Ten ordinary passports: bilateral short-stay visa exemptions
These current bilateral instruments give ordinary-passport holders short-stay visa exemption, with duration and purpose conditions varying by nationality.
- Cambodia, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand have 30-day ordinary-passport routes; Kazakhstan is 30 days per entry, capped at 90 days in each 180-day period.
- The current MOFA instrument schedule records: Cambodia effective 5 December 2008 (amended 1 January 2010); Indonesia 4 December 2003; Kazakhstan 25 May 2024; Laos 1 July 2004; Malaysia 25 November 2001; Myanmar 26 October 2013 (amended 1 January 2020); Mongolia 6 March 2024; Singapore 1 December 2003; and Thailand 9 July 2000. It identifies Kyrgyzstan as a successor arrangement with the former Soviet agreement, without printing an effective date.
- Cambodia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Singapore require at least six months' passport validity. Mongolia, Myanmar, and Singapore exclude income-earning activity; Myanmar also excludes other commercial activity. Malaysia is limited to the listed short-visit purposes; Laos and Indonesia have separate extension/residence rules.
- The MOFA table separately records ordinary-passport periods for these bilateral arrangements. Do not generalize diplomatic, official, service, special, crew, ASEAN-official-event, residence, or border-pass rows to ordinary visitor passports.