Malawi visa requirements by passport

Holders of 35 passports can enter Malawi visa-free: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Dominica, Eswatini, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Holders of these 115 passports can get a visa on arrival in Malawi: Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of the Congo, Romania, San Marino, São Tomé and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela and Vietnam. A fee may apply.

An eVisa, applied for online before you fly, is needed for Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territory, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Yemen passport holders. Apply only on the official government website, evisa.gov.mw; other sites add service fees.

The visa data comes from the Passport Index dataset (visualpharm/visa-free-dataset, updated 2026-06-14) + 181 sourced corrections (last checked 2026-10-15). This page was built on 15 October 2026. Entry rules change, so confirm with Malawi's official immigration website or embassy before you travel.