# Maldives passport to Sierra Leone: Visa on arrival

Current access classification: **Visa on arrival** — Visa available at the border or airport.

Access data checked August 24, 2026. Evidence status: **official evidence collected**.

This page concerns ordinary short visits unless an official source states otherwise. Authorities apply the current rule, and individual circumstances can change the applicable treatment.

## Evidence timeline

- **Current official route — Exact residual non-ECOWAS ordinary-passport cohort: Sierra Leone tourist visa on arrival** (Visa on arrival)
  Sierra Leone's current official consular guidance makes a visa on arrival available to tourists and separately exempts ECOWAS visitors. The live National Tourist Board repeats that visitors do not need a pre-travel visa application, while the Finance Act defines the visa as issued at an airport or border crossing. Every passport in this exact residual is non-ECOWAS and therefore has the direct border-issued visitor route.
  - Use a valid ordinary passport with at least six months remaining for tourism or the stated potential-investor visitor purpose. The Embassy describes a stay not exceeding 30 days.
  - The Finance Act defines visa on arrival at an international airport or border crossing. The current Tourist Board says the policy operates for air, land and sea travel; port operation, carrier acceptance and individual admission still require current checks.
  - The Immigration Officer at the port of entry retains discretion to grant or deny admission. Health, security, accommodation, itinerary and sufficient-funds requirements remain separate.
  - ECOWAS ordinary passports are outside this policy and retain their separately documented visa-free treatment. Diplomatic, official and special documents, work, residence, study, transit and other purposes are not normalized here.
  - A separate electronic application is available for non-ECOWAS passports, but the official consular page independently permits direct visa-on-arrival access. The available border-issued route controls this single-status baseline.
  - Separately reviewed passport-specific statuses outside this exact residual cohort are not replaced by this policy; their more specific current evidence remains controlling.
  - The Embassy visa text has older page metadata but remains actively served within the current official 2026 site and is corroborated by the live 2026 Tourist Board visitor guidance; recheck if either authority publishes a replacement nationality schedule.
  Official sources:
  - [Embassy of the Republic of Sierra Leone in the State of Kuwait: Embassy of Sierra Leone in Kuwait: current tourist visa-on-arrival guidance](https://kw.slembassy.gov.sl/visas/)
  - [Sierra Leone National Tourist Board: Sierra Leone National Tourist Board: current visa-on-arrival visitor guidance](https://ntb.gov.sl/)
  - [Government of Sierra Leone / Ministry of Finance: Finance Act 2020: statutory visa-on-arrival issuance point](https://mof.gov.sl/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/The-Finance-Act-2020.pdf)
  - [Sierra Leone Immigration Department: Sierra Leone Immigration Department: current official eVisa service link](https://slid.gov.sl/)
  - [Ministry of Internal Affairs / Sierra Leone Immigration eVisa service: Sierra Leone Immigration eVisa: current live terms and frontend guidance](https://www.evisa.sl/app/translates/en.js)

## Useful links

- [HTML evidence page](https://multipassrank.com/maldives-sierra-leone-visa-on-arrival)
- [Maldives passport access](https://multipassrank.com/passport/maldives)
- [All passport requirements for Sierra Leone](https://multipassrank.com/destination/sierra-leone)
- [Dataset license](https://multipassrank.com/data-license)