No visa needed

Do citizens of Tonga need a visa for Malta?

Citizens of Tonga don’t need a visa for Malta and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Tonga: the passport opens 81 countries visa-free; Nukuʻalofa — Valletta: ≈ 18,120 km, about 23 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Malta without a visa on a Tonga passport?

Yes, citizens of Tonga don’t need a visa for Malta for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Malta 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; Malta passport: 123.
Citizens of Tonga and Malta can travel together visa-free to 78 countries, for example: Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Micronesia, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Thailand, Chile, Belize, Peru, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Malta, in turn, don’t need a visa for Tonga. Tonga visa for citizens of Malta

Travelling to Malta: good to know

Nukuʻalofa — Valletta: about 18,120 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 23 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −11 hours.
Local time: Nukuʻalofa 12:00 — Valletta 01:00.
Local currency: Euro.
Languages: English and Maltese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ €0.88.
Malta is the 185th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Tonga.