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Meeting 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?

No advance visa process is described: the Meeting Visa is granted to any foreign national visiting for the meeting purpose who satisfies the Maldives entry requirements, and entry is permitted at the port of entry after an immigration officer determines eligibility.

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  • https://www.immigration.gov.mv/visa/meeting
    will be granted for any foreign national visiting the Maldives for the purpose of attending a meeting, conference or convention held in the Maldives provided that the individual satisfies the entry requirements to the Maldives.
  • https://www.immigration.gov.mv/visa/meeting
    Under Sections 7 and 8 of The Maldives Immigration Act 2007 , entry is permitted at the port of entry following an immigration officer's determination of eligibility.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The primary purpose must be to attend or participate in a meeting, conference or convention held in the Maldives that is for a permissible business accepted by the Registrar of Businesses, for government/state use, or arranged by another entity with approval from the concerned government authority.

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  • https://www.immigration.gov.mv/visa/meeting
    The primary purpose of the visit is to attend/participate in a meeting, conference, or convention held in the Maldives: For permissible businesses accepted by the Registrar of Businesses; or For government/state use; or Arranged by other entities with approval from the concerned government authority .

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

Since 14 May 2023 the Meeting Visa is an on-arrival short-stay visa for 14 days. The official source does not state whether it allows single or multiple entries or any rolling-period rule.

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  • The page does not state whether the visa allows single or multiple entries or any rolling-period rule.

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

Travellers need a complete itinerary with confirmed return tickets, a prepaid confirmed booking at a registered hotel, proof of sufficient funds for the stay, a passport or travel document with a Machine Readable Zone and at least 1 month validity (extended-validity passports are not accepted), and must meet the entry requirements of onward destinations.

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

Before travel, the Traveller Declaration must be filled and submitted electronically via IMUGA within 96 hours before the flight to the Maldives. The Meeting Visa is non-extendable, and a holder cannot obtain a Business Visa while in the Maldives.

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

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