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Business Visa

MaldivesShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

An advance visa is required: the Business Visa application must be approved before the applicant arrives in the Maldives. Approval does not guarantee entry; all travellers are subject to immigration clearance on arrival.

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What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The route covers entry to the Maldives for an approved business purpose. The official source does not define which business activities count as an approved business purpose.

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  • The page does not define which business activities count as an approved business purpose.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The Business Visa is a multiple-entry visa and permits a cumulative stay of up to 90 days within a 12-month period. The official source does not state the validity period of the visa itself.

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  • The page does not state the validity period of the visa itself.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

The applicant must be invited by a locally registered business or organisation in the Maldives under the Business Visa Regulation. Immigration checks a clear colour copy of the passport biodata page (passport valid at least six months) and a recent photograph taken within the last three months. The official source does not state funds, accommodation, insurance or onward-travel evidence.

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  • The page does not state whether funds, accommodation, insurance or onward-travel evidence is checked at the border for Business Visa holders.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

The application is submitted through the Business Portal of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (business.egov.mv); after the Ministry's approval it is forwarded to Immigration for verification and processing, and the approved eVisa is viewed and downloaded through the Business Portal. The official source does not state whether or how a stay can be extended or changed in the Maldives.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not state whether or how a stay can be extended or the visa changed while in the Maldives.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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