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Malaysia day-count rules

Spending time in Malaysia? The rules below can affect tax residency, your right to remain and any path to residence or citizenship. This page brings Malaysia's day-count rules together — each explained in plain English, with a calculator and a link to the official source.

Tax residency

• 🇲🇾Avoid Malaysia tax residencyResidence is triggered at 182 days in a tax year, so the safe ceiling is 181. Day count is one test among several in most systems — ties, home and centre of interests can make you resident on fewer days.<=181 / YEAR
• 🇲🇾Become Malaysia tax residentReaching 182 days in a tax year triggers residence under the day-count test.>=182 / YEAR

Visas & entry

• 🇲🇾Malaysia social visit90 days per visit in Malaysia<=90 / VISIT