What you need to enter Maldives with a Ugandan passport
Ugandan citizens need a visa for Maldives, but they can get it on arrival at the border.
- Minimum passport validity
- 1 month
Last verified: 23 September 2026
Verified practical details
You can get your visa on arrival in Maldives, but it's worth preparing the paperwork ahead of time:
Authorisation system
IMUGA (traveller declaration)
The Maldives requires no advance visa for tourists: the 30-day visa is granted free on arrival. What is compulsory for every foreigner, children included, is submitting the traveller declaration (IMUGA) online within 96 hours before arrival. It is free and each traveller files their own.
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Fee
The 30-day tourist visa is granted free on arrival, and the IMUGA declaration is also free of charge.
Required documents
- Passport with a machine-readable zone (MRZ) and at least one month's validity, according to Maldives Immigration. Passports whose validity has been extended are not accepted. Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs asks for six months and warns that anyone without them will be sent back: six months satisfies both.
- A complete itinerary: a confirmed return or onward ticket within 30 days, a prepaid confirmed booking at a registered facility and enough funds for the stay. Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs puts those funds at a minimum of 100 dollars plus 50 per day.
- The IMUGA traveller declaration, submitted within 96 hours before arrival. Minors also need their own passport.
- Meeting the entry requirements of the next destination, including visa and passport validity.
- Since 15 April 2025 entry is not granted on Israeli passports.
Health insurance
Not mandatory for this destination.
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The Maldives treats as transit travellers those continuing to another country without clearing immigration. The 30-day tourist visa can be extended from within the country as long as it has not expired, and Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs urges applying in good time to avoid overstaying and fines. A complete itinerary does not guarantee entry: the immigration officer at the port of entry decides, under Sections 7 and 8 of the Maldives Immigration Act 2007.
More Maldives rules
They don't depend on your passport, so they are on the Maldives page:
Official portal: https://immigration.gov.mv/. Destination data verified on 23 September 2026. Sources: immigration.gov.mv (Maldives Immigration, "Tourist Visa - On Arrival", updated 10 September 2026: entry requirements, MRZ passport with one month's validity, itinerary, IMUGA, yellow fever, ban on Israeli passports, definition of transit, Sections 7 and 8 of the Immigration Act 2007; and FAQs: overstay penalties); customs.gov.mv (Maldives Customs Service, "Duty free concessions": tobacco allowance and 30-day retention); exteriores.gob.es (travel advice of Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation for the Maldives: free 30-day visa, six months' passport validity, minimum funds, extension, alcohol, prohibited items, local customs); gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/maldives/entry-requirements (UK Government: IMUGA, work visa); who.int (WHO) and sanidad.gob.es (Spain's Ministry of Health, "Listado de países"): yellow fever. All checked on 23 September 2026.
Travel insurance for Maldives
It isn't listed as mandatory for this entry, but without insurance, medical care during the trip can get expensive.
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Things to see and do in Maldives
Tours, skip-the-line tickets and day trips, most with free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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This pair in context
In the other direction, citizens of the Maldives need an electronic visa to enter Uganda. See the Maldives → Uganda page.
All 18 passports from Eastern Africa that VisaRadar tracks need a prior authorisation or a visa on arrival to enter the Maldives. Same result as Uganda: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Kenya.
With a passport from Uganda, in the rest of Southern Asia you need a prior authorisation or a visa on arrival for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka; you need a visa for Afghanistan.
A passport from Uganda ranks 136 of 199 in the VisaRadar passport ranking and reaches 61 of 198 destinations without applying for a visa in advance.
Counts from the same requirements matrix behind this page's verdict, using the UN M49 subregions.
Frequently asked questions
Do Ugandan citizens need a visa for Maldives?
Yes, but you can obtain it directly upon arrival at Maldives's entry point.
What minimum passport validity is required?
Passport with a machine-readable zone (MRZ) and at least one month's validity, according to Maldives Immigration. Passports whose validity has been extended are not accepted. Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs asks for six months and warns that anyone without them will be sent back: six months satisfies both.
What currency is used in Maldives?
Maldivian Rufiyaa (MVR).
What do Ugandan passport holders need for the countries near Maldives?
With a passport from Uganda, in the rest of Southern Asia you need a prior authorisation or a visa on arrival for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka; you need a visa for Afghanistan.
Related pages
See Maldives requirements for other passports →
Informational only. Always verify requirements with the official embassy or consulate before you travel.