Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H)
- Processing time
- 3–6 months
- Physical presence
- Applicants must be at least 25. Those under 50 must spend at least 90 days a year in Malaysia; applicants aged 50 and over have no annual stay requirement. This is a long-stay visa, not a route to citizenship.
- Family
- Spouse, dependent children and, in the higher tiers, parents can be included with the main applicant.
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Limits and drawbacks
- This is the decisive point: MM2H is a long-stay visa, not a path to citizenship. Malaysia does not naturalise MM2H holders, so do not treat it as a passport plan.
- Each tier requires both a fixed deposit and a mandatory property purchase, and the property cannot be resold for ten years — the real entry cost is the two combined, not the deposit alone.
- Applicants under 50 must spend at least 90 days a year in Malaysia to keep the status.
- The programme was restructured into these tiers under version 3.0 and is still settling; confirm the current rules and figures with the official MM2H authority before committing.
What it gets you
- A very long visa — up to twenty years at the Platinum tier
- Territorial tax: foreign-source income is generally exempt for individuals
- Fixed-deposit interest is tax-exempt under the programme
- No annual stay requirement for applicants aged 50 and over