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Maldives visa for citizens of Tonga

Citizens of Tonga 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 Tonga: the passport opens 81 countries visa-free; Nukuʻalofa — Malé: ≈ 12,380 km, about 16 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 Tonga passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Tonga 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 Tonga passport you can visit 81 countries visa-free, 26 with a visa on arrival and 47 with an e-visa; 44 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Tonga passport ranks 76th of 199.
Tonga passport: visa-free access to 81 countries; Maldives passport: 54.
Citizens of Tonga and the Maldives can travel together visa-free to 37 countries, for example: Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Micronesia, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Thailand, Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Bangladesh, Jamaica, and Bahamas.
Citizens of the Maldives, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Tonga. Tonga visa for citizens of the Maldives

Travelling to the Maldives: good to know

Nukuʻalofa — Malé: about 12,380 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 16 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −8 hours.
Local time: Nukuʻalofa 12:00 — Malé 04:00.
Local currency: Maldivian Rufiyaa.
Languages: Divehi.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MVR 15.
Maldives is the 59th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Tonga.