General Information
Admission into Malta, through its external border, is only permitted to third country nationals who:
- seek entry through a border crossing point;
- are in possession of a valid passport or equivalent recognized travel document permitting them to cross the border;
- are in possession of documents substantiating the purpose and the conditions of the planned visit and have sufficient means of support, both for the period of the planned visit and to return to their country of origin (or to travel in transit to a Third State). A third country national who already holds a residence permit issued by one of the Schengen Member States is exempted from this requirement
- are in possession of a valid entry or transit visa, if required;
- have not been prohibited to enter through an alert in the Schengen Information System; and
- are not considered to be a threat to public policy, national security or the international relations of any of the Schengen States, under the Laws of Malta or of the law of another Schengen State.
- If any one of the aforementioned conditions is not met, the third-country national may be denied entry by the border authorities even if in possession of a valid entry or transit visa
Where To Apply
List of third-countries whose nationals seek to enter Malta, are obliged to apply for a visa.
In those countries where Malta is served by a Visa Application Centre, applications are to be submitted through these centres, as per list below:
ALGERIA | Malta Visa Application Centre | Algiers |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Oran | |
AUSTRALIA | Malta High Commission | Canberra |
Consulate of Malta | Melbourne | |
Consulate of Malta | Sydney | |
AUSTRIA | Embassy of Malta | Vienna |
BELGIUM | Embassy of Malta | Brussels |
CANADA | Consulate of Malta | Toronto |
CHINA | Embassy of Malta | Beijing |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Beijing | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Changsha | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Chengdu | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Chongqing | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Fuzhou | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Guangzhou | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Hangzhou | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Jinan | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Kunming | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Nanjing | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Shanghai | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Shenyang | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Wuhan | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Xian | |
DENMARK | Embassy of Malta | Copenhagen |
GERMANY | Embassy of Malta | Berlin |
GREECE | Embassy of Malta | Athens |
EGYPT | Embassy of Malta | Cairo |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Alexandria | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Cairo | |
FRANCE | Embassy of Malta | Paris |
INDIA | Malta High Commission | New Delhi |
Malta Visa Application Centre | New Delhi | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Chennai | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Kolkata | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Chandigarh | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Bangalore | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Mumbai | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Kathmandu, Nepal | |
IRELAND | Embassy of Malta | Dublin |
ISRAEL | Embassy of Malta | Telaviv |
ITALY | Embassy of Malta | Rome |
KUWAIT | Embassy of Malta | New Mishref |
NETHERLANDS | Embassy of Malta | The Hague |
PALESTINE | Representative Office of Malta | Ramallah |
POLAND | Embassy of Malta | Warsaw |
PORTUGAL | Embassy of Malta | Lisbon |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Embassy of Malta | Moscow |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Moscow | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Kazan | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Krasnodar | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Krasnoyarsk | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Nizhny Novgorod | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Novosibirsk | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Rostov-on-Don | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Samara | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | St. Petersburg | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Yekaterinburg | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Kaliningrad | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Irkutsk | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Ufa | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Khabarovsk | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Vladivostok | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Omsk | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Murmansk | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Perm | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Saratov | |
SAUDI ARABIA | Embassy of Malta | Riyadh |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Riyadh | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Jeddah | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Al Khobar | |
SPAIN | Embassy of Malta | Madrid |
SWITZERLAND | Permanent Mission of Malta | Geneva |
THE PHILIPPINES | Malta Visa Application Centre | Manila |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Cebu | |
TUNISIA | Embassy of Malta | Tunis |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Tunis | |
