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Introduction of the All-Purpose Visa Sticker

Monday, 18 January 2010 05:21

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As we set forth into a world of increased travelling and radical changes, the need to defend against one of the principal security challenges: fraud, is of main necessities. In order to provide with a more flexible and safe travelling experience, visas, which is the main indication that a person is authorized to enter the country which “issued” the visa, requires high level of security.

Hence, the department of Immigration and Emigration is proud to announce the inauguration of the all-purpose visa sticker which would be effective from the start of the year 2010. With more added security features, this new sticker meets with the ICAO standards and recommended practices.

The new all-purpose Visa Sticker was inaugurated by the Minister of State, Controller of Immigration and Emigration Sh. Ilyas Hussain Ibrahim in a ceremony held in the Expatriate Monitoring and Repatriation Division on the 3rd of January 2010.

The current visa stickers used for work visa, marriage visa, foreign widow visa, student visa & dependant visa, would be replaced by this all-purpose visa sticker, providing a secure and easier mean of authorization.

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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

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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.

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