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Visas and Passports
Customs
Airlines

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Visas and Passports
Although there is a free 30 day Visa upon arrival for all visitors, all visitors will need a passport. It is important still to review the following information:
Visitors entering the Republic of Maldives should fulfill the following requirement for the grant of an entry permit into the country.
Possession of a valid international travel document issued by the Government of a Sovereign State.
Possession of a valid return air ticket to a destination where the passenger has permission to enter, together with necessary visas for the onward journey to the next destination.
Possession of minimum of US$30.00 per person per day or confirmed hotel reservation for the intended period of stay in the Maldives. Following are exempted from this requirement.
Diplomats
UN Personnel
Approved persons for employment
Technical and other experts attached to the Government
Those who have confirm bookings in registered tourist resort/hotels etc.
Those sponsored by Maldivians
No prior visa is required to enter the Republic of Maldives. Entry permit will be granted to visitors on arrival at designated ports of entry, based on the immigration requirements.
An entry permit does not allow an visitor to take up employment, set up any business or exercise any profession whether paid or unpaid except with the consent and in conformity with the pertinent laws and regulations of the Maldives. However, a visitor or foreign delegation visiting the Maldives to conclude business agreements, contracts or to negotiate business transactions with their counterparts do not require work permits if the stay does not exceed the duration granted on arrival.
An expatriate must obtain a work permit from the Ministry of Human Resources Employment and Labor prior to arrival in Maldives to engage in employment.
Visitors who stay beyond the period for which they have been approved may be deported.
The Government of Maldives refuses admission and transit to holder of Merchant Seaman books.
Disembarkation and Embarkation card shall be filled by every passenger and submitted to the Immigration Officer on entry.

 

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Customs
The import of firearms, liquor, drugs and pornography are prohibited. An official license is required for import of alcohol. Alcohol is available in all the resorts and not sold / available in Male’. Dogs, Pigs, and pork products are prohibited. Special permission should be sought to bring the personal pets (dogs not allowed).

Airlines

Maldives Tourism Promotion Board has an information counter setup at the airport for ease of the tourists visiting the Maldives. Especially those who are Free Independent Travelers or FITs. Any information including Maldives, hotels and rates will be provided by the MTPB staff at the counter.

A ferry service is available from the airport island to the capital around the clock. A special dhoni ferry leaves from the airport jetty to the capital every 15 minutes which changes to one every 30 minutes after midnight.
Set charge per person for the ferry service is USD 1/- during normal operating hours and a charge of USD 2/- per person at midnight.
Since the airport island is geographically separate from the capital the only means of transport to the capital is by sea.
If required a dhoni can be chartered by for transfer to the capital at set rates. Further details cab be attained from the ferry terminal at the jetty of the airport.

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Regularly Scheduled Airlines

Name of Airlines Country of Origin Originating Sector
AIR SAHARA INDIA DEL/COK/TRV/MLE/TRV/COK
AUSTRIAN AIRLINES AUSTRIA VIE/CMB/MLE/VIE
BANKOK AIRWAYS THAILAND BKK/MLE/BKK
CONDOR GERMANY FRA/MLE/FRA
MUC/MLE/MUC
EMIRATES UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DXB/CMB/MLE/CMB
DXB/MLE/CMB/DXB
EUROFLY ITALY MXP/FCO/MLE/FCO/MXP
MXP/MLE/MXP
MXP/CMB/MLE/MXP
INDIAN AIRLINES INDIA TRV/MLE/TRV
BLR/MLE/BLR
LIVINGTON AIR ITALY MXP/MLE/MXP
MXP/MLE/MXP
LTU INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS GERMANY DUS/MLE/DUS
MUC/MLE/MUC
FRA/MLE/FRA
MALAYSIA AIRLINES MALAYSIA KUL/MLE/CMB/KUL
MARTIN AIR HOLLAND NETHERLANDS AMS/CMB/MLE/AMS
BRU/CMB/HKT/MLE/AMS
QATAR AIRWAYS QATAR DOH/MLE/DOH
SINGAPORE AIRLINES SINGAPORE SIN/MLE/SIN
SRILANKAN AIRLINES  SRILANKA CMB/MLE/CMB
CMB/MLE/NRT
LHR/MLE/CMB
NRT/MLE/CMB
VIVA MACAU MACAU MFM/MLE/MFM

 

Charter Airlines

Name of Airlines Country of Origin Originating Sector
FIRST CHOICE UNITED KINGDOM LGW/MLE/LGW
MAN/MLE/MAN
MALEV - HUNGARIAN AILINES RUSSIA BUD/DXB/MLE/DXB/BUD
BELAIR  SWITZERLAND ZRH/MLE/ZHR
BLUE PANORAMA AIRLINES ITALY MXP/CMB/MLE
FCO/MXP/MLE/FCO/MXP
MY TRAVEL UNITED KINGDOM MAN/MLE/MAN
LGW/MLE/LGW
EDELWEISS SWITZERLAND ZHR/CMB/MLE/ZHR
ZHR/MLE/ZHR
MONARCH AIRLINES UNITED KINGDOM LGW/MLE/LGW
NEOS SPA ITALY MXP/FCO/MLE/FCO/MXP
MXP/MLE/MXP
THOMSAN FLY UNITED KINGDOM MAN/MLE/MAN
TRANSAERO RUSSIA DME/MLE/DME
LED/MLE/LED
AIR ITALY ITALY FCO/VRN/MLE/FCO/MXP
VOLARE ITALY MXP/FCO/MLE/FCO/MXP
XL AIRWAYS FRANCE CDG/MLE/CDG

 

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