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The Board of Investment's Long-Term Resident visa gives retirees with US$80,000 a year of pension or passive income a tax exemption on foreign income brought in. Every condition must still hold at year five.
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Stay airside in Dubai and customs never starts. Leave the airport and the allowance is AED 3,000 in gifts and 4 litres of alcohol, while the cigarette figure depends on which official page you read.
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Penang's land office sets the lowest price a foreigner may pay, and MM2H participants get their own, lower floor. Then come a RM10,000 application fee and a levy of up to 3%.
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Selangor sets RM2 million in its Klang Valley districts and RM1 million beyond them, strata only. Johor sets RM1 million. Neither gives MM2H buyers the lower price Penang does.
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Cambodia's ER extension lets people aged 55 and over stay for up to a year at a time, renewably. Its official description sets no minimum income, which is freedom and uncertainty at once.
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Federal MM2H's cheapest tier ties up a US dollar deposit and a compulsory home. Sarawak ties up a ringgit deposit and lets you rent. Here is every upfront sum, side by side.
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Indonesia runs a one-year retirement visa, a five-year Silver Hair visa and a Second Home visa. Its own e-Visa site sets the retirement age at 55 and the income at US$3,000 a month.
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Japan's long-stay visa for sightseeing and recreation is the nearest thing it offers retirees: six months, extendable to a year, for visa-waiver nationals with savings of more than ¥30 million.
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A gazetted schedule sets the maximum a private doctor in Malaysia may charge, for cash or insurance alike. It covers the doctor's fee, not the room, the ward or the drugs.
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Since 1 January 2026, a foreigner buying a home in Malaysia pays stamp duty at 8% of the whole price. A Malaysian buying the same home pays 1% to 4% on a sliding scale.
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Melaka lets foreigners buy condominiums from RM500,000, MM2H participants included, but not in its Heritage Zone. The state's approval fee is 3% with a RM30,000 floor.
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Malaysia's long-stay programme has four tiers and none is priced by age. The cheapest means a US$150,000 deposit and a home you cannot sell for ten years.
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Thailand tests a pension in baht and the Philippines in US dollars. If yours is paid in anything else, the rate decides whether you qualify, and it can change its mind.
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Retirees in Chiang Mai renew their stay each year at the immigration office on Airport Road. The money must sit in a Thai bank on a timetable, and O-A holders need Thai insurance.
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Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Cambodia each run routes for retirees. Age, money, property, insurance and time in the country decide which are open to you, and in that order.
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