Visa requirements for holders of passports issued by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

As of 2017, about 500 Sovereign Military Order of Malta passports are in circulation.^[1]

Visa requirements map

Map of visa requirements for holders of passports issued by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

  Visa not required

  Visa issued upon arrival

  eVisa

  Visa required prior to arrival

  Passport not recognised

  No information available

Visa requirements information and notes

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes
Afghanistan	Visa required[2][3]
Albania	N/A
Algeria	N/A
Andorra	N/A
Angola	N/A
Antigua and Barbuda	eVisa[4]
Argentina	—		Passport recognized.[5][6][7] Entry tax: 10 US dollars (if entering by airport) Departure taxes: 18 US dollars as Airport Tax Or 8 US dollars on flights to Uruguay.[8][9]
Armenia	N/A
Australia and territories	passport not recognized
Austria	N/A
Azerbaijan	N/A
Bahamas	Visa required[10]		Entry fee (sea): 150/300 US dollars[11] Departure fee (air): 25 US dollars (or 28 US dollars, if exiting from Freeport)[12][13] Departure fee (sea): 15 US dollars (or 13 US dollars for stayings under 24 hours).
Bahrain	passport not recognized
Bangladesh	passport not recognized
Barbados	passport not recognized
Belarus	Visa required		Visa-free for up to 10 days in Brest and Grodno regions.[14]
Belgium	N/A
Belize	N/A
Benin	eVisa[15]	30 days
Bhutan	passport not recognized
Bolivia	—		Passport recognized Departure tax: 24 US dollars (if exiting by airport)[16]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	N/A
Botswana	N/A
Brazil	Visa not required[17]	90 days	Departure tax: 36 US dollars (if exiting by airport)[18] No crossing points with Suriname.
Brunei	passport not recognized
Bulgaria	N/A
Burkina Faso	N/A
Burundi	N/A
Cambodia	Visa on arrival[19]	30 days
Cameroon	N/A
Canada	passport not recognized
Cape Verde	N/A
Central African Republic	N/A
Chad	N/A
Chile	Visa not required	90 days
China	passport not recognized
Colombia	Visa not required[20][21]	90 days	Extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period 30-day extension costs 25 US dollars. Maximum time is decided by customs officials on spot. Departure tax: 33 US dollars[20] if exiting by airport. No land crossing points with Panama.
Comoros	N/A
Republic of the Congo	N/A
Democratic Republic of the Congo	N/A
Costa Rica	N/A
Côte d'Ivoire	N/A
Croatia	N/A
Cuba	—		Passport recognized
Cyprus	N/A
Czech Republic	N/A
Denmark	passport not recognized
Djibouti	N/A
Dominica	passport not recognized
Dominican Republic	Visa required[22]
Ecuador	passport not recognized
Egypt	N/A
El Salvador	N/A
Equatorial Guinea	N/A
Eritrea	N/A
Estonia	N/A
Eswatini	N/A
Ethiopia	N/A
Fiji	passport not recognized
Finland	N/A
France and territories	passport not recognized
Gabon	N/A
Gambia	N/A
Georgia	N/A
Germany	Visa not required	90 days	Passport recognised
Ghana	N/A
Greece	N/A
Grenada	passport not recognized
Guatemala	N/A
Guinea	N/A
Guinea-Bissau	N/A
Guyana	Visa required		Visa tee: 30 days for 25 US dollars)[23] Extension of stay also costs 25 US dollars for 30 days. Maximum 2 extensions allowed. Departure tax: 2.500 Guyanese dollars as Travel tax + 1.500 Guyanese dollars as Airport security fee (if leaving by airport). Border with Venezuela is closed[24]
Haiti	Visa not required[25][26]	90 days
Honduras	N/A
Hungary	N/A
Iceland	N/A
India	passport not recognized
Indonesia	passport not recognized
Iran	passport not recognized
Iraq	passport not recognized
Ireland	N/A
Israel	passport not recognized
Italy	Visa not required	Permanent	Rome is the de-facto capital of SMOM
Jamaica	passport not recognized
Japan	passport not recognized
Jordan	Visa on arrival	1 month	Visa on arrival for free if entering by Aqaba or registering in Aqaba in 48 hours, or 20 Jordanian dinars if entering elsewhere[27] Archived 19 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine No crossing points with UNDOF Zone departure fee: 8 Jordanian dinars/passenger + 5 Jordanian dinars/vehicle (if exiting by land or sea); airport tax of 30 Jordanian dinars (if leaving by air)[28]
Kazakhstan	Visa required[29]		Visiting regions close to the Chinese border requires special permit.
Kenya	N/A
Kiribati	Visa required[30]
North Korea	passport not recognized
South Korea	passport not recognized
Kuwait	passport not recognized
