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Maldives visa for citizens of Barbados

Citizens of Barbados get a Maldives 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 Barbados: the passport opens 105 countries visa-free; Bridgetown — Malé: ≈ 14,490 km, about 18.5 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to the Maldives without a visa on a Barbados passport?

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

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Maldives visa rules at a glance

With a Barbados passport you can visit 105 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 22 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Barbados passport ranks 46th of 199.
Barbados passport: visa-free access to 105 countries; Maldives passport: 54.
Citizens of Barbados and the Maldives can travel together visa-free to 42 countries, for example: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana, Venezuela, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Bahamas, Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Belize.
Citizens of the Maldives, in turn, don’t need a visa for Barbados. Barbados visa for citizens of the Maldives

Travelling to the Maldives: good to know

Bridgetown — Malé: about 14,490 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 18.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +9 hours.
Local time: Bridgetown 12:00 — Malé 21:00.
Local currency: Maldivian Rufiyaa.
Languages: Divehi.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MVR 15.
Maldives is the 175th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Barbados.