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Malawi Visa Arrangements

Entry visas are required for all foreign nationals, except for the categories listed below, subject to reciprocity where applicable.

Visa-Exempt Countries
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Dominica
  • Ecuador
  • Fiji
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Grenada
  • Haiti
  • Hong Kong
  • Jamaica
  • Kiribati
  • Malaysia
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • St. Lucia
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Vanuatu
SADC & COMESA Nationals

Nationals of SADC and COMESA member states are exempt from visa requirements, except where their countries impose visa requirements on Malawian citizens.

Laissez-Passer Holders
  • SADC Laissez-Passer (Official Business)
  • COMESA Laissez-Passer (Official Business)
  • United Nations (UN)
  • African Union (AU)
  • African Development Bank (ADB)
Diplomatic & Service Passports

Holders of Diplomatic or Service passports are visa-exempt, except where reciprocal visa requirements apply to Malawian diplomatic or service passport holders.

Note: Visa exemption is subject to reciprocity and may change without prior notice.
đź“‹ List of Countries and Their Visa Requirements
# Country / Territory Visa Requirement
1AfghanistanVISA Required
2Ă…land IslandsVISA Required
3AlbaniaVISA Required
4AlgeriaVISA Required
5American SamoaVISA Required
6AndorraVISA Required
7AngolaVISA Free
8AnguillaVISA Required
9AntarcticaVISA Required
10Antigua and BarbudaVISA Free
11ArgentinaVISA Required
12ArmeniaVISA Required
13AustraliaVISA Required
14AustriaVISA Required
15AzerbaijanVISA Required
16BahamasVISA Free
17BahrainVISA Required
18BangladeshVISA Required
19BarbadosVISA Free
20BelarusVISA Required
21BelgiumVISA Required
22BelizeVISA Free
23BeninVISA Free
24BermudaVISA Required
25BhutanVISA Required
26Bolivia (Plurinational State of)VISA Required
27Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and SabaVISA Required
28Bosnia and HerzegovinaVISA Required
29BotswanaVISA Free
30Bouvet IslandVISA Required
31BrazilVISA Required
32British Indian Ocean Territory (the)VISA Required
33Brunei DarussalamVISA Required
34BulgariaVISA Required
35Burkina FasoVISA Required
36BurundiVISA Required
37Cabo VerdeVISA Required
38CambodiaVISA Required
39CameroonVISA Required
40CanadaVISA Required
41Cayman Islands (the)VISA Required
42Central African Republic (the)VISA Required
43ChadVISA Required
44ChileVISA Required
45ChinaVISA Required
46Christmas IslandVISA Required
47Cocos (Keeling) Islands (the)VISA Required
48ColombiaVISA Required
49Comoros (the)VISA Required
50Congo (the Democratic Republic of the), Congo-KinshasaVISA Required
51Congo (the Republic), Congo-BrazzavilleVISA Required
52Cook Islands (the)VISA Required
53Costa RicaVISA Required
54CĂ´te d'IvoireVISA Required
55CroatiaVISA Required
56CubaVISA Required
57CuraçaoVISA Required
58CyprusVISA Required
59CzechiaVISA Required
60DenmarkVISA Required
61DjiboutiVISA Required
62Dominican Republic (the)VISA Free
63EcuadorVISA Free
64EgyptVISA Required
65El SalvadorVISA Required
66Equatorial GuineaVISA Required
67EritreaVISA Required
68EstoniaVISA Required
69EthiopiaVISA Required
70Falkland Islands (the) [Malvinas]VISA Required
71Faroe Islands (the)VISA Required
72FijiVISA Free
73FinlandVISA Required
74FranceVISA Required
75French GuianaVISA Required
76French PolynesiaVISA Required
77French Southern Territories (the)VISA Required
78GabonVISA Required
79GambiaVISA Free
80GeorgiaVISA Required
81GermanyVISA Required
82GhanaVISA Free
83GibraltarVISA Required
84GreeceVISA Required
85GreenlandVISA Required
86GrenadaVISA Free
87GuadeloupeVISA Required
88GuamVISA Required
89GuatemalaVISA Required
90GuernseyVISA Required
91GuineaVISA Required
92Guinea-BissauVISA Required
93GuyanaVISA Required
94HaitiVISA Free
95Heard Island and McDonald IslandsVISA Required
96Holy See (the)VISA Required
97HondurasVISA Required
98Hong KongVISA Free
99HungaryVISA Required
100IcelandVISA Required
101IndiaVISA Required
102IndonesiaVISA Required
103Iran (Islamic Republic of)VISA Required
104IraqVISA Required
105IrelandVISA Required
