Visa requirements for Maltese citizens
Visa requirements for Maltese citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Malta. As of April 13th, 2021, Maltese citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 186 countries and territories, ranking the Maltese passport 8th overall (tied with the passports of the Czech Republic, Greece, and Norway), and tied as highest of all the European Union member states that have joined the EU since May 1, 2004, in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]
Visa requirements map[]
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Visa requirements[]
Country | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
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Visa not required[3] | 90 days |
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Visa required[4] | ||
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Visa not required[5] |
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eVisa[6][7] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[10] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[11] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[12] | 180 days | |
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eVisitor[13] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[14] |
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eVisa[15] | 30 days[16] | |
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Visa not required[17] | 3 months | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[18] | 14 days | |
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Visa on arrival[19] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[20] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[21] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[22] |
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Visa not required[23] | 1 month | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[24][25] | 30 days / 8 days |
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Visa required[26] | ||
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Visa on arrival[27] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[28] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[29] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[30] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[31] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[32] |
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Visa on arrival[33] | 1 month | |
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Visa required[34][35] | ||
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[36] | 30 days |
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Visa required[38] | ||
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Visa not required[39] | 6 months | |
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Visa not required[42] | 30 days |
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Visa required[44] | ||
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Visa required[45] | ||
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Visa not required[46] | 90 days | |
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Visa required[47] |
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Visa not required[50] | 180 days |
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Visa on arrival[51] | ||
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Visa required[52] | ||
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Visa required[53] | ||
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Visa not required[54] | 90 days | |
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eVisa[55] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[56] |
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Tourist Card required[57] | ||
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Visa not required[58] |
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Visa not required[59] |
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Visa not required[60] |
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eVisa[61] | 31 days | |
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Visa not required[62] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[63] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[64] | 90 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[65][66] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[67] | 3 months | |
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Visa required[68] | ||
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Visa required[69] | ||
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Visa not required[70] |
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Visa not required[71] | 30 days | |
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eVisa[72] | up to 90 days |
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Visa not required[73] | 4 months | |
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Visa not required[74] |
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Visa not required[75] |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[76] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[78] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[79] | 1 year |
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Visa not required[80] |
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Visa required[81] | ||
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Visa not required[82] |
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Visa not required[83] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[84] | 90 days | |
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eVisa[85] | 90 days | |
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Visa on arrival[86] | 90 days | |
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Visa required[87] | ||
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Visa not required[88] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[89] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[90] |
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Visa not required[91] |
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e-Visa[92] | 60 days | |
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Visa not required[94] | 30 days |
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Visa on arrival[95] | 30 days[96] | |
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Visa required[97] |
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Visa not required[98] |
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Visa not required[99] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[100] |
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Visa not required[101] | ||
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Visa not required[102] | 90 days | |
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Free visa on arrival[103] |
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Visa not required[105] | 30 days[106] | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[107] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[108] | 90 days |
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Visa required[109] | ||
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Visa not required[110] | 90 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[111] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[112] | 60 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[113][114] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[117] |
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Visa on arrival[118] | 1 month |
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Visa not required[119] | ||
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Visa required[120] | ||
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Visa required[121] | ||
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Visa not required[122] |
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Visa not required[123] |
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Visa not required[124] |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[125] | 90 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[126][127] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[128] | 30 days | |
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Visa on arrival[129] | 30 days | |
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Visa required[130] | ||
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Visa not required[131] | 90 days |
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Visa on arrival[132] |
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Visa not required[133] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[134] | 180 days | |
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Visa not required[135] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[136] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[137] |
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Visa on arrival[138] | 30 days |
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Visa not required[139] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[140] | 90 days | |
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Visa on arrival[141] | 30 days | |
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eVisa[142] | 28 days |
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Visa required[143] | ||
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Visa required[144] | ||
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Visa on arrival[145] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[146] |
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Electronic Travel Authority[147] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[150] | 90 days | |
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Visa required[152] | ||
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Visa not required[153] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[154] |
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eVisa[155] | 30 days | |
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Electronic Travel Authorization[156] | ||
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Visa not required[160] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[161] | 180 days | |
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eVisa / Free visa on arrival[162] | 60 days | |
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Visa not required[163] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[160] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[165] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[166] |
