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Visa requirements for Maltese citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed by the authorities of foreign states on citizens of Malta. As of 2025, Maltese citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access (including eTAs) to 188 countries and territories, ranking the Maltese passport 7th in the world (tied with Polish, and Canadian passport in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]

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Visa requirements

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Country Visa requirement Allowed stay Notes (excluding departure fees)
 Afghanistan Visa required[2]
 Albania Visa not required[3] 90 days
 Algeria Visa required[4]
 Andorra Visa not required[5]
 Angola Visa not required[6] 30 days
 Antigua and Barbuda Visa not required[7] 6 months
 Argentina Visa not required[8] 90 days
 Armenia Visa not required[9] 180 days
 Australia eVisitor[10] 90 days
  • 90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted
 Austria Visa not required[11]
 Azerbaijan eVisa[12] 30 days[13]
 Bahamas Visa not required[14] 3 months
 Bahrain eVisa / Visa on arrival[15] 14 days
 Bangladesh Visa on arrival[16] 30 days
 Barbados Visa not required[17] 3 months
 Belarus Visa not required[18] 30 days[19]
  • Visa-free until 31 December 2024.[20]
 Belgium Visa not required[21]
 Belize Visa not required[22] 1 month
 Benin eVisa[23] 30 days
  • Must have an international vaccination certificate.
 Bhutan eVisa[24] 90 days
 Bolivia Visa on arrival[25] 90 days
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Visa not required[26] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 6-month period
  • ID card valid
 Botswana Visa not required[27] 90 days
 Brazil Visa not required[28] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Brunei Visa not required[29] 90 days
 Bulgaria Visa not required[30]
 Burkina Faso eVisa / Visa on arrival[31] 1 month
 Burundi Visa on arrival[32] 30 days
  • It is mandatory for those who want to get a visa on arrival to complete the form online prior to boarding.[33]
 Cambodia eVisa / Visa on arrival[34] 30 days
  • Visa is also obtainable online.[35]
 Cameroon eVisa[36]
 Canada Visa not required[37] 6 months
 Cape Verde Visa not required[40] 30 days
  • Must register online at least five days prior to arrival.[41]
 Central African Republic Visa required[42]
 Chad Visa required[43]
 Chile Visa not required[44] 90 days
 China Visa not required[45] 30 days
 Colombia Visa not required[49] 90 days
  • 90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period
 Comoros Visa on arrival[50] 45 days
 Republic of the Congo Visa required[51]
 Democratic Republic of the Congo eVisa[52] 7 days
 Costa Rica Visa not required[53] 180 days
 Côte d'Ivoire eVisa[54] 3 months
 Croatia Visa not required[55]
 Cuba eVisa[56] 90 days
  • Can be extended up to 90 days with a fee.
 Cyprus Visa not required[57]
 Czech Republic Visa not required[58]
 Denmark Visa not required[59]
  • Freedom of movement (DK)
  • ID card valid
 Djibouti eVisa[60] 31 days
 Dominica Visa not required[61] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Dominican Republic Visa not required[62] 30 days
 Ecuador Visa not required[63] 90 days
 Egypt eVisa / Visa on arrival[64][65] 30 days
 El Salvador Visa not required[66] 6 months
 Equatorial Guinea eVisa[67] 90 days
 Eritrea Visa required[68]
 Estonia Visa not required[69]
 Eswatini Visa not required[70] 30 days
 Ethiopia eVisa / Visa on arrival[71] up to 90 days
 Fiji Visa not required[72] 4 months
 Finland Visa not required[73]
 France Visa not required[74]
 Gabon eVisa / Visa on arrival[75] 90 days
 Gambia Visa not required[77] 90 days
 Georgia Visa not required[78] 1 year
 Germany Visa not required[79]
 Ghana Visa required[80]
 Greece Visa not required[81]
 Grenada Visa not required[82] 3 months
 Guatemala Visa not required[83] 90 days
 Guinea eVisa[84] 90 days
 Guinea-Bissau Visa on arrival[85] 90 days
 Guyana Visa required[86]
 Haiti Visa not required[87] 90 days
 Honduras Visa not required[88] 3 months
 Hungary Visa not required[89]
 Iceland Visa not required[90]
 India e-Visa[91] 30 days
  • e-Visa holders must arrive via 31 designated airports[Note 2] or 5 designated seaports.[Note 3][92]
  • An Indian e-Tourist Visa may only be obtained twice within 1 calendar year.[citation needed]
  • Foreigners of Pakistani origin or who hold a Pakistani Passport are not eligible for an e-Visa. Foreigners who are not Pakistani nationals, but whose parents or grandparents (either paternal or maternal) were born in, or were permanent residents in Pakistan, are also not eligible for an e-Visa.[93]
 Indonesia e-VOA / Visa on arrival[94] 30 days
  • Not available at all entry points.
 Iran eVisa[95] 30 days[96]
 Iraq eVisa / Visa on arrival[97][98] 60 days
 Ireland Visa not required[99]
 Israel Visa not required[100] 3 months
 Italy Visa not required[101]
 Jamaica Visa not required[102]
 Japan Visa not required[103] 90 days
 Jordan eVisa / Visa on arrival[104] 30 days
 Kazakhstan Visa not required[106] 30 days[107]
 Kenya Electronic Travel Authorisation[108] 90 days
 Kiribati Visa not required[109] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 North Korea Visa required[110]
 South Korea Visa not required[111] 90 days
 Kuwait eVisa / Visa on arrival[112] 3 months
 Kyrgyzstan Visa not required[113] 60 days
 Laos eVisa / Visa on arrival[114][115] 30 days
 Latvia Visa not required[119]
 Lebanon Visa on arrival[120] 1 month
  • Extendable for 2 additional months
  • Granted free of charge at Beirut International Airport or any other port of entry if there is no Israeli visa or seal, holding a telephone number, an address in Lebanon, and a non refundable return or circle trip ticket.
