{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"DK","name":"Denmark","slug":"denmark"},"destination":{"code":"MW","name":"Malawi"},"status":"visa_on_arrival","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"malawi-category-two-ordinary-passports-visa-on-arrival","title":"Category Two ordinary passports: visa on arrival","summary":"The effective 24 February 2026 Department notice and its current Category Two schedule expressly allow this cohort to obtain a visa at designated ports. The portal encourages a pre-departure eVisa but preserves actual border issuance, so the easier supported route is visa_on_arrival, not evisa.","status":"visa_on_arrival","effectiveFrom":"2026-02-24","conditions":["The public notice permits Category Two nationals to board without a visa and obtain one on arrival at designated ports. It does not enumerate the operating ports, an arrival fee, passport-validity, funds, onward-ticket, accommodation, vaccination, extension or stay limit; do not assume these from the separate electronic-application product.","The official PDF's phrase 'with or without prior authorization' and the portal's encouragement to apply online preserve case-specific pre-authorisation possibilities. They do not defeat the notice's expressly available arrival-issuance baseline, nor make the optional eVisa an ETA.","The notice does not establish ordinary-visitor duration or extension. Work, residence, business-only, transit, diplomatic, official, service, refugee and special-document routes are excluded; admission remains discretionary."],"sourceIds":["malawi-evisa-effective-2026-category-notice","malawi-evisa-current-category-two-countries"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"malawi-evisa-effective-2026-category-notice","title":"Malawi eVisa public notice: Visa on Arrival eligibility","url":"https://evisa.gov.mw/","publisher":"Malawi Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services","jurisdiction":"Malawi","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"malawi-evisa-current-category-two-countries","title":"Category Two Countries","url":"https://evisa.gov.mw/PDFs/CategoryTwoCountries.pdf","publisher":"Malawi Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services","jurisdiction":"Malawi","kind":"official-dataset","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}