No visa needed

Do citizens of Malta need a visa for Rwanda?

Citizens of Malta don’t need a visa for Rwanda and can stay up to 30 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 Malta: the passport opens 123 countries visa-free; Valletta — Kigali: ≈ 4,510 km, about 6 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

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

Yes, citizens of Malta don’t need a visa for Rwanda for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Rwanda visa rules at a glance

With a Malta passport you can visit 123 countries visa-free, 25 with a visa on arrival and 36 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Malta passport ranks 3rd of 199.
Malta passport: visa-free access to 123 countries; Rwanda passport: 29.
Citizens of Malta and Rwanda can travel together visa-free to 20 countries, for example: Palestine, Senegal, Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Uganda, Angola, Tanzania, Seychelles, Mauritius, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Haiti, and Singapore.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Rwanda, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Malta. Malta visa for citizens of Rwanda

Travelling to Rwanda: good to know

Valletta — Kigali: about 4,510 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Rwandan Franc.
Languages: English, French, and Kinyarwanda.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ RWF 1,479.
Rwanda is the 100th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Malta.