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Visa Requirements for Maltese Nationals
 

VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS
as at 1st April 2007


Citizens of the following countries are exempted from the need of a visa to enter Malta, provided that their stay does not exceed 3 months:

Andorra Greece * Paraguay
Argentina Guatemala Poland *
Australia Honduras Portugal **
Austria ** Hungary * Republic of Korea
Belgium ** Iceland Romania *
Brazil Ireland * San Marino
Brunei Darussalam Israel Singapore
Bulgaria * Italy * Slovak Republic *
Canada Japan Slovenia *
Chile Latvia * Spain **
Costa Rica Liechtenstein * Sweden *
Croatia Lithuania * Switzerland **
Cyprus * Luxembourg ** The Netherlands *
Czech Republic * Malaysia United Kingdom *
Denmark * Mexico United States of America
El Salvador Monaco Uruguay
Estonia * New Zealand Vatican City
Finland * Nicaragua Venezuala
France ** Norway  
Germany *** Panama  
* May travel to Malta with a valid ID
** May travel to Malta with a valid ID or a passport that has expired within the last 5 years
*** May travel to Malta with a valid ID or a passport that has expired within the last year

Other visa exemptions
- holders of British Nationals (Overseas) passports
- Chinese nationals holder of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR)
- MACAO citizens in possession of a "Regio Administrativa Especial de Macao"
- holders of passports bearing the inscription "Sovereign Military Order of Malta"
- holders of travel documents issued to refugees in accordance with the Geneva Convention of 1951, provided issued by one of the signatory states of the Strasbourg agreement of 1959
- holders of travel documents issued to refugees and stateless persons and other persons, who do not hold the nationality of any country but who reside in an EU or EEA Member state, including Switzerland and who are holders of a travel document issued by that country.

Notes
- Visas to holders of Turkish and Tunisian passports are to be issued free. Visas to holders of Moroccan and Algerian passports are to be issued at half the visa fee.
- Visas to holders of Libyan passports are subject to 10 Libyan Dinars for the issuance of visa. All visa applicants except for Libyan, Turkish and Tunisian passport holders are subject to the equivalent of Lm4 administration charge irrespective of whether visa is issued or not
- Visitors requiring a visa to enter Malta and who undertake day trips of less than 24 hours to another country are exempted from applying and paying for another visa on their re-entry to Malta.


Citizens of countries not mentioned above NEED TO APPLY for an Entry or a Transit Visa before proceeding to Malta.