How much does it cost to renew a Malaysian passport in 2026?

Per the Immigration Department's own published fee table: an adult aged 18 to 59 pays RM200 for a five-year passport or RM350 for a ten-year one. Children under 18 pay RM200 for five years and are not eligible for the ten-year book. Senior citizens aged 60 and above pay RM100 for five years or RM175 for ten. Students under 21 studying for a bachelor's degree overseas, and Hajj pilgrims, pay RM100 for five years only. OKU cardholders pay between nothing and RM175 depending on age and validity.

Can I renew my passport entirely online?

Partly. MyGovernment lists Malaysian International Passport Renewal as an online service run by the Immigration Department, priced at RM200, paid by FPX internet banking, with a stated 24-hour processing time, through the department's eServices platform at imigresen-online.imi.gov.my. That RM200 is the adult five-year rate. You still need a photograph meeting the department's published standards, and you still collect the passport in person. If you want the ten-year book, are applying for a child, or your case is not a straightforward renewal, plan for a counter visit at an Immigration office.

Is the ten-year passport actually worth the extra money?

Usually, but not always. Ten years of coverage costs RM350 as one book against RM400 as two five-year books — a RM50 saving plus one fewer trip to the counter. For seniors it is RM175 against RM200, saving RM25. The catch is pages: a ten-year book has a fixed number of them, so heavy travellers or people collecting full-page visas can fill it before it expires and end up paying again anyway. If you fly a few times a year, take the ten-year. If you fly monthly, count your pages first.

What documents do I need to bring?

The Immigration Department lists: your MyKad, or a Temporary Identification Document (KPPK 09) if you do not hold a MyKad; a birth certificate for applicants under 18; the parent's or guardian's MyKad for minors; and your previous passport if this is a renewal. Applications are accepted at all Immigration offices in Malaysia and at Malaysian diplomatic missions overseas. Also check your expiry date against the six-month validity rule many countries apply on arrival — in practice your passport stops being useful six months before the date printed in it.

Renewing Your Malaysian Passport in 2026: The Official Fees, Who Can Do It Online, and When the 10-Year Book Is Worth It

The Immigration Department's own fee table puts a five-year Malaysian passport at RM200 and a ten-year at RM350 — but the ten-year option is not open to everyone, and the online service only covers part of the queue. Here is what the official pages actually say, and the arithmetic nobody does before they pay.

Passport renewal is one of those errands Malaysians do once every five years, forget entirely, and then rediscover at the worst possible moment — usually three weeks before a flight. The rules have not changed dramatically, but two things routinely catch people out: the ten-year passport is not available to everyone, and the online service does not cover every kind of application.

Here is what the official sources actually say, checked against the Immigration Department of Malaysia (Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia, or JIM) and the MyGovernment services portal.

The fee table

The Immigration Department publishes fees by age band and by validity. The Malaysian e-passport comes in two validity periods: five years and ten years from the date of issue.

Adults aged 18 to 59 pay RM200 for a five-year passport and RM350 for a ten-year one.

Children under 18 pay RM200 for a five-year passport. The ten-year book is not available to them — a sensible restriction, given how much a child's photograph changes in a decade.

Senior citizens aged 60 and above pay RM100 for five years and RM175 for ten. That is a straight 50% concession on both tiers.

Students under 21 pursuing a bachelor's degree overseas pay RM100, five-year validity only. Hajj pilgrims are on the same RM100, five-year-only footing.

Persons with disabilities (OKU) holding a valid card pay anywhere from nothing to RM175, depending on age and the validity chosen. Immigration Department staff are on a similar free-to-RM175 scale.

The arithmetic on the ten-year book

Most people default to five years without thinking about it. The comparison is straightforward.

Ten years of passport coverage costs RM350 if you buy one ten-year book, or RM400 if you buy two five-year books. The ten-year option saves RM50 and one trip to the counter.

That is a real but modest saving, and it comes with a trade-off nobody mentions at the counter: a passport that has to last a decade is a passport with a fixed number of pages. If you travel heavily for work, or hold visas that take full pages, filling the book before it expires means paying again anyway — and you will have paid the higher fee for the privilege. If you travel a few times a year, the ten-year book is the better buy. If you are on a plane monthly, do the page maths first.

For seniors, the same comparison runs RM175 for ten years against RM200 for two five-year books — a RM25 saving.

Who can renew online

This is the part that generates the most wasted trips.

MyGovernment lists Malaysian International Passport Renewal Application as an online service delivered by the Immigration Department, with a fee of RM200, payment by internet banking (FPX), and a stated processing time of 24 hours. The service runs through the department's own eServices platform at imigresen-online.imi.gov.my, which is live and branded myIMMs@JIM.

Two requirements are stated plainly: you need a passport-size photograph that meets the department's standards, and you must meet all the terms and conditions set out before submission. The photo standard is the most common reason an online application gets bounced — read that page before you upload anything, not after.

The fee attached to the online service is RM200, which is the adult five-year rate. If you want the ten-year book, or you are applying for a child, or your case is anything other than a straightforward renewal, plan for a counter visit.

What to bring

The Immigration Department's stated requirements for a passport application are:

MyKad, or a Temporary Identification Document (KPPK 09) if you do not hold one
Birth certificate for applicants under 18
The parent's or guardian's MyKad for minors
Your previous passport, for renewals

Applications are accepted at all Immigration offices in Malaysia and at Malaysian diplomatic missions overseas. Collection is in person — the passport is not posted to you.

Practical timing

Two rules of thumb worth applying regardless of what any processing-time figure says.

Many countries require at least six months of remaining validity on arrival. That means your passport is effectively expired six months before the date printed in it. Check the expiry date now, not when you book.

Do not plan a renewal around a stated turnaround. A 24-hour processing time is what the service commits to under normal conditions; school holidays, year-end travel peaks and system downtime all exist. If you have a trip inside the next two months and your passport expires within a year of it, renew now.

Sources

Everything above comes from official Malaysian government sources: the Immigration Department of Malaysia's own published passport fee and requirements pages at imi.gov.my, and the MyGovernment national services portal listing for the Malaysian International Passport Renewal Application at malaysia.gov.my. The online renewal portal at imigresen-online.imi.gov.my was confirmed live during this check.

Fees and procedures are set by the Immigration Department and can be revised without much notice. This is a plain-English summary of published government information, not immigration advice — for anything unusual about your own case, including lost, damaged or replacement passports, deal with the department directly.

*Cover image: Cover artwork of the Malaysian international passport, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain).*