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Malta to Tuvalu

Visa-freeNo visa required before travel

This page separates the current comparison status from the official evidence collected for it. Rules shown here concern ordinary short visits unless a source states otherwise.

Official evidence collectedAccess data checked August 24, 2026Sources reviewed August 21, 2026
Evidence timeline

How this access rule is documented

  1. Visa-free

    EU Member State ordinary passports: short-stay visa waiver

    The operative EU–Tuvalu agreement directly waives visas for citizens of the 26 listed EU Member States holding valid ordinary passports for short stays.

    • The agreement defines its Member-State scope as EU Member States other than the United Kingdom and Ireland; it directly covers ordinary passports and is not extended here to EFTA, United Kingdom, Irish or other passports.
    • The visa waiver is for up to 90 days in any 180-day period and excludes travel for a paid activity.
    • The agreement leaves domestic entry and short-stay conditions, individual admissibility decisions and refusal of entry in place. It does not decide residence, employment, study, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, service, special-document or case-specific treatment.
    • A visa waiver does not erase a distinct domestic visitor-permit process; this normalized status only records that the agreement says no visa is required.
    Official sourcesOfficial Journal of the European Union: Agreement between the European Union and Tuvalu on the short-stay visa waiverCouncil of the European Union: EU–Tuvalu short-stay visa waiver: treaty statusTuvalu Legislation: Immigration Act, 2022 Revised Edition (Cap. 24.15)
  2. Visa-free

    Covered EU ordinary passports gained Tuvalu short-stay access

    The reciprocal EU–Tuvalu agreement is provisionally applied from 2016-07-01 and formally in force from 2019-02-01.

    • The waiver is limited to valid ordinary passports and short stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period.
    • Paid activity is excluded, and ordinary entry conditions and refusal powers continue to apply.
    • Ireland is outside the agreement.
    Official sourcesPublications Office of the European Union: Consolidated Regulation (EU) 2018/1806Official Journal of the European Union: EU–Tuvalu short-stay visa waiver agreementCouncil of the European Union: Entry into force of the EU–Tuvalu waiver agreement
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Only destination governments, official immigration services, official diplomatic missions, and primary legal instruments qualify as published evidence.