English language.
- Popular sports in Malaysia include association football, badminton, field hockey, bowls, tennis, squash, martial arts, horse riding, sailing, and skateboarding.
- Malaysia is one of the world most popular places for coastal tourism. Langkawi and Kedah are the most famous nature island spots in the country.
- Banks in Malaysia stops operating on Saturday afternoon and Sunday. They also closed on the first and third Saturday of the month.