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Malaysia to Benin

Visa-freeNo visa required before travel

This page separates the current comparison status from the official evidence collected for it. Rules shown here concern ordinary short visits unless a source states otherwise.

Official evidence collectedAccess data checked August 24, 2026Sources reviewed August 21, 2026
Evidence timeline

How this access rule is documented

  1. Current official routeVisa-free

    Benin: current named ordinary-passport visa waivers

    The current Foreign Ministry agreement register expressly identifies these ordinary- or national-passport waiver entries, including the current UEMOA/ECOWAS free-movement entries.

    • The current Foreign Ministry register, not the 2020 general flyer, is the operative support for this named ordinary-passport cohort. It records both the country and the passport types covered by each agreement.
    • The reciprocal entries cover HT, HK, SG, BZ, DM, GD, MH, FM, AG, BS, BB, MY, PH and VC; its stated periods are 14 days for HK, 14 days for SG, 30 days for MY and PH, and three months for the others.
    • The UEMOA/ECOWAS entries cover SL, BF, CI, GW, ML, NE, SN, TG, CV, GM, NG, LR, GH and GN. The register identifies the applicable ECOWAS Protocol or UEMOA Treaty; duration and any travel-document conditions must be confirmed with the competent authorities.
    • The African-agreement entries cover ZA, TN, RW, CF, TD, CG, MU, ST, SC, KE and BI. Their register entries expressly include a national or ordinary passport and generally state three months, except ZA states one month.
    • The September 2020 MAEC flyer claiming a unilateral 53-African-country waiver is retained as historical official evidence but is not promoted for its other 28 codes. The current register lists several of those countries only for diplomatic/service passports and does not reproduce a 53-country unilateral rule.
    • This policy does not establish employment, residence, study, transit, crew, diplomatic/official, special-document, health, document-validity, prior-history, public-order, national-security or case-specific admissibility treatment. The separate 72-hour cruise exemption requires an approved travel agency.
    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Benin: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: reciprocal visa-exemption agreementsMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Benin: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: UEMOA/ECOWAS movement agreementsMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Benin: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: African-country visa-exemption agreementsDirection de l’Émigration et de l’Immigration: Benin Directorate of Emigration and Immigration: ServicesGovernment of the Republic of Benin: Benin official eVisa platform: Travel without visaSecretariat General of the Government of Benin: Law No. 2025-15 on entry, stay, residence and exit of foreignersGovernment of the Republic of Benin / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation: Benin Government: 53 African countries exempt from entry visaGovernment of the Republic of Benin / Benin Tourism: Benin Government: 72-hour visa exemption for cruise passengers
Provenance

Official source register

Only destination governments, official immigration services, official diplomatic missions, and primary legal instruments qualify as published evidence.