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Maldives visa for citizens of Suriname

Citizens of Suriname 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 Suriname: the passport opens 35 countries visa-free; Paramaribo — Malé: ≈ 14,210 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 Suriname passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Suriname 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 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; Maldives passport: 54.
Citizens of Suriname and the Maldives can travel together visa-free to 26 countries, for example: Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, Ecuador, Jamaica, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Belize, and Zambia.
Citizens of the Maldives, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Suriname. Suriname visa for citizens of the Maldives

Travelling to the Maldives: good to know

Paramaribo — Malé: about 14,210 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 18.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +8 hours.
Local time: Paramaribo 12:00 — Malé 20:00.
Local currency: Maldivian Rufiyaa.
Languages: Divehi.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MVR 15.
Maldives is the 167th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Suriname.