Entering Malawi
174of 233 nationalities can turn up without arranging anything
What Malawi asks of each nationality on arrival.
Entry rules by nationality
The same ladder as a passport page, read from the other side of the border. Bars are drawn against the largest group.
- Visa freeNothing to arrange33
- Visa on arrivalIssued at the border141
- e-VisaApplied for online0
- Visa requiredEmbassy or consulate59
Visa free33 nationalities
- Antigua and Barbuda路 3 months
- Bahamas路 3 months
- Barbados路 3 months
- Belize路 3 months
- Botswana路 3 months
- Dominica路 3 months
- Eswatini路 3 months
- Fiji
- Gambia路 3 months
- Grenada路 3 months
- Hong Kong路 30 days
- Israel路 3 months
- Jamaica路 3 months
- Kenya路 3 months
- Kiribati
- Lesotho路 3 months
- Malaysia路 3 months
- Mauritius路 3 months
- Mozambique
- Namibia路 3 months
- Nauru
- Saint Kitts and Nevis路 3 months
- Saint Lucia路 3 months
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines路 3 months
- Samoa
- Seychelles路 3 months
- South Africa路 3 months
- Tanzania路 3 months
- Trinidad and Tobago路 3 months
- Tuvalu
- Uganda路 3 months
- Zambia路 3 months
- Zimbabwe路 3 months
Visa on arrival141 nationalities
- 脜land Islands
- Albania
- American Samoa
- Anguilla
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil路 30 days
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei路 30 days
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia路 30 days
- Canada
- Cape Verde路 30 days
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros路 30 days
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cura莽ao
- Cyprus
- Czechia路 30 days
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic路 30 days
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea路 30 days
- Estonia
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guinea路 30 days
- Guinea-Bissau路 30 days
- Guyana路 30 days
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Indonesia路 30 days
- Ireland路 3 months
- Isle of Man
- Italy
- Ivory Coast路 30 days
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos路 30 days
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau路 30 days
- Madagascar
- Malta
- Marshall Islands路 30 days
- Mexico
- Micronesia路 30 days
- Moldova
- Mongolia路 30 days
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Myanmar路 30 days
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Mariana Islands
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Palau路 30 days
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru路 30 days
- Philippines路 3 months
- Pitcairn Islands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Saint Barth茅lemy
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Saint Martin
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- San Marino
- S茫o Tom茅 and Pr铆ncipe路 30 days
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore路 3 months
- Sint Maarten
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Korea路 30 days
- Spain
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan路 30 days
- Thailand路 30 days
- Tonga
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United Arab Emirates路 30 days
- United Kingdom
- United States
- United States Virgin Islands
- Uruguay路 30 days
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City路 30 days
- Venezuela
- Vietnam路 30 days
- Wallis and Futuna
Visa required59 nationalities
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Monaco
- Morocco
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Papua New Guinea
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tunisia
- T眉rkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
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