China–Malaysia visa-free stay calculator

How it works

The agreement took effect on 2025-07-17. The Malaysia-specific consular FAQ, Q5 counts each visit from the day after entry. Its entry lookback includes the arrival date and the preceding 179 days. Count only visa-free stay dates from 2025-07-17 onward.

prior days = counted visa-free dates in [entry − 179 days, entry] remaining = max(0, 90 − prior days) new allowance = min(30, remaining) departure deadline = entry date + new allowance

Zero remaining allowance means no visa-free entry allowance. The FAQ says a traveler with fewer than 30 days remaining cannot overstay that remainder. This calculator therefore does not replenish the entry allowance when old days drop out. The general NIA FAQ also describes a window on each day; the daily table shows that audit separately.

Source discrepancy: the consular FAQ’s February 1, 2026 example starts on August 5, 2025, which spans 181 dates inclusive. We implement its stated 180-day inclusive rule, starting August 6. Both interpretations are calculated. If the extra date changes entry eligibility, the new allowance, deadline or trip verdict, the primary result calls for official confirmation; otherwise the discrepancy remains an explanatory note. Select the first-visit preset to use blank history.

Counted history starts the day after each arrival and includes departure, using the FAQ’s stay-counting convention. Confirm unusual same-day movements or a change of immigration status with border inspection. Split or correct records based on official documents; overlapping dates are rejected. All arithmetic uses calendar dates, with no rounding. The calculator checks a proposed visit, not the legality of every prior entry.

Worked examples

180-day arithmetic: 1 February 2026

The inclusive window is 2025-08-06 to 2026-02-01. Prior visits from August 1–31 and October 1–31 contribute 26 + 30 = 56 days. Remaining allowance is 34 days, capped at 30 for the new visit. The calculated deadline is 2026-03-03. Including August 5 gives 57 prior days and 33 remaining days, still capped at 30; the deadline and trip verdict are unchanged.

Only five days left

Visits on August 1–31, September 1–October 1, and October 2–27, 2026 contribute 30 + 30 + 25 = 85 days at a November 1 entry. The new allowance is 5 days, giving a 2026-11-06 deadline.

Agreement commencement

A prior trip from 2025-07-10 to 2025-07-20 contributes only 4 days at an August 1 entry: July 17–20. Dates before the agreement took effect are excluded.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• Kuching Chinese consulate — China–Malaysia agreement FAQ, Q2 and Q5–Q8 (checked 2026-11-14)
• NIA — mutual exemption counting, Q1 (checked 2026-11-14)