 Lesotho Visa not required[121] 90 days
 Liberia Visa required[122]
 Libya eVisa[123] 30 days
 Liechtenstein Visa not required[124]
 Lithuania Visa not required[125]
 Luxembourg Visa not required[126]
 Madagascar eVisa / Visa on arrival[127] 90 days
 Malawi Visa not required[128] 90 days
 Malaysia Visa not required[129] 90 days
 Maldives Visa on arrival[130] 30 days
 Mali Visa required[131]
 Marshall Islands Visa not required[132] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Mauritania Visa on arrival[133]
 Mauritius Visa not required[134] 180 days
 Mexico Visa not required[135] 180 days
 Micronesia Visa not required[136] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Moldova Visa not required[137] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Monaco Visa not required[138]
 Mongolia Visa not required[139] 30 days
  • Visa-free from January 4, 2023 to December 31, 2025.[140]
 Montenegro Visa not required[141] 90 days
 Morocco Visa not required[142] 90 days
 Mozambique eVisa / Visa on arrival[143] 30 days
 Myanmar eVisa[144] 28 days
 Namibia Visa required[145]
 Nauru Visa required[146]
   Nepal Online Visa / Visa on arrival[147] 90 days
 Netherlands Visa not required[148]
 New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority[149] 3 months
  • International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority.[150]
  • Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[151] Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy.[150]
 Nicaragua Visa not required[152] 90 days
 Niger Visa required[153]
 Nigeria eVisa[154]
  • Holders of written e-Visa approval issued by the Immigration Authority can obtain a visa on arrival, provided they hold a visa application form and e-Visa application payment receipt and have an invitation letter from a Nigerian company accepting immigration responsibilities. [155]
 North Macedonia Visa not required[156] 90 days
 Norway Visa not required[157]
 Oman Visa not required / eVisa[158] 14 days / 30 days
 Pakistan eVisa[159] 90 days
  • Issued free of charge.
 Palau Visa not required[160] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Panama Visa not required[161] 90 days
 Papua New Guinea eVisa[162] 60 days
 Paraguay Visa not required[163] 90 days
 Peru Visa not required[160] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 6-month period[164]
 Philippines Visa not required[165] 30 days
 Poland Visa not required[166]
 Portugal Visa not required[167]
 Qatar Visa not required[168] 90 days
 Romania Visa not required[169]
 Russia eVisa[170] 16 days
  • e-Visa holders must arrive and departure via 29 checkpoints[171]
 Rwanda Visa not required[172] 30 days
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Visa not required[173] 3 months
 Saint Lucia Visa not required[174] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Visa not required[175] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Samoa Visa not required[176] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 San Marino Visa not required[177]
 São Tomé and Príncipe Visa not required[178] 15 days
 Saudi Arabia eVisa / Visa on arrival[179][180] 90 days
 Senegal Visa not required[181] 90 days
 Serbia Visa not required[182] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 6-month period
  • ID card valid
 Seychelles Visa not required[183] 3 months
 Sierra Leone eVisa / Visa on arrival[184] 1 month
 Singapore Visa not required[185] 90 days
 Slovakia Visa not required[186]
 Slovenia Visa not required[187]
 Solomon Islands Visa not required[188] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Somalia Visa on arrival[189]
 South Africa Visa not required[190] 90 days
 South Sudan Electronic Visa[191]
  • Obtainable online[192]
  • Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel[192]
 Spain Visa not required[193]
 Sri Lanka eVisa / Visa on arrival[194] 30 days
 Sudan Visa required[195]
 Suriname Visa not required[196] 90 days
  • An entrance fee of USD 50 or EUR 50 must be paid online prior to arrival.
  • Multiple entry eVisa is also available.[197]
 Sweden Visa not required[198]
  Switzerland Visa not required[199]
 Syria eVisa[200]
 Tajikistan Visa not required[201] 30 days
  • Visa also available online.[202]
 Tanzania Visa not required[203] 90 days
 Thailand Visa not required[204] 60 days
 Timor-Leste Visa not required[205] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Togo eVisa[206] 15 days
 Tonga Visa not required[207] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Trinidad and Tobago Visa not required[208] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Tunisia Visa not required[209] 3 months
 Turkey Visa not required[211] 90 days
 Turkmenistan Visa required[213]
 Tuvalu Visa not required[214] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Uganda Visa not required[215] 3 months
 Ukraine Visa not required[217] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 United Arab Emirates Visa not required[218] 90 days
 United Kingdom Visa not required[221] 6 months
 United States Visa Waiver Program[224] 90 days
  • On arrival from overseas; ESTA (valid for 2 years when issued) required if arriving by air or cruise ship.[225]
 Uruguay Visa not required[226] 90 days
 Uzbekistan Visa not required[227] 30 days
 Vanuatu Visa not required[228] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
 Vatican City Visa not required[229]
 Venezuela Visa not required[230] 90 days
 Vietnam eVisa[231] 30 days
 Yemen Visa required[232]
 Zambia Visa not required[233] 90 days
 Zimbabwe Visa not required[234] 3 months
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Territories and disputed areas

