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Organization

Friday, 17 October 2008 23:37
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FUNCTION

Hulhule International Airport Immigration Control Unit
  • Passenger and crew entry and exit facilitation and issuance of on arrival visas
  • Processing foreign expatriates and issuance of Resident Permits
  • Detect fraudulent travel documents
  • Coordination with airline operators and travel agents
Male' Commercial Harbour Immigration Control Unit
  • Crew and passenger sign-on and sign-off's
  • Vessel arrival and departure clearances
  • Coordination with vessel operators and agents
Uligam Regional Immigration Control Unit
  • Immigration facilitation for yachts
  • Vessel clearances for pre-authorized vessels
Intelligence Unit
  • Intelligence gathering and analysis
  • Forgery investigations
  • Coordinate with travel agents and airline operators in apprehensions
Permits Section
  • Visa and permits cancellation and renewals
  • Monitoring and control of Resident Permits
  • Deportation and removals of illegal immigrants
  • Foreign watch list management
Travel Document Section
  • Issuance of Passports and Temporary Travel documents
  • Local watch list management
  • Passport quality control
Budget and Finance Section
  • Payments and receipts
  • Expenditure monitoring
  • Purchase approvals
  • Payroll management
  • Contracting and tendering approvals
Management Services Section
Administrative Unit
  • Staff records management
  • Documentation
  • Inventory
  • Internal documents management
  • Inventory
General Services Unit
  • Purchasing
  • Maintenance
  • Staff uniform
  • Logistics
Research and Development Unit
  • Review and update procedures and processes
  • Passport design and contracting
  • Foreign relations
Human Resource Development Unit
  • Training need analysis
  • Coordinate local training programs
  • Staff rotation
  • Staff appraisals
Information Technology Section
  • Network management
  • Software development and upgrading
  • Hardware maintenance
  • Website and Intranet maintenance
  • Collection and dissemination of statistics
 

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 Employment and Labour 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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