All you need to know about Malaysia tourist visa for Indians
Malaysia tourist visa was introduced for those Indian tourists who are fond of visiting Thailand or Singapore. The business received a surprise boom when the Malaysian government introduced the online visa or theEVISA. Before applying, one must know the Malaysia visa cost. One must know the visa formalities because the process can get quite complicated:
- One must choose between a visa with reference and visa without reference. One without reference is approved only for social, tourist or business purposes by the consulate general of Malaysia.
- A visa with reference is approved if one is bent on studying, working or social visit.
- One must also apply one month prior to his/her date of travelling.
- Malaysia visa cost for Indians is INR 1000 which is taken as processing fee. This is added to the INR 335 charged by VFS and INR 2000 as VLN fee.
- One can also opt for Malaysia visa online.
However, one must have the following set of documents before applying for a visa, regardless of the type of visa:
- A passport containing three blank pages and a validity of more than six months on one’s arrival in Malaysia.
- One must carry at least three passport sized photographs with a white background. They must be recently taken.
- One must carry confirmed return tickets with flight details.
- One must have at least 1000 USD with them to show as a proof sustenance during their stay.
- If someone’s port of entry is Singapore, one must have the copy of Singapore visa.
- In case of a fresh passport, one must carry the last three months’ bank statement.
- In case of foreign nationals, they need to submit a proof of address in India while applying for visa.
One can also opt for an online visa which is called EVISA OR ENTRI. To apply for this, one must:
- Fill Malaysia visa application form.
- Make the initial payment of 10% of fee and upload the required documents.
- The visa expert will call you and verify the status of your visa. You will have to complete the remaining payment after that.
Several visa scams have been found in recent years.one must do the following to avoid being deceived:
- A person can initially pay only the 20% of agreed upon fees. There are websites only can start asking for full payments in the beginning. That’s a trap. Don’t get into that.
- An agent in online work usually charges INR 2800. If the agents ask for an unreasonable or an irregular amount, abort and look for something else.
- Don’t apply into websites charging on dollars.
- Try to apply only from the official website.
Out of all options, EVISA is the most suitable. Offline entries are singular whereas EVISA can be applied for multiple times. This also enable you to visit Malaysia from anywhere across the world. Besides, it is also cost effective and easily obtainable. One can get an ENTRI visa approved within just 2 hours whereas an offline visa can take up to 8 working days.