{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"IQ","name":"Iraq","slug":"iraq"},"destination":{"code":"MV","name":"Maldives"},"status":"visa_on_arrival","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-20","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"maldives-universal-foreign-ordinary-passport-tourist-visa-on-arrival","title":"Maldives: foreign ordinary passports with tourist visa on arrival","summary":"Maldives Immigration grants the tourist visa on arrival to foreign tourists without visa pre-approval, subject to the separate Israeli-passport prohibition.","status":"visa_on_arrival","conditions":["Applies only to foreign ordinary passports for tourism/short visitor travel. Maldives Immigration says tourist visas are granted on arrival and tourists do not require visa pre-approval.","A Traveller Declaration is mandatory within 96 hours before the arriving flight and is a free self-declaration. It is not an ETA or eVisa and does not replace arrival issuance.","Arrival requires an MRZ passport or travel document with at least one month validity (no extended-validity passports), a complete itinerary with confirmed return journey, prepaid registered accommodation and sufficient funds, or a pre-approved Maldives Immigration sponsorship visa; onward-entry requirements and applicable yellow-fever certification also apply.","Immigration officers determine admissibility at the port of entry. The reviewed current tourist-visa page does not state a fixed initial tourist-visa duration, so this candidate does not infer one.","Does not classify residence, work, business, meeting/conference, dependent, marriage, transit without clearing arrival immigration, crew, diplomatic, official, service, refugee, stateless, emergency or other special-document cases."],"sourceIds":["maldives-immigration-tourist-visa","maldives-imuga-traveller-declaration"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"maldives-immigration-tourist-visa","title":"Maldives Immigration: Tourist Visa on Arrival","url":"https://www.immigration.gov.mv/visa/tourist-visa","publisher":"Maldives Immigration","jurisdiction":"Maldives","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"maldives-imuga-traveller-declaration","title":"Maldives Immigration IMUGA: Traveller Declaration","url":"https://imuga.immigration.gov.mv/traveller?fr=60328C0601C0401M08","publisher":"Maldives Immigration","jurisdiction":"Maldives","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"}]}