International Driving Permit Malaysia 2026: RM150 at a JPJ Counter, and Why Your MyJPJ Licence Won't Work Abroad
An International Driving Permit from JPJ costs RM150, lasts exactly one year and is issued only to competent licence holders whose licence has more than a year left. Japan will not accept anything but the paper booklet, Thailand fined a Malaysian driver in July for showing only the MyJPJ app, and a RM20 physical licence card fixes most of it. Here is what to bring, where to go and what each destination asks for.