Visa requirements for Maltese citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:

Europe
Africa
Asia
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Oceania
South Atlantic and Antarctica

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

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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.[349] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

Vaccination

Main articles: Vaccination requirements for international travel, International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, and Vaccine passports during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Cover of the new International Certificate of Vaccination issued by the Bureau of Quarantine in the Philippines since 2021

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year[350] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[351]

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, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[352][353]

Passport validity length

Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.

However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens[354][355] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[356]

Some countries, such as Japan,[357] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[358] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.

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,[359] 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,[360] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,[361] Philippines,[362] 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.[363]

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, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except 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, 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[364] and South Africa.

Maximum passport age

Countries of the Schengen area require non-EU passports to be less than 10 years old upon entry.[365] A number of holders of British passports, which until September 2018 could be issued with a validity period of up to 10 years and nine months if the previous passport was not expired, were unable to travel to the EU subsequent to Brexit due to this restriction.[366]

Criminal record

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[367] 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 them from entering the country or expelling them if they have already entered. 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.[368]

Israeli stamps

Kuwait,[369] Lebanon,[370] Libya,[371] and Yemen[372] 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.

Biometrics

See also: Countries applying biometrics

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 change planes rather than go landside.[373]

Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[374][375] Argentina,[376] Brunei, Cambodia,[377] China,[378] Ethiopia,[379] Ghana, Guinea,[380] India, Japan,[381][382] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[383] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[384] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[385] Singapore, South Korea,[386] Taiwan, Thailand,[387] Uganda,[388] 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 its own legislation),[389][390][391] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[392]

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[393] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[394][395] The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders.[396] In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.[397][398]

Right to consular protection in non-EU countries

See also: List of diplomatic missions of Malta
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Countries with Maltese diplomatic missions

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

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