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Cape Verde visa for citizens of the Maldives

Citizens of the Maldives get a Cape Verde visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of the Maldives: the passport opens 54 countries visa-free; Malé — Praia: ≈ 10,640 km, about 14 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Cape Verde without a visa on a Maldives passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of the Maldives get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Cape Verde visa rules at a glance

With a Maldives passport you can visit 54 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 75 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Maldives passport ranks 101st of 199.
Maldives passport: visa-free access to 54 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of the Maldives and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 22 countries, for example: Seychelles, Malaysia, Mauritius, Singapore, Kenya, Rwanda, Palestine, Philippines, Zambia, South Africa, Russia, Tunisia, Morocco, Micronesia, and Gambia.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, get a visa on arrival in the Maldives. Maldives visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Malé — Praia: about 10,640 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 14 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −6 hours.
Local time: Malé 12:00 — Praia 06:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 154th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Maldives.