Visa Requirements for Maldives Passport Holders (2026)

A Maldives passport gives visa-free access to 86 of 198 destinations (visa-free, visa on arrival, or eTA). Full breakdown by entry type below.

Visa-free destinations (53)

Antigua and Barbuda (180d), Bahamas (90d), Bangladesh (90d), Barbados (180d), Belize, Bhutan (14d), Botswana (90d), Brunei (14d), China (30d), Costa Rica (30d), Dominica (180d), Ecuador (90d), Fiji (120d), Gambia (90d), Grenada (90d), Guyana (30d), Haiti (90d), Hong Kong (90d), India (90d), Ireland (90d), Jamaica, Kazakhstan (30d), Kiribati (90d), Kosovo (90d), Lesotho (90d), Malawi (30d), Malaysia (90d), Mauritius (90d), Micronesia (30d), Mongolia (30d), Morocco (30d), Pakistan (90d), Palestine, Panama (90d), Philippines (30d), Russia (90d), Rwanda (30d), Saint Kitts and Nevis (90d), Saint Lucia (42d), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90d), Seychelles (90d), Singapore (30d), South Africa (30d), Swaziland (30d), Tajikistan (30d), Thailand (60d), Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia (90d), United Arab Emirates (90d), Vanuatu (120d), Venezuela (90d), Zambia (90d), Zimbabwe (90d)

Visa on arrival (29)

Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Laos, Macao, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Palau, Qatar, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Tuvalu

eTA required (4)

Ivory Coast, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, United Kingdom

e-Visa required (34)

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, Cuba, DR Congo, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Moldova, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Togo, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Visa required in advance (78)

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vatican, Yemen

Passports with similar entry access

Jamaica · Bahrain · Ecuador · Saudi Arabia · Timor-Leste · Belize

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Data source: Passport Index dataset (CC-BY). Retrieved & last verified June 26, 2026. Visa rules change frequently — always confirm with the destination’s embassy or official immigration website before you book. See our methodology.