Sabah is the third Malaysian scheme, run by the state Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment. Like Sarawak, it is not the federal programme and its figures do not transfer.
What Sabah publishes for every category
These conditions are stated identically across the state’s category pages.
| Sabah MM2H | |
|---|---|
| Age | At least 25 |
| Eligibility | Countries with diplomatic relations with Malaysia, except Israel, Nigeria and Bangladesh |
| Minimum stay | 30 cumulative days a year in Sabah |
| Processing fee | RM3,000 one-off, non-refundable; RM1,500 at each renewal |
| Medical insurance | Required |
| Medical check-up | Proof required after a conditional pass is obtained |
| Fixed deposit | Held with a bank on the SABAH-MM2H panel, in Sabah |
| Deposit withdrawal | Up to 50 percent of principal after one year of participation, for a residence, education or medical activities |
| Dependants | Spouse, parents, parents-in-law, and children under 21 or in full-time study without employment |
The two figures that stand out
Thirty days a year. The federal programme requires 90 cumulative days across every category. Sabah asks for a third of that, which matters a great deal to anyone splitting the year between countries.
Withdrawal after one year. Federal participants may draw down half the deposit once approved. In Sabah the same 50 percent unlocks only after a year of participation.
Where we stop short, and why
Sabah’s individual category pages carry the deposit and property figures, but the pages do not render their own category names: the heading reads “CATEGORY” with nothing after it. The figures visible across those pages range from a RM500,000 deposit with monthly income proof, through a USD500,000 deposit, to a USD1 million deposit with an RM200,000 processing fee and employment permitted, alongside a residence requirement of RM1,000,000 in Sabah.
We are not going to attach those numbers to category names we cannot read off the source. Quoting a deposit without naming the category it belongs to is the single most common error in published MM2H writing, and it is not one worth repeating for the sake of a fuller table.
Read them at the state’s own pages, linked below, and confirm the category before committing to anything.
Three schemes, one country
Peninsular Malaysia runs the federal programme in four categories. Sarawak runs S-MM2H with its own age routes and a sponsor requirement. Sabah runs this. An applicant who reads figures for the wrong one will plan around requirements that do not apply to them.