Eastern Africa
Eastern AfricaMalawi visa requirements
Travellers from 148 of 198 countries can visit Malawi easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Malawi
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed47 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Visa on arrival101 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- eVisa47 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed3 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of Malawi visa
- Tourist entry4 optionsVisitors may qualify for visa-free entry. Other visitors can apply for an online visa, while some may qualify for a visa on arrival.
- Malawi e-Visa1 optionsThe e-Visa is an online visa. The government recommends it for all travellers who do not qualify for visa-free entry.
- Visa on arrival1 optionsA visa on arrival is described for eligible nationalities, but its availability is unclear because a notice dated 25 March 2020 says the service stopped.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GhanaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- IsraelVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- KenyaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MaldivesVisa not requiredSouthern Asia30 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MozambiqueVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- NamibiaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- NauruVisa not requiredMicronesia
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- Papua New GuineaVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Solomon IslandsVisa not requiredMelanesia30 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- TanzaniaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- TongaVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- TuvaluVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- UgandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- AlbaniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- AndorraVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- ArgentinaVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- ArmeniaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- AustraliaVisa on arrivalAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- AustriaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe90 days
- AzerbaijanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- BelarusVisa on arrivalEastern Europe30 days
- BelgiumVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- BeninVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- BhutanVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- BrazilVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- BulgariaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- CanadaVisa on arrivalNorth America30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- ChileVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CongoVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- Costa RicaVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- CroatiaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- CyprusVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- Czech RepublicVisa on arrivalCentral Europe90 days
- DenmarkVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- DR CongoVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa90 days
- El SalvadorVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- Equatorial GuineaVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- EstoniaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- GabonVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa90 days
- GeorgiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- GermanyVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- GreeceVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- GuatemalaVisa on arrivalCentral America
- GuineaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- HaitiVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- HondurasVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- HungaryVisa on arrivalCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- IndonesiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- ItalyVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- Ivory CoastVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- JapanVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- KuwaitVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- KyrgyzstanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- LatviaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- LiechtensteinVisa on arrivalWestern Europe90 days
- LithuaniaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- LuxembourgVisa on arrivalWestern Europe90 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia90 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MaltaVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- MexicoVisa on arrivalNorth America90 days
- MicronesiaVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- MoldovaVisa on arrivalEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoVisa on arrivalWestern Europe90 days
- MongoliaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- MontenegroVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- MyanmarVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- NetherlandsVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- New ZealandVisa on arrivalAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- NicaraguaVisa on arrivalCentral America
- North KoreaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia90 days
- North MacedoniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- PanamaVisa on arrivalCentral America90 days
- ParaguayVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- PeruVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- PolandVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- PortugalVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- QatarVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- RomaniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe90 days
- San MarinoVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- SlovakiaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe90 days
- SloveniaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe90 days
- South KoreaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- SpainVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- SurinameVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- TaiwanVisa on arrivalEastern Asia90 days
- ThailandVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- United KingdomVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe90 days
- United StatesVisa on arrivalNorth America30 days
- UruguayVisa on arrivalSouth America90 days
- VanuatuVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- Vatican CityVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe90 days
- VenezuelaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- VietnamVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlgeriaeVisaNorthern Africa90 days
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa
- BangladesheVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- BurundieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- Central African RepubliceVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ChinaeVisaEastern Asia30 days
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America30 days
- CubaeVisaCaribbean30 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa30 days
- EgypteVisaNorthern Africa30 days
- EritreaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia30 days
- KosovoeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- LebanoneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa90 days
- MalieVisaWestern Africa30 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MoroccoeVisaNorthern Africa90 days
- NepaleVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- NigereVisaWestern Africa
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa
- OmaneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- PalestineeVisaWestern Asia
- RussiaeVisaEastern Europe90 days
- RwandaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- SenegaleVisaWestern Africa
- SerbiaeVisaSoutheast Europe30 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- SudaneVisaNorthern Africa
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia90 days
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- TürkiyeeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia90 days
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe90 days
- UzbekistaneVisaCentral Asia
- YemeneVisaWestern Asia
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Oceania14 of 14 countries
- Americas32 of 35 countries
- Europe42 of 46 countries
- Asia32 of 50 countries
- Africa28 of 53 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Malawi without a visa?
148 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Malawi?
Visa on arrival: it applies to 101 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Malawi?
3 passports, including South Sudan, Tunisia and Guyana.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Malawi?
eVisa, for up to 30 days.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Malawi?
eVisa, for up to 30 days.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Malawi?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Malawi?
eVisa.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Malawi?
eVisa, for up to 90 days.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Malawi?
Visa on arrival, for up to 90 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Malawi?
Oceania: 14 of 14 passports enter without applying first.
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