TURKEY | Consulate of Malta | Istanbul |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Ankara | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Antalya | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Bodrum | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Bursa | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Edirne | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Gaziantep | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Izmir | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Altunizade | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Trabzon | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Harbiye | |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Consulate of Malta | Dubai |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Dubai | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Abu Dhabi | |
UNITED KINGDOM | Malta High Commission | London |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Edinburgh | |
Malta Visa Application Centre | Manchester | |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Embassy of Malta | Washington |
Permanent Mission of Malta | New York |
Where Malta has no diplomatic mission or consular post, third-country nationals are obliged to apply for a visa at the following EU diplomatic missions and consular posts, who issue visas in representation of Malta:
AFGHANISTAN | Embassy of Italy | Kabul |
ALBANIA | Embassy of Austria | Tirana |
ANGOLA | Embassy of Italy | Luanda |
ARGENTINA | Embassy of Austria | Buenos Aires |
ARMENIA | Embassy of Italy | Yerevan |
AZERBAIJAN | Embassy of Italy | Baku |
BAHRAIN | Embassy of Italy | Manama |
BANGLADESH | Embassy of Italy | Dhaka |
BENIN | Consulate of France | Cotonou |
BELARUS | Embassy of Italy | Minsk |
BOLIVIA | Embassy of Italy | La Paz |
BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA | Embassy of Austria | Sarajevo |
BOTSWANA | Embassy of Germany | Gaborone |
BRAZIL | Embassy of Austria | Brasilia |
Embassy of Italy | San Paolo | |
BULGARIA | Embassy of Austria | Sofia |
BURKINA FASO | Consulate of France | Ouagadougou |
CAMBODIA | Consulate of France | Phnom Penh |
CAMEROON | Consulate of France | Yaounde |
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | Consulate of France | Bangui |
CHAD | Consulate of France | N’Djamena |
CHILE | Embassy of Austria | Santiago |
Embassy of Germany | Santiago | |
CHINA – HONG KONG | Consulate General of Austria | Hong Kong |
COLOMBIA | Embassy of Italy | Bogota |
COMOROS | Embassy of France | Moroni |
CONGO | Embassy of France | Brazzaville |
COSTA RICA | Embassy of Spain | San Jose |
COTE D’IVOIRE | Consulate of France | Abidjan |
CUBA | Consulate of Spain | Havana |
DJIBOUTI | Embassy of France | Djibouti |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Embassy of Spain | Santo Domingo |
ECUADOR | Consulate of Spain | Quito |
EL SALVADOR | Embassy of Spain | San Salvador |
ERITREA | Embassy of Italy | Asmara |
ETHIOPIA | Embassy of Austria | Addis Ababa |
FY REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA | Embassy of Italy | Skopje |
GEORGIA | Embassy of Italy | Tbilisi |
GHANA | Embassy of Italy | Accra |
GUINEA | Embassy of Germany | Conakry |
GUATEMALA | Embassy of Spain | Guatemala |
HAITI | Embassy of Spain | Port-au-Prince |
HONDURAS | Embassy of Spain | Tegucigalpa |
INDONESIA | Embassy of Austria | Jakarta |
IRAN | Embassy of Poland | Teheran |
IRAQ | Embassy of Italy | Baghdad |
JAPAN | Embassy of Austria | Tokyo |
JORDAN | Embassy of Italy | Amman |
KAZAKHSTAN | Embassy of Italy | Astana |
KENYA | Embassy of Austria | Nairobi |
LAOS | Embassy of France | Vientiane |
LEBANON | Embassy of Italy | Beirut |
MALAYSIA | Embassy of Austria | Kuala Lumpur |
MALI | General Consulate of France | Bamako |
MAURITANIA | Embassy of France | Nouakchott |
MAURITIUS | Embassy of France | Port-Louis |
MEXICO | Embassy of Austria | Mexico City |
MOLDOVA | Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany | Chisnau |
MONGOLIA | Embassy of Germany | Ulan Bator |
MONTENEGRO | General Consulate of Italy | Podgorica |
MOROCCO | Embassy of Italy | Rabat |
MOZAMBIQUE | Embassy of Italy | Maputo |
MYANMAR | Embassy of Italy | Yangon |
NAMIBIA | Embassy of Germany | Windhoek |
NEW ZELAND | Embassy of Germany | Wellington |
NICARAGUA | Embassy of Italy | Managua |
NIGER | Embassy of France | Niamey |
NIGERIA | Consulate of Italy | Lagos |
OMAN | Embassy of Spain | Muscat |
PAKISTAN | Consulate General of Italy | Karachi |
PANAMA | Embassy of Italy | Panama |
PARUGUAY | Embassy of Spain | Ascunción |
PERU | Embassy of Austria | Lima |
QATAR | Embassy of Italy | Doha |
ROMANIA | Embassy of Austria | Bucharest |
SENEGAL | Embassy of Austria | Senegal |
SEYCHELLES | Embassy of France | Victoria |
SINGAPORE | Embassy of Italy | Singapore |
SOUTH AFRICA | Consulate of Italy | Cape Town |
Embassy of Italy | Pretoria | |
SRI LANKA | Embassy of Italy | Colombo |
SUDAN | Embassy of Italy | Khartoum |
TAIWAN | German Institute | Taipei |
TANZANIA | Embassy of Italy | Dar es Salaam |
THAILAND | Embassy of Austria | Bangkok |
TOGO | Embassy of Germany | Lomé |
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany | Port of Spain |
UGANDA | Embassy of Italy | Kampala |
UKRAINE | Embassy of Spain | Kiev |
URUGUARY | Consulate of Italy | Montevideo |
UZBEKISTAN | Embassy of Italy | Tashkent |
VENEZUELA | Embassy of Austria | Caracas |
VIETNAM | Embassy of France | Hanoï |
General Consulate of France | Hô Chi Minh-Ville | |
YEMEN | Embassy of Italy | Sana’a |
ZAMBIA | Embassy of Italy | Lusaka |
ZIMBABWE | Embassy of Germany | Harare |