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Maldives visa for citizens of Sierra Leone

Citizens of Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone: the passport opens 39 countries visa-free; Freetown — Malé: ≈ 9,580 km, about 12.5 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 Sierra Leone passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone passport you can visit 39 countries visa-free, 18 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 99 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Sierra Leone passport ranks 125th of 199.
Sierra Leone passport: visa-free access to 39 countries; Maldives passport: 54.
Citizens of Sierra Leone and the Maldives can travel together visa-free to 25 countries, for example: Gambia, Rwanda, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Lesotho, Eswatini, Haiti, Jamaica, and Bahamas.
Citizens of the Maldives, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone visa for citizens of the Maldives

Travelling to the Maldives: good to know

Freetown — Malé: about 9,580 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +5 hours.
Local time: Freetown 12:00 — Malé 17:00.
Local currency: Maldivian Rufiyaa.
Languages: Divehi.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MVR 15.
Maldives is the 160th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Sierra Leone.