Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) Program

Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) is a long-running long-stay residency program, separate from the DE Rantau Nomad Pass covered in the main Malaysia visa guide. Where DE Rantau is built around remote tech-sector income, MM2H is built around demonstrated financial capacity — primarily a substantial fixed deposit placed in a Malaysian bank.

As of the program's July 2024 relaunch under MOTAC (Malaysia's Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture), MM2H now runs on four confirmed tiers: SEZ ($65,000 for ages 21-49, or $32,000 for ages 50+, tied specifically to Forest City in Johor), Silver ($150,000), Gold ($500,000), and Platinum ($1,000,000) in fixed deposit. A genuinely significant structural change from older versions of this program: property purchase in Malaysia is now mandatory across every tier, not optional as it once was — minimum values range from RM 500,000 (SEZ) up to RM 2,000,000 (Platinum), held for a minimum of 10 years. Roughly 83% of applicants choose the Silver tier specifically.

Confirmed visa terms range from 5 years (Silver) up to 20 years (Platinum) — genuinely longer than any nomad-focused visa on this site. Physical presence requirements also differ by age: applicants 25-49 need 90 cumulative days per year in Malaysia, while applicants 50 and older have no minimum stay requirement at all.

This program has gone through more structural revisions over the years than most others on this site, but the current July 2024 MOTAC framework has held unchanged through 2026 — if you're reading a 2023-era guide describing a lower deposit or no property requirement, that information is now out of date. Applications must go through a licensed MM2H agent; direct applications to the government are no longer accepted.