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Malawi visa for citizens of Suriname

Citizens of Suriname get a Malawi 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 Suriname: the passport opens 35 countries visa-free; Paramaribo — Lilongwe: ≈ 10,050 km, about 13 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Malawi without a visa on a Suriname passport?

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Malawi visa rules at a glance

With a Suriname passport you can visit 35 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 84 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Suriname passport ranks 132nd of 199.
Suriname passport: visa-free access to 35 countries; Malawi passport: 41.
Citizens of Suriname and Malawi can travel together visa-free to 23 countries, for example: Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, Ecuador, Jamaica, Bahamas, Belize, Angola, Zambia, and Palestine.
Citizens of Malawi, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Suriname. Suriname visa for citizens of Malawi

Travelling to Malawi: good to know

Paramaribo — Lilongwe: about 10,050 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 13 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +5 hours.
Local time: Paramaribo 12:00 — Lilongwe 17:00.
Local currency: Malawian Kwacha.
Languages: English and Nyanja.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MWK 1,748.
Malawi is the 129th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Suriname.