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Maldives visa rules for Canada passport holders

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The answer

Visa on arrival. Canada passport holders can get a visa on arrival in the Maldives.

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ONE TIME LIVIN’VISA ONARRIVAL

Our summary of the official rule. Not an official stamp.

Official source

immigration.gov.mvMaldives ImmigrationChecked 29 Oct 2026

Tourist visa is granted on arrival to the Maldives.

Quoted from the source.

Before you go

The conditions that come with this rule, from its official sources.

Conditions from official sources

  • Needs a passport with a machine-readable zone (MRZ); a passport with an extended validity is refused.
  • Submit the IMUGA Traveller Declaration online at imuga.immigration.gov.mv within 96 hours before arrival, one for each traveller including children.
  • Needs confirmed return tickets, a prepaid confirmed booking at a registered facility, and enough funds for the stay, or a sponsorship approved by Maldives Immigration.
  • Needs a valid Yellow Fever vaccination certificate if arriving from, or recently through, a country with yellow fever risk, unless under one year old.
  • Children need their own passport.

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 1 month.

A passport or travel document with a Machine-Readable Zone (MRZ) and at least 1 month's validity.

Tourist entry only

These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.

The other way round

What Maldives passport holders need to visit Canada.

Maldives passport Canada

Visa needed

Visa-required countries or territories Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda (Some citizens of Antigua and Barbuda may be eligible for an electronic travel authorization [eTA] if they meet certain requirements .) Argentina (Some citizens of Argentina may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil (Some citizens of Brazil may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon, Republic of Cabo Verde Central African Republic Chad China, People's Republic of Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Costa Rica, Republic of (Some citizens of Costa Rica may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Cuba Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia (Some citizens of Indonesia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Iran Iraq Israel (Travellers must have a valid Israeli "Travel Document in Lieu of National Passport".) Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Macao Special Administrative Region Madagascar Malawi Malaysia (Some citizens of Malaysia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Maldives Islands Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico (Some citizens of Mexico may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Micronesia, Fed. States Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco (Some citizens of Morocco may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama (Some citizens of Panama may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Paraguay Peru Philippines (Some citizens of the Philippines may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Romania (holder of a non-electronic passport, such as a temporary passport) Russia Rwanda Sao Tomé e Principe Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Senegal Serbia Seychelles (Some citizens of the Seychelles may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis (Some citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) St. Lucia (Some citizens of St. Lucia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) St. Vincent and the Grenadines (St. Vincent) (Some citizens of St. Vincent and the Grenadines may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Sudan Suriname Syria Taiwan (Travellers must have a passport other than an ordinary passport issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan that includes the personal identification number.) Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand (Some citizens of Thailand may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago (Some citizens of Trinidad and Tobago may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine Uruguay (Some citizens of Uruguay may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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Visa-free nearby

Other places Canada passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Male, nearest first.

No visa-free place we have reviewed is within 2,500 km yet.

We list only countries whose rules we have reviewed. More appear as we review them.

Weather in Male

Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Male, month by month.

  1. JanHigh 30.6°CLow 26.1°CRain 86 mm
  2. FebHigh 31.1°CLow 26.4°CRain 45 mm
  3. MarHigh 31.6°CLow 26.9°CRain 47 mm
  4. AprHigh 31.9°CLow 27.3°CRain 130 mm
  5. MayHigh 31.5°CLow 26.7°CRain 207 mm
  6. JunHigh 31.3°CLow 26.5°CRain 149 mm
  7. JulHigh 31.0°CLow 26.3°CRain 190 mm
  8. AugHigh 31.0°CLow 26.1°CRain 210 mm
  9. SepHigh 30.6°CLow 26.0°CRain 214 mm
  10. OctHigh 30.7°CLow 26.0°CRain 235 mm
  11. NovHigh 30.5°CLow 25.9°CRain 206 mm
  12. DecHigh 30.4°CLow 25.7°CRain 200 mm

Bar and large number: average high, °CSmaller number: average low, °Cmm: average rainfall

Averages of 14 to 21 years between 1993 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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