Maldives: visa, passport and entry requirements
Passport · Passport validity: at least one month after the date you arrive in Maldives
Entry document
- ✓Passport
- ✕National ID card
Passport validity
at least one month after the date you arrive in Maldives
Your passport must not be damaged. You will be denied entry if you try to use a passport that has been reported lost or stolen.
Visa
Issued on arrival
on arrival — 30 days
Entry formality
Traveller Declaration (IMUGA)
Official portal, free, a few minutes
Fill it in within the 96 hours before arrival, not earlier
Your whole journey
Stopovers aren’t in our pages yet: the Sherpa link checks them for your nationality.
Passport, visa and stopovers: check on Sherpa ↗Free tool, pre-filled for a British passport: change the nationality if needed.
Vaccination required on entry
yellow fever
if you’re coming from a country listed as a transmission risk
Yellow fever risk areas (WHO list)
Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad*, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia*, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya*, Liberia, Mali*, Mauritania*, Niger*, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan*, Togo, Uganda
Americas: Argentina*, Bolivia*, Brazil*, Colombia*, Ecuador*, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama*, Paraguay*, Peru*, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago*, Venezuela*
* only in parts of the country
A country may apply its own list: the official text above prevails.
Source: WHO, International Travel and Health, Annex 1, 18 November 2022, revised 3 January 2023 ↗