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Maldives visa rules for Thailand passport holders

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The answer

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

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Visa on arrival
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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 Thailand.

Maldives passport Thailand

Visa-free · 30 days

Maximum stay
Up to 30 days

List of countries and territories whose nationals are entitled to Thailand's visa exemption scheme for the purpose of tourism for a period not exceeding 30 days Ordinary Passport 1. Australia 16. France 31. Latvia 46. Romania 2. Austria 17. Georgia 32. Liechtenstein 47. Saudi Arabia 3. Bahrain 18. Germany 33. Lithuania 48. Singapore 4. Belgium 19. Greece 34. Luxembourg 49. Slovakia 5. Bulgaria 20. Hungary 35. Malta 50. Slovenia 6. Bhutan 21. Iceland 36. Malaysia 51. South Africa 7. Brunei 22. India 37. Maldives 52. Spain 8. Canada 23. Indonesia 38. Netherlands 53. Sweden 9. Croatia 24. Ireland 39. New Zealand 54. Switzerland 10. Cyprus 25. Israel 40. Norway 55. Taiwan 11. Czechia 26. Italy 41. Oman 56. Türkiye 12. Denmark 27. Japan 42. Philippines 57. Ukraine 13. Estonia 28. Jordan 43. Poland 58. UAE 14. Fiji 29. Kuwait 44. Portugal 59. UK 15. Finland 30. Kyrgyzstan 45. Qatar 60. USA

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Visa-free nearby

Other places Thailand 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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