No visa needed

Do citizens of Panama need a visa for Malaysia?

Citizens of Panama 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 Panama: the passport opens 88 countries visa-free; Panama City — Kuala Lumpur: ≈ 18,660 km, about 24 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 Panama passport?

Yes, citizens of Panama 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 Panama passport you can visit 88 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 33 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Panama passport ranks 69th of 199.
Panama passport: visa-free access to 88 countries; Malaysia passport: 122.
Citizens of Panama and Malaysia can travel together visa-free to 79 countries, for example: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador, Jamaica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, and Barbados.
Citizens of Malaysia, in turn, don’t need a visa for Panama. Panama visa for citizens of Malaysia

Travelling to Malaysia: good to know

Panama City — Kuala Lumpur: about 18,660 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 24 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +13 hours.
Local time: Panama City 12:00 — Kuala Lumpur 01:00.
Local currency: Malaysian Ringgit.
Languages: English and Malay.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MYR 4.08.
Malaysia is the 195th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Panama.