106Isle of ManVISA Required
107IsraelVISA Free
108ItalyVISA Required
109JamaicaVISA Free
110JapanVISA Required
111JerseyVISA Required
112JordanVISA Required
113KazakhstanVISA Required
114KenyaVISA Free
115KiribatiVISA Free
116Korea (North)VISA Required
117Korea (South)VISA Required
118KosovoVISA Required
119KuwaitVISA Required
120KyrgyzstanVISA Required
121Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)VISA Required
122LatviaVISA Required
123LebanonVISA Required
124LesothoVISA Free
125LiberiaVISA Required
126LibyaVISA Required
127LiechtensteinVISA Required
128LithuaniaVISA Required
129LuxembourgVISA Required
130MacaoVISA Required
131Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of)VISA Required
132MadagascarVISA Required
133MalaysiaVISA Free
134MaldivesVISA Required
135MaliVISA Required
136MaltaVISA Required
137Marshall Islands (the)VISA Required
138MartiniqueVISA Required
139MauritaniaVISA Required
140MauritiusVISA Free
141MayotteVISA Required
142MexicoVISA Required
143Micronesia (Federated States of)VISA Required
144Moldova (the Republic of)VISA Required
145MonacoVISA Required
146MongoliaVISA Required
147MontenegroVISA Required
148MontserratVISA Required
149MoroccoVISA Required
150MozambiqueVISA Free
151MyanmarVISA Required
152NamibiaVISA Free
153NepalVISA Required
154Netherlands (the)VISA Required
155New CaledoniaVISA Required
156New ZealandVISA Required
157NicaraguaVISA Required
158Niger (the)VISA Required
159NigeriaVISA Required
160NiueVISA Required
161Norfolk IslandVISA Required
162Northern Mariana Islands (the)VISA Required
163NorwayVISA Required
164OmanVISA Required
165PakistanVISA Required
166PalauVISA Required
167Palestine, State ofVISA Required
168PanamaVISA Required
169Papua New GuineaVISA Required
170ParaguayVISA Required
171PeruVISA Required
172Philippines (the)VISA Free
173PitcairnVISA Required
174PolandVISA Required
175PortugalVISA Required
176Puerto RicoVISA Required
177QatarVISA Required
178RĂ©unionVISA Required
179RomaniaVISA Required
180Russian Federation (the)VISA Required
181RwandaVISA Free
182Saint BarthélemyVISA Required
183Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaVISA Required
184Saint KittsVISA Free
185Saint LuciaVISA Free
186Saint Maarten (Dutch part)VISA Required
187Saint Martin (French part)VISA Required
188Saint Pierre and MiquelonVISA Required
189Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVISA Free
190San MarinoVISA Required
191Sao Tome and PrincipeVISA Required
192Saudi ArabiaVISA Required
193SenegalVISA Required
194SerbiaVISA Required
195SeychellesVISA Free
196Sierra LeoneVISA Required
197SingaporeVISA Free
198SlovakiaVISA Required
199SloveniaVISA Required
200Solomon IslandsVISA Required
201SomaliaVISA Required
202South AfricaVISA Free
203South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsVISA Required
204South SudanVISA Required
205SpainVISA Required
206Sri LankaVISA Required
207Sudan (the)VISA Required
208SurinameVISA Required
209Svalbard and Jan MayenVISA Required
210SwazilandVISA Free
211SwedenVISA Required
212SwitzerlandVISA Required
213Syrian Arab RepublicVISA Required
214Taiwan (Province of China)VISA Required
215TajikistanVISA Required
216TanzaniaVISA Free
217ThailandVISA Required
218Timor-LesteVISA Required
219TogoVISA Required
220TokelauVISA Required
221TongaVISA Required
222Trinidad and TobagoVISA Free
223TunisiaVISA Required
224TurkeyVISA Required
225TurkmenistanVISA Required
226Turks and Caicos Islands (the)VISA Required
227UgandaVISA Free
228UkraineVISA Required
229United Arab Emirates (the)VISA Required
230United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)VISA Required
231United States Minor Outlying Islands (the)VISA Required
232United States of America (the)VISA Required
233UruguayVISA Required
234UzbekistanVISA Required
235VanuatuVISA Free
236Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)VISA Required
237Viet NamVISA Required
238Virgin Islands (British)VISA Required
239Virgin Islands (U.S.)VISA Required
240Wallis and FutunaVISA Required
241Western Sahara*VISA Required
242YemenVISA Required
243ZambiaVISA Free
244ZimbabweVISA Free

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