Mozambican passport holders need a Malaysia eVisa approved before departure. Applied for entirely online from Maputo — no High Commission queue — with a 30-day stay granted at the counter on arrival.
30 days
Maximum stay per visit
90 days
eVisa validity from approval
3–7 days
Typical processing time
Any port
Entry point accepted
100% online
No embassy visit
Overview
Mozambique and Malaysia are linked by gas. Petronas has been an investor in Mozambican hydrocarbons for years, and the Rovuma basin's development has brought Malaysian engineering, services and management into the country on a scale that few other Asian relationships match. That corridor has produced steady two-way business travel between Maputo, Pemba and Kuala Lumpur.
Beyond energy, the relationship rests on shared Commonwealth membership, Malaysian plantation and agribusiness interests in southern Africa, and a growing flow of Mozambican students and medical travellers who find Malaysia cheaper than South Africa or Portugal for comparable quality.
Mozambique is on Malaysia's visa-required list, so an approved eVisa is needed before boarding. The whole application is completed online with documents uploaded, which removes the need to reach the High Commission in Maputo in person. Applications are assessed closely, and the financial and employment evidence carries most of the weight.
At a glance
Eligibility
Yes — every Mozambican citizen needs a visa to enter Malaysia, for any purpose and any length of stay. Commonwealth membership makes no difference. There is no visa on arrival at Kuala Lumpur and no transit exemption permitting you to leave the airport.
For tourism, family visits and business, the eVisa is the route. The Single Entry Tourist eVisa fits a holiday, family visit or medical trip; the Business eVisa covers meetings, conferences, trade fairs and energy-sector visits with an invitation from the Malaysian company; the Multiple Entry eVisa suits itineraries entering Malaysia more than once.
The Multiple Entry product is worth serious consideration for anyone working in or around the gas sector, where repeat travel to Kuala Lumpur is common and reapplying for each trip is an unnecessary friction.
Study is a separate route. A course at a Malaysian institution requires a Student Pass arranged through the university and Education Malaysia Global Services, applied for months before travel, and it cannot be converted from a tourist eVisa after arrival.
Employment requires a Visit Pass (Temporary Employment) arranged by a licensed Malaysian employer before travel. A visitor eVisa used to enter and then seek work is a serious immigration offence.
Every traveller needs their own eVisa, including babies and children, each linked to that person's own Mozambican passport. A child cannot be added to a parent's application.
Which one to choose
Three products, all applied for the same way online. The right one depends on how many times you intend to enter Malaysia and why you are going.
A one-off holiday, a family visit, or a first trip to Malaysia.
Regional itineraries that dip in and out of Malaysia, and frequent visitors.
Meetings, conferences, trade fairs and site visits. Not valid for paid work.
Stay & validity
A Single Entry Tourist eVisa is valid for 90 days from approval — the deadline by which you must arrive in Malaysia — and grants a stay of up to 30 days once you enter, written on the entry stamp.
The Multiple Entry eVisa runs for three or six months from approval with unlimited entries, each capped at 30 days. For Mozambican business travellers on regular Kuala Lumpur rotations, this is usually the right product.
Your Mozambican passport must have at least six months of validity from your arrival date and at least one blank page. The eVisa attaches to the passport number and does not transfer to a renewed document.
The eVisa cannot be extended once issued. To stay beyond the 30 days granted on arrival you must leave Malaysia and apply again from outside.
Overstaying carries compound fines charged per day, escalating to detention, deportation at your own cost and a re-entry ban. For anyone travelling regularly for work in the energy sector, that record is a lasting obstacle. Read the date on your entry stamp before leaving the counter.
Pricing
Live fees for Mozambican passport holders, shown all-in — the Malaysian government charge and our service fee together, with nothing added later.
Your nationality is pre-selected as Mozambique
Requirements
Everything Mozambican passport holders need before starting an application. The first five items apply to every applicant; the rest are specific to your nationality.
Passport bio-data page — a clear colour scan showing your photograph, full name, date of birth, passport number and expiry date, with at least six months of validity remaining
Recent passport-style photograph — white background, full face visible, taken within the last six months, with no headwear other than for religious reasons
Confirmed return or onward flight ticket showing you will leave Malaysia within the permitted stay
Proof of accommodation for the whole of your visit — hotel bookings, or an invitation letter and address if you are staying with family or friends
A credit or debit card to pay the Malaysian government fee and our service fee together, plus an email address you can access while travelling
Applications from Mozambique are assessed more closely than average, and an incomplete file is the single biggest cause of refusal. Prepare these before you start.
