No visa needed

Do citizens of Timor-Leste need a visa for Malaysia?

Citizens of Timor-Leste don’t need a visa for Malaysia and can stay up to 30 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Timor-Leste: the passport opens 55 countries visa-free; Dili — Kuala Lumpur: ≈ 2,950 km, about 4 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

Can I travel to Malaysia without a visa on a Timor-Leste passport?

Yes, citizens of Timor-Leste don’t need a visa for Malaysia for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Malaysia visa rules at a glance

With a Timor-Leste passport you can visit 55 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 53 with an e-visa; 63 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Timor-Leste passport ranks 99th of 199.
Timor-Leste passport: visa-free access to 55 countries; Malaysia passport: 122.
Citizens of Timor-Leste and Malaysia can travel together visa-free to 52 countries, for example: Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Micronesia, Kiribati, Seychelles, Eswatini, Palestine, Cyprus, Moldova, Finland, Romania, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia.
Citizens of Malaysia, in turn, don’t need a visa for Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste visa for citizens of Malaysia

Travelling to Malaysia: good to know

Dili — Kuala Lumpur: about 2,950 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Dili 12:00 — Kuala Lumpur 11:00.
Local currency: Malaysian Ringgit.
Languages: English and Malay.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MYR 4.08.
Malaysia is the 7th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Timor-Leste.