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Visa not required[167] |
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Visa not required[168] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[169] |
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eVisa[170] | 16 days |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[172] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[173] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[174] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[175] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[176] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[177] |
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Visa not required[178] | 15 days | |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[179][180] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[181] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[182] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[183] | 3 months | |
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Visa on arrival[184] | ||
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Visa not required[185] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[186] |
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Visa not required[187] |
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Visa not required[188] | 90 days |
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Visa on arrival[189] |
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Visa not required[190] | 90 days | |
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Electronic Visa[191] | ||
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Visa not required[193] |
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eVisa / Visa on arrival[194] | 30 days | |
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Visa required[195] | ||
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E-tourist card[196] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[198] |
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Visa not required[199] |
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Visa required[67] | ||
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Visa on arrival[200] | 45 days |
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Visa not required[202] | 90 days | |
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Visa on arrival[203] | 15 days | |
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Visa not required[204] | 90 days |
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Visa on arrival[205] | 7 days | |
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Visa not required[206] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[207] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[208] | 3 months | |
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Visa not required[209] | 90 days | |
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Visa required[211] | ||
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Visa not required[212] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[213] | 3 months |
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Visa not required[215] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[216] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[219] | 6 months | |
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Visa Waiver Program[221] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[223] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[224] | 30 days | |
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Visa not required[225] | 90 days |
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Visa not required[226] |
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Visa not required[227] | 90 days | |
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eVisa[228] | 30 days | |
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Visa required[229] | ||
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Visa not required[230] | 90 days | |
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Visa not required[231] | 3 months |
Territories and disputed areas[]
Visa requirements for Maltese citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:
- Europe
Abkhazia — Visa required.[232]
Artsakh — Visa required (issued for single entry for 21 days/1/2/3 months or multiple entry visa for 1/2/3 months).[233][234]
Travellers with Artsakh visa (expired or valid) or evidence of travel to Artsakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.[235]Mount Athos — Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[236][237]
Brest and Grodno — Visa not required for 10 days.[238]
Crimea — Visa issued by Russia is required.[239]
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus — Visa free access for 3 months. Passport required.[240]
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus — Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.[241]
Faroe Islands — Visa not required.[242]
Gibraltar — Visa not required.[243]
Guernsey – Visa not required.[244]
Alderney – Visa not required.[245]
Sark – Visa not required.[246]
Isle of Man — Visa not required.[247][248]
Jan Mayen — permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[249] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[250]
Jersey – Visa not required.[251]
Kosovo — visa free for 90 days.[252]
Closed cities and regions in Russia — special authorization required.[253]
South Ossetia — Visa free. Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[254][255]
Transnistria — Visa free. Registration required after 24h.[256][257]
- Africa
Eritrea (outside Asmara) — visa covers Asmara only; to travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[258]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara controlled territory) — Visa not required up to 3 months.[259]
Somaliland — Visa issued on arrival (30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival).[260][261]
Sudan — All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Darfur — Separate travel permit is required.[262]
- Asia
Hong Kong — Visa not required for 90 days.[263]
India — Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.[264][265][266][267][268][269]
Iraqi Kurdistan — Visa on arrival for 15 days is available at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports.[97]
Kazakhstan — Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[270]
Kish Island — Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[271]
Macao — Visa not required for 90 days.[272]
Sabah and Sarawak — These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.[273]
Maldives — With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.[274]
North Korea outside Pyongyang – People are not allowed to leave the capital city. Tourists may leave the capital only with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving).
Palestine — Visa not required. Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[275][276]
Taiwan — Visa not required for 90 days.[277]
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province — OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[278][279][280]
Turkmenistan — A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.[281]
Tibet Autonomous Region — Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[282][283][284]
Korean Demilitarized Zone — restricted zone.
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar — restricted zones.
Phú Quốc — can visit without a visa for up to 30 days.[285]
Yemen — Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[286]
- Caribbean and North Atlantic
Anguilla — Visa not required for 3 months.[287][288]
Aruba — Visa not required for 180 days.[289][290]
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba — Visa not required for 3 months.[291]
Bermuda — Visa not required for 21 days (extendable).[292][293]
British Virgin Islands — Visa not required for 1 month (extendable).[294][295]
Cayman Islands — Visa not required for 6 months.[296][297]
Colombia — Visitors arriving at San Andrés and Leticia must buy tourist cards on arrival.[298]
Curacao — Visa not required for 3 months.[299]
Montserrat — Visa not required for 6 months.[300]
Greenland — Visa not required.[242]
Margarita Island — All visitors are fingerprinted.[301]
Puerto Rico — Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.[302]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon — Visa not required.[303]
Sint Maarten — Visa not required for 3 months.[304]
Turks and Caicos Islands — Visa not required for 90 days.[207][305]
U.S. Virgin Islands — Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.[306]
- Oceania
American Samoa — Electronic authorization for 30 days.[307]
Ashmore and Cartier Islands — special authorisation required.[308]
Clipperton Island — special permit required.[309]
Cook Islands — Visa free access for 31 days.[310]
Lau Province — Special permission required.[311]
French Polynesia — Visa not required.[312]
Guam — Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.[313]
New Caledonia — Visa not required for 3 months.[314]
Niue — Visa on arrival valid for 30 days is issued free of charge.[315]
Northern Mariana Islands — Visa not required.[316]
Pitcairn Islands — 14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.[317][318][319][320]
Tokelau — Entry permit required.[321]
United States Minor Outlying Islands — special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[322][323][324][325][326][327][328]
Wallis and Futuna — Visa not required.[329]
- South Atlantic and Antarctica
Falkland Islands — Visitor Permit valid for 4 weeks is issued on arriva.[330][331]
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Ascension Island — eVisa for 3 months within any year period.[332][333]
Saint Helena — Entry Permit (£25) for 183 days is issued on arrival.[334]
Tristan da Cunha — Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[335]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands — Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[336][337][338]
- Antarctica and adjacent islands — special permits required for
French Southern and Antarctic Lands,
Argentine Antarctica,
Australian Antarctic Territory,
Chilean Antarctic Territory,
Heard Island and McDonald Islands,
Peter I Island,
Queen Maud Land,
Ross Dependency.[339][340][341][342][343][344][345][346][347][348][349]
Non-ordinary passports[]
Holders of various categories of official Maltese passports have additional visa-free access to the following countries - China (diplomatic or service passports), Libya (diplomatic, official or service passports) and Russia (diplomatic passports). Holders of diplomatic or service passports of any country have visa-free access to Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe.
