REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAVELLERS ARRIVING IN MALTA FROM COUNTRIES ON DARK RED LIST
Travel from Dark Red (Travel Ban) countries is only permitted for essential travel in exceptional circumstances and only with prior authorisation in accordance with the procedure listed below:
Specific authorisation is required for travellers from the following countries subject to an effective travel ban in accordance with the legal notice Travel Ban. It is important to note that 14 days quarantine at the quarantine hotel at a fee is mandatory for all authorised travellers to Malta from dark red countries, irrespective of vaccination or residency status.
As of the 1st September 2021 at 12.00 noon, a new online system will be in place for applications for exceptional travel authorisations from dark red countries/zones. From this date, the new online system will replace the requests previously received through the email covid19.vetting@gov.mt.
Anyone writing to covid19.vetting@gov.mt after the 1st September 2021 will receive an automated email directing them to the new online form as described below. Requests received on the email system received prior to the 1st September 2021 will still be processed as per previous procedure. Any new applications after this date are to be made via the online form for Travel Authorisation​.
List of Dark Red Countries/Zones
Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Aruba
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Benin
Bermuda
Bolivia
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Botswana
Bouvet Island
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
Columbia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote d’Ivoire
Curacao
Democratic Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Dominica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
French Guiana
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guadeloupe
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malaysia
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Martinique
Mayotte
Mongolia
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia (country)
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
New Caledonia
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Cyprus
Oman
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn
Reunion
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Barts
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Maartin (French part)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Uruguay
United States, minor outlying Islands
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Virgin Islands (British)
Wallis and Futuna
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe