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Maldives visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 20266 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa on arrival197Entry restricted1
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa on arrival

197

Entry restricted

1
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  1. Entry restricted

    Maldives prohibits entry on Israeli passports

    The Third Amendment to the Maldives Immigration Act prohibits entry on Israeli passports from 15 April 2025, displacing the otherwise general tourist visa-on-arrival route.

    • The restriction is attached to travel on an Israeli passport.
    • Another nationality or travel document is outside this passport-specific relationship.
    • Border authorities retain responsibility for applying the current law.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Israel

    Official sourcesThe President's Office: President ratifies Third Amendment to the Maldives Immigration Act, prohibiting entry of Israeli passport holdersMaldives Immigration: Entry into the Maldives is prohibited on Israeli passportsMaldives Immigration: Tourist Visa – On Arrival
  2. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Maldives: foreign ordinary passports with tourist visa on arrival

    Maldives Immigration grants the tourist visa on arrival to foreign tourists without visa pre-approval, subject to the separate Israeli-passport prohibition.

    • 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.
    197 passport nationalities covered

    Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoro Islands, Congo (Rep.), Congo (Dem. Rep.), Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong (SAR China), Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao (SAR China), North Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau Islands, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, eSwatini, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City, Andorra, Palestinian Territory

    Official sourcesMaldives Immigration: Maldives Immigration: Tourist Visa on ArrivalMaldives Immigration: Maldives Immigration IMUGA: Traveller Declaration
  3. Current official routeCitizenship

    Maldives: citizenship treatment

    The destination's own ordinary-passport code is represented as citizenship rather than a foreign-entry visa result.

    • This represents a Maldivian citizen holding an ordinary Maldivian passport, not foreign visitor admission.
    • Does not classify dual-nationality, foreign residence, diplomatic, official, emergency or other document-specific circumstances.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Maldives

    Official sourceMaldives Immigration: Maldives Immigration: Maldivian Passport