Visa requirements for Maltese citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed by the authorities of foreign states on citizens of Malta.

As of 2026, Maltese citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access (including eTAs) to 184 countries and territories, ranking the Maltese passport 5th in the world in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements

Country Visa requirement Allowed stay Notes (excluding departure fees) 30 days 90 days ID card valid ID card valid 30 days 6 months 90 days 180 days 90 days 90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted Freedom of movement ID card valid Azerbaijan eVisa 30 days 3 months 14 days 30 days 3 months Visa-free until 31 December 2026. Freedom of movement ID card valid 1 month 30 days 90 days 90 days 90 days90 days within any 6-month period ID card valid 90 days 90 days90 days within any 180 day period 90 days Freedom of movement ID card valid 1 month 30 daysIt is mandatory for those who want to get a visa on arrival to complete the form online prior to boarding. 30 days Visa is also obtainable online. 6 months eTA not required if entering by land. 30 days 90 days 30 days Visa-free from 30 November 2024 to 31 December 2026. 90 days 90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period 45 days 7 days 180 days 3 months eVisa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport. Freedom of movement ID card valid 90 daysCan be extended up to 90 days with a fee. Freedom of movement ID card valid Freedom of movement ID card valid Freedom of movement (DK) ID card valid 31 days 90 days90 days within any 180 day period 30 days 90 days 30 days 6 months 90 days e-Visa holders must arrive via Malabo International Airport. The processing fee is 75 USD. Freedom of movement ID card valid 30 days up to 90 dayseVisa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport 4 months Freedom of movement ID card valid Freedom of movement (in Regions of France) ID card valid 90 days Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport. 90 days 1 year ID card valid Freedom of movement ID card valid Freedom of movement ID card valid 3 months 90 days 90 days 90 days 30 days 90 days 3 months Freedom of movement ID card valid Freedom of movement ID card valid 30 days 30 days Not available at all entry points. 30 days Iraq eVisa portal 60 days Visa on arrival or eVisa for up to 30 days for travel to Iraqi Kurdistan. Freedom of movement ID card valid 3 months Freedom of movement ID card valid 90 days 30 days Conditions apply 30 days Kenya Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (eTA) 90 days 90 days90 days within any 180 day period 90 daysK-ETA exemption until the end of 2026. 3 months 60 days 30 days Freedom of movement ID card valid 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. 90 days 30 days Freedom of movement ID card valid Freedom of movement ID card valid Freedom of movement ID card valid 90 days 90 days 90 days 30 days 90 days90 days within any 180 day period 30 days Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport. 180 days 180 days 90 days90 days within any 180 day period 90 days90 days within any 180 day period ID card valid 30 daysVisa-free from 4 January 2023 to 31 December 2026. 90 days ID card valid for 30 days 90 days 30 days 28 days eVisa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings with Thailand — Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung or India — Rih Khaw Dar and Tamu. eVisa available for both tourism (allowed stay is 28 days) or business (allowed stay is 70 days) purposes. 90 days 90 days Freedom of movement (European Netherlands) ID card valid 3 monthsInternational Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority. 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. Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy. 90 days 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. 90 days ID card valid Freedom of movement ID card valid 14 daysAn eVisa valid for 30 days is also available. 90 days 90 days90 days within any 180 day period 90 days eVisa, Papua New Guinea (PNG) Immigration and Citizenship Authority (ICA) 60 days 90 days 90 days90 days within any 6-month period 30 days Freedom of movement ID card valid Freedom of movement ID card valid 90 days Freedom of movement ID card valid 30 dayse-Visa holders must arrive and departure via 29 checkpoints 30 days 3 months 90 days90 days within any 180 day period 90 days90 days within any 180 day period 90 days90 days within any 180 day period ID card valid 15 days 90 days 90 days 90 days90 days within any 6-month period ID card valid 3 monthsTravelers must obtain an ETA before departure. 1 month 90 days Freedom of movement ID card valid Freedom of movement ID card valid 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period 30 days 90 days Freedom of movement ID card valid 30 days 90 days Freedom of movement ID card valid Freedom of movement ID card valid 30 days 30 days Visa also available online.Tajikistan e-Visa 90 days 60 days 90 days90 days within any 180 day period 15 days 90 days90 days within any 180 day period 90 days90 days within any 180 day period 3 monthsID card valid on organized tours 90 days ID card valid 90 days90 days within any 180 day period 3 months May apply online.Uganda Electronic Visa/Permit Application System 90 days90 days within any 180 day period 90 days90 days within any 180 day period 6 monthsETA UK (valid for 2 years when issued) required. ID card valid for subjects with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme until at least 31 December 2025. Adults can use ePassport gates. 90 days 90 days Visa regulations for some countries , Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan. 30 days 90 days90 days within any 180 day period ID card valid 90 days Vietnam eVisa, Vietnam Immigration Department 30 days 90 days 3 months

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

Europe — Visa required. Monastic community of Mount Athos — Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed. Brest and Grodno — Visa not required for 10 days. Crimea — Visa issued by Russia is required.Foreigners Now Need Russian Visa to Visit Crimea — Visa free access for 3 months. Passport required. UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus — Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas. — Visa not required. — Visa not required. – Visa not required. – Visa not required. – Visa not required. — Visa not required. Jan Mayen — permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours. – Visa not required. — visa free for 90 days. Closed cities and regions in Russia — special authorization required. — Visa free. Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia. — Visa free. Registration required after 24h.

Africa (outside Asmara) — visa covers Asmara only; to travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa). (Western Sahara controlled territory) — Visa not required up to 3 months. — Visa issued on arrival (30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival). — All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit. Darfur — Separate travel permit is required.

Asia — Visa not required for 90 days. — Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year. — Visa on arrival for 15 days is available at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports. — Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty. Kish Island — Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa. — Visa not required for 90 days. Sabah and Sarawak — These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies. Maldives — With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives. outside Pyongyang – People are not allowed to leave the capital city. Tourists may leave the capital only with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving). — Visa not required. Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed. — Visa not required for 90 days. Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province — OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez. — A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat. Tibet Autonomous Region — Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars). Korean Demilitarized Zone — restricted zone. UNDOF Zone and Ghajar — restricted zones. Phú Quốc — can visit without a visa for up to 30 days. — Special permission needed for travel outside Sanaa or Aden.

Caribbean and North Atlantic

— Visa not required for 3 months. — Visa not required for 180 days. Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba — Visa not required for 3 months. — Visa not required for 21 days (extendable). — Visa not required for 1 month (extendable). — Visa not required for 6 months. — Visitors arriving at San Andrés and Leticia must buy tourist cards on arrival.Timatic — Visa not required for 3 months. — Visa not required for 6 months. — Visa not required. Margarita Island — All visitors are fingerprinted. — Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required. — Visa not required. — Visa not required for 3 months. — Visa not required for 90 days. — Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.

Oceania — Electronic authorization for 30 days.Entry Permit Waiver Program , Department of Legal Affairs of American Samoa. Ashmore and Cartier Islands — special authorisation required. Clipperton Island — special permit required. — Visa free access for 31 days. Lau Province — Special permission required. — Visa not required. — Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required. — Visa not required for 3 months. — Visa on arrival valid for 30 days is issued free of charge. — Visa not required. — 14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore. — Entry permit required.