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.
Investment routes
Bank deposit
From $106 000
- Holding period
- 5 years
- Capital
- Refundable
Silver tier: a fixed deposit of RM 500,000 (about 106,000 USD) plus a mandatory property purchase of RM 600,000 (about 127,000 USD), for a five-year visa. After one year, up to half the deposit may be withdrawn for approved purposes; the property cannot be resold for ten years.
Bank deposit
From $212 000
- Holding period
- 15 years
- Capital
- Refundable
Gold tier: a fixed deposit of RM 1,000,000 (about 212,000 USD) plus a property purchase of RM 1,000,000, for a fifteen-year visa.
Bank deposit
From $1 060 000
- Holding period
- 20 years
- Capital
- Refundable
Platinum tier: a fixed deposit of RM 5,000,000 (about 1,060,000 USD) plus a property purchase of RM 2,000,000, for a twenty-year visa — the longest horizon.
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.