The Amsterdam Treaty, which came into force on 1st May 1999 harmonised the visa rules applying to travel for non-EU nationals. EU Member States with the exception of the United Kingdom and Ireland which, on the basis of a protocol annexed to the Treaty of Amsterdam, maintain autonomous visa, immigration and asylum policies are precluded from unilaterally determining the visa rules related to short-term stays for nationals of any third country.
Bound by Regulation (EC) No 539/2001, modified by Regulations (EC) No 2414/2001; No 453/2003; No 1932/2006; and No 1244/2009, the list of third-countries whose nationals are subject to the visa requirement, when travelling to Malta and/or any other EU Member State is as follows:
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AFGHANISTAN
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IRAQ
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ST VINCENT
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ALBANIA
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JAMAICA
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SUDAN
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ALGERIA
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JORDAN
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SURINAME
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ANGOLA
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KAZAKHSTAN
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SWAZILAND
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ARMENIA
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KENYA
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SYRIA
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AZERBAIJAN
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KIRIBATI
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TAJIKISTAN
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BAHRAIN
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KUWAIT
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TANZANIA
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BANGLADESH
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KYRGYZSTAN
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THAILAND
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BELARUS
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LAOS
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TIMOR-LESTE
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BELIZE
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LEBANON
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TOGO
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BENIN
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LESOTHO
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TONGA
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BHUTAN
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LIBERIA
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TRINDAD & TOBAGO
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BOLIVIA
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LIBYA
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TUNISIA
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BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
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MADAGASCAR
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TURKEY
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BOTSWANA
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MALAWI
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TURKMENISTAN
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BURKINA FASO
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MALDIVES
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TUVALU
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BURMA/MYANMAR
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MALI
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UGANDA
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BURUNDI
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MARSHALL ISLANDS
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UKRAINE
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CAMBODIA
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MAURITANIA
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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CAMEROON
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MICRONESIA
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UZBEKISTAN
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CAPE VERDE
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MOLDOVA
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VANUATU
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REP
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MONGOLIA
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VIETNAM
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CHAD
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MONTENEGRO (*)
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YEMEN
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CHINA
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MOROCCO
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ZAMBIA
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COLOMBIA
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MOZAMBIQUE
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ZIMBABWE
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COMOROS
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NAMIBIA
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CONGO
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NAURU
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COTE D’IVOIRE
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NEPAL
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CUBA
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NIGER
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DEM REP OF CONGO
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NIGERIA
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DJIBOUTI
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NORTH KOREA
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DOMINICA
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NORTHERN MARIANAS (IS)
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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OMAN
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ECUADOR
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PAKISTAN
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EGYPT
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PALAU
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EQUATORIAL GUINEA
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA
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ERITREA
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PERU
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ETHIOPIA
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PHILIPPINES
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FIJI
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QATAR
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FYROM (*)
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RUSSIA
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GABON
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RWANDA
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GAMBIA
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SAMOA
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GEORGIA
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SAO TOME & PRINCIPE
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GHANA
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SAUDI ARABIA
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GRENADA
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SENEGAL
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GUINEA
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SERBIA (excluding holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate (in Serbian:Koordinaciona uprava)) (*)
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GUINEA-BISSAU
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SIERRA LEONE
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GUYANA
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SOLOMON ISLANDS
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HAITI
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SOMALIA
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INDIA
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SOUTH AFRICA
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INDONESIA
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SRI LANKA
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IRAN
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ST LUCIA
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Notes:
Apart from the above indicated countries the following categories of Nationalities are also required to be in possession of an entry visa:
1. British Citizens who are not nationals of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the Purpose of community Law:
o British Overseas Territories Citizens who do not have the right of abode in the United Kingdom
o British Overseas Citizens
o British Subjects who do not have the right of abode in the United Kingdom
o British Protected Persons
2. Palestinian Authority
3. Kosovo (as defined by the United Nationals Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10th June 1999)
Additional Notes:
A limited set of derogations and exceptions exist for specific categories of persons, notably on grounds of international law or custom. Member States may therefore exempt from the requirement to carry an EU visa, or reintroduce the visa obligation when they would otherwise be exempted, the following categories of persons:
· holders of diplomatic passports, official duty passports and other official passports;
· civilian air and sea crew;
· flight crew and attendants on emergency or rescue flights and other helpers involved in disaster or emergency relief;
· the civilian crew of ships navigating in international waters;
· the holders of laissez-passer issued by some intergovernmental organisations to their officials.
(*) Bio-metric passport holders are exempted from the visa requirement.
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