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Congratulations!!! Print E-mail
Sunday, 13 April 2008 00:15

Immigration Netball girls finally won the first biggest Netball battle of the country. Achieving the trophy of the First Inter-Government – Company Netball championship is a making of history by Immigration Netball team.

The spirit of the team all the way from the beginning had a determination to win the trophy was an example of showing the moral strength of each player in the sense of a well acquainted teamwork.
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Workshop on Fraudulent and travel document Print E-mail
Sunday, 30 March 2008 00:10
Department of Immigration and Emigration in collaboration with Australian and Canadian High Commission to the Maldives in Colombo joins together to hold a Workshop on Fraudulent and Travel Document from 16th to 19th March 2008 at Faculty of Management and Computing seminar room.
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Proposing of a Detention Center for Foreigners (21st October 2007) Print E-mail
Sunday, 30 December 2007 00:07

Department of Immigration and Emigration proposes the establishment of a Detention Center for the foreigners who violate their stay permit in Maldives, especially expatriates. There is a concern for the increasing number of foreign workers who are working illegally in Maldives. According to the Controller Ibrahim Shafiu, the main purpose is to establish a controlled environment to ensure the safe return of the illegal immigrant to their respective countries.
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Chinese Ambassador pays a courtesy call on Maldivian Controller of immigration Print E-mail
Sunday, 30 December 2007 00:04

Chinese Ambassador to Maldives His Excellency Ye Derbo paid a courtesy call on Maldives Controller of Immigration and Emigration Mr. Ibrahim Shafiu here at his office today at 10:30pm. In the courtesy call their main focus was on the prospective measures that could be taken to introduce Chinese tourism to Maldives and the growing population of Maldivians who are visiting China for various purposes. In this vain their talk was on how various programs could be conducted to widen the sphere of Maldives tourism in the years to come and the difficulties faced by Chinese tourists to avail of the opportunities of Maldives tourism.
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Welcome to Immigration’s official website

As part of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Immigration and Emigration is responsible for the Immigration control throughout the Maldives.

Did You Know?


Do I need a visa before I arrive in Maldives, if I am visiting as a Tourist?
No, you will be granted a free entry visa on arrival. Depending on your financial status, you can apply for maximum thirty days.

Travel Tips

It is always a good idea to have a few passports photos with you. You never know when you will need them.

Leave a copy of your itinerary and a photocopy of your passport at home or with your family, to let them know your travel plan. It would be better, if the hotels you are going to stay are also known.

One of the best ways to stay in contact with the people at home, while you are traveling, is to have a web based email. Something like hotmail or avasmail. If you do not have a web based email account, you can setup an email account for free from these two sites.

If you loose your passport while abroad, do not start making unnecessary calls home. As this mishap could prolong your stay and you need to save as much as you can. Follow the steps below:

    * Go to the nearest police station and report the incident, and get a police report.
    * Write the name of the hotel, phone number, fax number, room number, your national identity card number (or passport number) on a piece of paper
    * Now call home and get your most reliable person on the phone
    * Give all these details you wrote down to this person and get his/hers identity card number and full name.
    * Ask this person to contact the Immigration on your behalf
    * Fax a letter (with the police report) to the immigration explaining the situation and giving details of your contact person (make sure you write his/hers identity card number).Fax number is (960) 320011 (Head Office) and (960) 320451 (Airport)


IF YOU ARE IN SRI LANKA, INDIA OR UNITED KINGDOM, CONTACT THE DIPLOMATIC MISSION

 

New Photo Guide Line


Photographic Image Requirements for
Maldivian Travel Documents

For Your Information


A person entering Maldives with the intention to work in Maldives should have a copy of the Work Permit issued from the Ministry of Human Resources Youth & Sports at the time of arrival.

New ePassport Q&A (Dhivehi)


Find questions and answers of the new ePassport and the differences.

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