Visa Information for Malta

Students from the following countries DO require a visa for entry to Malta:

• AFGHANISTAN
  
• GHANA
  
• PAPUA NEW GUINEA
  
• ALBANIA (*)
  
• GRENADA
  
• PERU
  
• ALGERIA
  
• GUINEA
  
• PHILIPPINES
  
• ANGOLA
  
• GUINEA-BISSAU
  
• QATAR
  
• ARMENIA
  
• GUYANA
  
• RUSSIA
  
• AZERBAIJAN
  
• HAITI
  
• RWANDA
  
• BAHRAIN
  
• INDIA
  
• SAMOA
  
• BANGLADESH
  
• INDONESIA
  
• SAO TOME & PRINCIPE
  
• BELARUS
  
• IRAN
  
• SAUDI ARABIA
  
• BELIZE
  
• IRAQ
  
• SENEGAL
  
• BENIN
  
• JAMAICA
  
• SERBIA (excluding holders of
  
• Serbian passports issued by
  
• the Serbian Coordination Directorate
  
• (in Serbian: Koordinaciona uprava)) (*)
  
• BHUTAN
  
• JORDAN
  
• SIERRA LEONE
  
• BOLIVIA
  
• KAZAKHSTAN
  
• SOLOMON ISLANDS
  
• BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (*)
  
• KENYA
  
• SOMALIA
  
• BOTSWANA
  
• KIRIBATI
  
• SOUTH AFRICA
  
• BURKINA FASO
  
• KUWAIT
  
• SRI LANKA
  
• BURMA/MYANMAR
  
• KYRGYZSTAN
  
• ST LUCIA
  
• BURUNDI
  
• LAOS
  
• ST VINCENT and THE GRENADINES
  
• CAMBODIA
  
• LEBANON
  
• SUDAN
  
• CAMEROON
  
• LESOTHO
  
• SURINAME
  
• CAPE VERDE
  
• LIBERIA
  
• SWAZILAND
  
• CENTRAL AFRICAN REP
  
• LIBYA
  
• SYRIA
  
• CHAD
  
• MADAGASCAR
  
• TAJIKISTAN
  
• CHINA
  
• MALAWI
  
• TANZANIA
  
• COLOMBIA
  
• MALDIVES
  
• THAILAND
  
• COMOROS
  
• MALI
  
• TIMOR-LESTE
  
• CONGO
  
• MARSHALL ISLANDS
  
• TOGO
  
• COTE D’IVOIRE
  
• MAURITANIA
  
• TONGA
  
• CUBA
  
• MICRONESIA
  
• TRINDAD & TOBAGO
  
• DEM REP OF CONGO
  
• MOLDOVA
  
• TUNISIA
  
• DJIBOUTI
  
• MONGOLIA
  
• TURKEY
  
• DOMINICA
  
• MONTENEGRO (*)
  
• TURKMENISTAN
  
• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  
• MOROCCO
  
• TUVALU
  
• ECUADOR
  
• MOZAMBIQUE
  
• UGANDA
  
• EGYPT
  
• NAMIBIA
  
• UKRAINE
  
• EQUATORIAL GUINEA
  
• NAURU
  
• UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
  
• ERITREA
  
• NEPAL
  
• UZBEKISTAN
  
• ETHIOPIA
  
• NIGER
  
• VANUATU
  
• FIJI
  
• NIGERIA
  
• VIETNAM
  
• FYROM (*)
  
• NORTH KOREA
  
• YEMEN
  
• GABON
  
• OMAN
  
• ZAMBIA
  
• GAMBIA
  
• PAKISTAN
  
• ZIMBABWE
  
• GEORGIA
  
• PALAU
  

(*) Bio-metric passport holders are exempted from the visa requirement. Visa facilitation agreement (VFA) continues to apply to holders of non-biometric passports.

(Correct as of 13/03/12) Please use this link to check the most up to date version of this list as it changes frequently.

If your country is NOT listed above, it means you may Not require a visa for periods up to 90 days. It's always best to check with your local embassy, even if you don't need a visa, to see how long you're allowed to stay in Malta.

Other visa exemptions:

• Chinese nationals, who are holders 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 a 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:

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.

Students of other nationalities can apply for visas at their consulate in their respective country or at the Maltese Embassy.

Elanguest will provide a letter of acceptance to students who are eligible to apply. This is required by the immigration authorities.

Should students need a visa extension while they are in Malta, we are also able to help them.