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Visa requirements for Maldives passport holders
Citizens of the Maldives can visit 52 of 182 destinations visa-free and 65 more with an eTA, eVisa or visa on arrival.
Last checked . Policies change. Confirm with the embassy or official visa portal before you travel.
52
Visa-free
5
eTA
19
Visa on arrival
2
Pre-approval + VOA
39
eVisa
65
Embassy / VFS
Visa-free
No visa needed — just go- Antigua and Barbuda180 days
- Azerbaijan30 days
- Bahamas90 days
- Bangladesh90 days
- Barbados90 days
- Belize30 days
- Botswana90 days
- Brazil90 days
- Brunei14 days
- Cambodia30 days
- China30 days
- Costa Rica90 days
- Dominica180 days
- Ecuador90 days
- Eswatini30 days
- Fiji30 days
- Gambia90 days
- Ghana30 days
- Grenada90 days
- Guyana90 days
- Haiti90 days
- India90 days
- Ireland90 days
- Jamaica90 days
- Kazakhstan30 days
- Kiribati90 days
- Kyrgyzstan30 days
- Lesotho90 days
- Malaysia30 days
- Mauritius90 days
- Micronesia30 days
- Mongolia30 days
- Morocco90 days
- Pakistan90 days
- Panama90 days
- Philippines30 days
- Qatar30 days
- Russia90 days
- Saint Lucia180 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines90 days
- Singapore30 days
- South Africa30 days
- Suriname90 days
- Tajikistan30 days
- Thailand60 days
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia90 days
- United Arab Emirates30 days
- Vanuatu30 days
- Venezuela90 days
- Zambia90 days
- Zimbabwe90 days
eTA
Electronic travel authorization (online)Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the borderPre-approval + VOA
Approve online, collect at arrivaleVisa
Fully online — no office visit- Afghanistan30 days
- Albania90 days
- Angola30 days
- Armenia120 days
- Australia90 days
- Benin30 days
- Burkina Faso30 days
- Cameroon30 days
- Chad
- Colombia90 days
- Cuba30 days
- Djibouti30 days
- DR Congo30 days
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia30 days
- Gabon30 days
- Georgia30 days
- Guinea30 days
- Iran30 days
- Iraq30 days
- Laos30 days
- Libya30 days
- Mauritania30 days
- Moldova90 days
- Myanmar28 days
- Namibia30 days
- Nigeria30 days
- Papua New Guinea30 days
- São Tomé and Príncipe30 days
- Serbia30 days
- Sierra Leone30 days
- Somalia30 days
- South Sudan30 days
- Syria30 days
- Togo30 days
- Türkiye30 days
- Uzbekistan30 days
- Vietnam90 days
- Yemen
Embassy / VFS
In-person at an embassy or visa center- Algeria
- Andorra90 days
- Argentina90 days
- Austria90 days
- Belarus
- Belgium90 days
- Bosnia and Herzegovina30 days
- Bulgaria90 days
- Canada180 days
- Central African Republic30 days
- Chile
- Croatia90 days
- Cyprus90 days
- Czech Republic90 days
- Denmark90 days
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador30 days
- Eritrea30 days
- Estonia90 days
- Finland90 days
- France90 days
- Germany90 days
- Greece
- Guatemala30 days
- Honduras
- Hungary90 days
- Iceland90 days
- Israel90 days
- Italy90 days
- Japan90 days
- Kuwait
- Latvia90 days
- Lebanon
- Liberia90 days
- Liechtenstein90 days
- Lithuania90 days
- Luxembourg90 days
- Mali
- Malta90 days
- Mexico180 days
- Monaco
- Nauru
- Netherlands90 days
- Nicaragua
- North Korea30 days
- North Macedonia90 days
- Norway90 days
- Oman
- Peru
- Portugal90 days
- Republic of the Congo90 days
- Romania
- San Marino
- Senegal
- Slovakia90 days
- Slovenia90 days
- South Korea30 days
- Spain90 days
- Sudan30 days
- Sweden90 days
- Switzerland90 days
- Tonga
- Turkmenistan10 days
- Uruguay90 days
- Vatican City90 days
What the categories mean
- Visa-freeNo visa needed — just go
- eTAElectronic travel authorization (online)
- Visa on arrivalGet your visa at the border
- Pre-approval + VOAApprove online, collect at arrival
- eVisaFully online — no office visit
- Embassy / VFSIn-person at an embassy or visa center
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