Non-visa restrictions[]
Blank passport pages[]
Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.[350] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being available.
Vaccination[]
Many African countries, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Togo, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year[351] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[352]
Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[353][354]
An increasing number of countries have been imposing additional COVID-19 related health restrictions such as quarantine measures and testing requirements. Many countries increasingly consider the vaccination status of travellers with regard to quarantine requirements or when deciding to allow them entry at all.[355] This is justified by research that shows that the efficacy of the Pfizer vaccine lasts for six months or so.[356]
Passport validity length[]
In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,[357] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,[358] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru.[359] Philippines,[360] Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.[361]
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.
Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except the Republic of Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, Honduras, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.
Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.
Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives[362] and South Africa.
Other countries, such as Japan,[363] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[364] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.
A very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a passport valid on arrival.
Some countries have bilateral agreements with other countries to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens[365][366] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[367]
Criminal record[]
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[368] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.
Persona non grata[]
The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning their entry into that country. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.[369]
Israeli stamps[]
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Kuwait,[370] Lebanon,[371] Libya,[372] Syria,[373] and Yemen[374] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.
To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.[citation needed]
Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.
Armenian ethnicity[]
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Due to a state of war existing between Armenia and Azerbaijan,[375][376][377] Armenian citizens and other foreign nationals of Armenian descent are likely to encounter difficulties when attempting to enter the Republic of Azerbaijan.[378][379][380]
Azerbaijan bans visits by foreign citizens to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh[380] (the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh), its surrounding territories, and the Azerbaijani exclaves of Karki, Yuxarı Əskipara, Barxudarlı, and Sofulu which are de jure part of Azerbaijan but under the control of Armenia, without the prior consent of the government of Azerbaijan. Foreign citizens who enter these territories will be permanently banned from entering the Republic of Azerbaijan[381] and will be included in their "list of personae non gratae".[382] As of 2 September 2019, the list mentioned 852 people.
Biometrics[]
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Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to quickly change planes rather than go landside.[383]
Fingerprinting countries include Afghanistan,[384][385] Argentina,[386] Brunei, Cambodia,[387] China,[388] Ethiopia,[389] Ghana, Guinea,[390] India, Japan,[391][392] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[393] Malaysia upon entry and departure [394], Mongolia, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia,[395] Singapore, South Korea,[396] Taiwan, Thailand,[397] Uganda,[398] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by domestic legislation),[399][400][401] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[402]
Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports[403] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[404][405] The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders.[406] In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.[407][408]
Right to consular protection in non-EU countries[]
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When in a non-EU country where there is no Maltese embassy, Maltese citizens as EU citizens have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.
See also List of diplomatic missions of Malta.
See also[]
- Visa requirements for the European Union citizens
- Maltese passport
- Foreign relations of Malta
- Visa policy in the European Union
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- Cochin
- Goa
- Mangalore
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- Vientiane
- Savannakhet
- Khammuan
- Bokeo
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- Panghok - Taichang (Vietnam)
- Samliemkham - (Thailand and Myanmar)
- Nonghaed - Nam kanh (Vietnam)
- Nam phao - Cau treo (Vietnam)
- Na pao - Cha lo (Vietnam)
- Daensavan - Lao bao (Vietnam)
- Veunkham - Nong nok khian (Cambodia)
- Vang tao - Chongmek (Thailand)
- Boten - Bo han (China)
- Nam ngeun - Huay konl (Thailand)
- Namheuang - Nakaseng (Thailand)
- Nam soy - Na meo (Vietnam)
- Phoukeua - Kontoum (Vietnam)
- Visa requirements by nationality
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