Kyrgyzstan	passport not recognized
Laos	passport not recognized
Latvia	N/A
Lebanon	Visa required[31][32]
Lesotho	N/A
Liberia	N/A
Libya	N/A
Liechtenstein	N/A
Lithuania	N/A
Luxembourg	N/A
Madagascar	N/A
Malawi	N/A
Malaysia	passport not recognized
Maldives	passport not recognized
Mali	N/A
Malta	N/A
Marshall Islands	Visa on arrival	90 days
Mauritania	N/A
Mauritius	N/A
Mexico	passport not recognized
Micronesia	Visa not required[33][34]	30 days	Departure fees of US$10 (Pohnpei and Kosrae) or US$15 (Chuuk); no departure fee for Yap[35]
Moldova	N/A
Monaco	N/A
Mongolia	passport not recognized
Montenegro	N/A
Morocco	N/A
Mozambique	N/A
Myanmar	passport not recognized
Namibia	N/A
Nauru	passport not recognized
Nepal	passport not recognized
Netherlands	N/A
New Zealand	passport not recognized
Nicaragua	N/A
Niger	N/A
Nigeria	N/A
North Macedonia	N/A
Norway	passport not recognized
Oman	passport not recognized
Pakistan	passport not recognized
Palau	passport not recognized
Panama	N/A
Papua New Guinea	passport not recognized
Paraguay	Visa required[36]		Departure tax: 25 US dollars (if exiting by airport) 25 US dollars on Silvio Pettirossi International Airport or 10 US dollars on Guaraní International Airport.[37]
Peru	Visa required[38][39]		Entry tax: 15 US dollars (if entering by airport) Departure tax: 30,25 US dollars (if exiting by airport)[40]
Philippines	Visa required[41][42]
Poland	N/A
Portugal	N/A
Qatar	passport not recognized
Romania	N/A
Russia	Visa required[43]		Passport recognized. Visa required for all types of passports.
Rwanda	N/A
Saint Kitts and Nevis	passport not recognized
Saint Lucia	Visa not required[44][45]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[46][47]	4 weeks	Departure fee: 40 East Caribbean dollars (for stayings of minimum 24 hours)
Samoa	passport not recognized
San Marino	Visa not required		Open borders with Italy
São Tomé and Príncipe	N/A
Saudi Arabia	passport not recognized
Senegal	N/A
Serbia	N/A
Seychelles	N/A
Sierra Leone	N/A
Singapore	passport not recognized
Slovakia	N/A
Slovenia	Visa not required[48]
Solomon Islands	passport not recognized
Somalia	N/A
South Africa	N/A
South Sudan	N/A
Spain	N/A
Sri Lanka	passport not recognized
Sudan	N/A
Suriname	Visa required		Visa fee: 15 days/2/3/6/12 months for 15/45/90/135/210 US dollars)[49] The Transit visa for 15 days is single entry. The others are multi-entry. Departure tax: 66 US dollars/52 euro (if exiting by airport)[50] Only payable in US dollars or euro. Surinamese dollars are not accepted. No crossing points with Brazil.
Sweden	N/A
Switzerland	N/A
Syria	passport not recognized
Tajikistan	Visa on arrival[51][52][53][54]		On Dushanbe airport for 45/55/65 US dollars
Tanzania	N/A
Thailand	Visa required[55]
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[56]	30 days
Togo	N/A
Tonga	passport not recognized
Trinidad and Tobago	passport not recognized
Tunisia	N/A
Turkey	N/A
Turkmenistan	Visa required[57][58]
Tuvalu	passport not recognized
Uganda	N/A
Ukraine	N/A
United Arab Emirates	passport not recognized
United Kingdom and Crown dependencies	passport not recognized
United States	passport not recognized
Uruguay	Visa not required[59]	90 days
Uzbekistan	passport not recognized
Vanuatu	passport not recognized
Vatican City	Visa not required		Open borders with Italy
Venezuela	Visa required[60][61]		Departure tax: 110 Bolivares fuertes as governmental exit tax + 137,50 Bolivares fuertes as airport tax (if exiting by airport).[62] Border with Guyana is closed.
Vietnam	passport not recognized
Yemen	passport not recognized
Zambia	N/A
Zimbabwe	N/A

Territories

•  Argentine Antarctica – Special permits required.^[63]
• Chilean Antarctic Territory – Special permits required.
•  Hong Kong – Visa required.^[64]
• Iraqi Kurdistan – Visa on arrival for 10 days for free.^[65][66]
•  Macau – Visa required.^[67]
•  Palestine – Unknown passport recognition.
•  Republic of China (Taiwan) – Visa required^[68]
•  Cook Islands – Passport not recognized by New Zealand.
•  Niue – Passport not recognized by New Zealand.
•  Tokelau – Passport not recognized by New Zealand.
•  American Samoa – Passport not recognized by the United States.
•  Guam – Passport not recognized by the United States.
•  Northern Mariana Islands – Passport not recognized by the United States.

See also

• Malta portal

• Sovereign Military Order of Malta passport