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Maldives visa for citizens of Papua New Guinea

Citizens of Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea: the passport opens 37 countries visa-free; Port Moresby — Malé: ≈ 8,300 km, about 11 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 Papua New Guinea passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea passport you can visit 37 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 83 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Papua New Guinea passport ranks 129th of 199.
Papua New Guinea passport: visa-free access to 37 countries; Maldives passport: 54.
Citizens of Papua New Guinea and the Maldives can travel together visa-free to 32 countries, for example: Micronesia, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Fiji, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Mauritius, Seychelles, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, and Lesotho.
Citizens of the Maldives, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea visa for citizens of the Maldives

Travelling to the Maldives: good to know

Port Moresby — Malé: about 8,300 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 11 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −6 hours.
Local time: Port Moresby 12:00 — Malé 06:00.
Local currency: Maldivian Rufiyaa.
Languages: Divehi.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MVR 15.
Maldives is the 36th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Papua New Guinea.