Simple process
Four steps, entirely online, with our team checking every field before anything reaches Malaysian Immigration.
Enter your passport details exactly as printed, choose your visa type and upload your photograph and supporting documents. Most applicants finish in under fifteen minutes.
Our team checks your photograph, passport number, name spelling, itinerary and supporting documents against Malaysian Immigration requirements before anything is submitted.
Your application goes to the Department of Immigration Malaysia with the government fee paid, and we track its status until a decision is issued.
The approved eVisa is emailed to you as a PDF. Print a copy and keep it with your passport — airlines and immigration officers both ask to see it.
Malaysia eVisa applications from Mozambique typically take seven to fourteen working days. A complete evidence file moves through the faster end of that range; one that triggers a document request adds a week or more.
Apply four to six weeks before you travel. Long-haul tickets from Maputo are expensive and usually restrictive, and the cost of a visa delay is far higher than applying early.
Check the yellow fever question against your specific routing rather than your origin. Mozambique is not in the endemic zone, but a connection through an affected country can bring the requirement into play — and it is checked at the Malaysian health desk independently of your visa.
Mozambique is six hours behind Malaysia, so a query raised in Kuala Lumpur during their working day reaches you in the Mozambican morning and can usually be answered the same day. Monitor the email address on the application, spam folder included.
On arrival
An approved eVisa gets you on the plane. This is what happens once you land — including the arrival card that catches out more travellers than the visa itself.
Every traveller must submit the MDAC online within three days before arrival. It is not part of the eVisa, it is not optional, and airlines increasingly check it at the gate. It takes a couple of minutes and must be done for each traveller individually.
Malaysia issues the eVisa as a PDF rather than attaching it to the passport chip. Airline staff at check-in and the immigration officer on arrival both ask to see it, so carry a printed copy as well as the file on your phone.
The automated gates at KLIA are for Malaysian citizens, residents and a small number of registered categories. Visitors arriving on an eVisa are seen at a staffed counter, where the passport is stamped with the date of entry.
The officer may ask where you are staying, how long you intend to remain and how the trip is funded. Having your hotel booking, return ticket and, if you are visiting family, their address to hand makes this a thirty-second conversation.
Flying from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu or Kuching means passing through immigration again on arrival, even though it is a domestic flight. Your eVisa covers it, but keep your passport accessible rather than packed.
The stamp records the date you entered and the date by which you must leave. Overstaying in Malaysia carries fines, detention and a re-entry ban, and the stamp is the only record of your deadline — so read it while you are still at the counter.
Getting there
There is no direct service between Mozambique and Malaysia. Maputo connects to Doha, Addis Ababa, Johannesburg and Nairobi, each of which links onward to Kuala Lumpur. Qatar Airways via Doha is usually the fastest and simplest; Ethiopian via Addis Ababa is often the best value and connects to the nonstop from Addis.
Best time to go
Malaysia is tropical and humid year-round at roughly 25°C to 33°C, comparable to coastal Mozambique in the warm season and noticeably more humid than the Mozambican winter. There is no cold season to plan around.
December to March is the driest window on the Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Langkawi west coast circuit. It falls in the Mozambican rains and cyclone season, which makes it a practical time to travel away.
June to September coincides with the Mozambican dry season and is the best period for Sabah, Borneo and the east coast islands in Malaysia. Fares on the connecting flights are generally lower then too.
If you are travelling to visit a student, plan around the Malaysian academic calendar. Intakes typically run in February, May and September, with the longest breaks in December–January and June–July — a visit timed to a break gives you far more of your relative's time.
Avoid these
Most refusals are avoidable and technical rather than substantive. These are the problems that come up most often on applications from Mozambique — we check for every one of them before submitting.
The leading refusal cause. A large sum credited shortly before applying, on an otherwise quiet account, reads as arranged for the visa. Malaysian Immigration examines six months of pattern rather than the closing balance.
Mozambique and Malaysia are both Commonwealth members, and it makes no difference to the visa requirement. An approved visa is needed before boarding exactly as for any other visa-required nationality.
Bank statements, employment letters and business registrations submitted only in Portuguese can slow an assessment. A clear English translation alongside each original removes a common cause of delay.
Mozambique is not in the yellow fever endemic zone, so many travellers assume the certificate does not apply. A connection through an affected country can bring it into play, and Malaysia checks it at the health desk independently of your visa.
Anyone working around the gas sector travels to Kuala Lumpur more than once. Reapplying for each trip is unnecessary friction — the Multiple Entry eVisa covers three or six months of unlimited entries.
The MDAC is separate from the eVisa and required for every traveller, submitted online within three days before arrival. Complete it before leaving your transit airport, as connecting airlines increasingly check it at the gate.
Passport number mistyped
By far the most common problem. The eVisa attaches to the number you enter, so a single wrong character produces an approval that does not match the document you present at check-in.
Insufficient proof of funds
Malaysian Immigration wants to see that you can support yourself for the whole visit. Thin statements, a balance deposited in a lump sum days before applying, or no statements at all are the leading cause of refusal.
A photograph that fails the check
Shadows across the face, a coloured or patterned background, glasses, or a scan cropped too tightly all cause rejection. Malaysia is stricter than most on the plain white background requirement.
Conditions
These conditions are set by the Department of Immigration Malaysia and do not vary by nationality. The 90-day validity and the 30-day stay are different things, and confusing them is the most common misreading of the whole scheme.
Your approval is issued against the passport number you enter. If you renew or replace that passport before travelling, the eVisa does not transfer — you must apply again on the new document, and there is no refund on the old one.
Every person travelling needs their own eVisa, including babies and children. A child cannot be added to a parent's application, and each traveller needs their own valid passport to apply against.
A Single Entry eVisa is valid for 90 days from the date it is approved, and that is the window in which you must arrive. The stay it grants once you enter is separate and shorter — up to 30 days. The two are routinely confused.
The Malaysia eVisa is not extendable. If you want to stay longer you must leave the country and apply again from outside. Building an extension into your plans is not an option, so book the trip you actually intend to take.
Unlike India's eVisa, Malaysia's is not restricted to designated airports. You may enter through any authorised international airport, seaport or land checkpoint, which makes overland arrivals from Thailand and Singapore straightforward.
An approved eVisa gets you on the plane. The decision to admit you is made by the immigration officer on arrival, who can ask about your funds, your accommodation, your onward ticket and the purpose of your visit.
Consular services
As a fellow Commonwealth member, Mozambique hosts a Malaysian High Commission rather than an embassy, in Maputo — a presence that reflects the scale of Malaysian energy investment in the country. It plays no part in issuing an eVisa: the application is completed online and decided digitally, with no interview, no appointment and no passport submission. The High Commission handles consular assistance, employment and student pass matters, and the cases where a visitor visa is not the appropriate route.
FAQs
The questions Mozambican passport holders ask most often about travelling to Malaysia.
Yes. Mozambique is on Malaysia's visa-required list, so an approved visa is needed before boarding for any purpose and any length of stay. Commonwealth membership makes no difference. The eVisa is applied for entirely online with documents uploaded.
Sim. Moçambique está na lista de países que exigem visto para a Malásia. É necessário um eVisa aprovado antes do embarque, o pedido é feito inteiramente online, e concede uma estadia máxima de 30 dias por entrada.
Typically seven to fourteen working days. Apply four to six weeks before you travel so a document query can be answered without losing expensive and usually restrictive tickets.
Up to 30 days per entry, stamped in your passport on arrival. The eVisa's 90-day validity is the deadline by which you must arrive rather than the length of your stay, and it cannot be extended from inside Malaysia.
It depends on your routing rather than your origin. Mozambique is not in the yellow fever endemic zone, so travelling directly the certificate is not triggered — but a connection through an affected country can bring the requirement into play, and Malaysia checks it at the health desk separately from your visa.
Every route connects. Qatar Airways via Doha is usually the fastest and simplest from Maputo; Ethiopian via Addis Ababa is often the best value and links to the Addis–Kuala Lumpur nonstop. Total journey time runs about 18 to 24 hours.
A passport valid six months beyond arrival, six months of stamped bank statements, a verifiable employment letter or business registration, a confirmed return ticket, hotel bookings, a white-background photograph and a specific day-by-day itinerary — with English translations of Portuguese documents.
Yes, and it usually makes sense. The Multiple Entry eVisa is valid for three or six months from approval and allows unlimited entries, each capped at 30 days — well suited to the repeat business travel the energy relationship between the two countries generates.
No. A course at a Malaysian institution requires a Student Pass arranged through the university and Education Malaysia Global Services, applied for months in advance. It cannot be converted from a tourist eVisa after arrival.
Yes. Every traveller needs their own eVisa regardless of age, including babies, each linked to that person's own Mozambican passport. A child cannot be added to a parent's application.
Your nationality is already set to Mozambique. Complete the form in under fifteen minutes, and our team will check every detail before it reaches Malaysian Immigration.
Other nationalities
Requirements, supporting documents and routes differ by passport. Here are the guides for other eligible nationalities.
