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Introduction

The Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta provides travel advice on its website to inform the general public of conditions abroad that may affect the safety and security of Maltese nationals travelling, working or living abroad.

What is Travel Advice?

Travel advice contains information about safety and security issues in specific countries. It is issued in response to safety and security developments around the world. Travel advice is kept under review and is updated to reflect changes in the level of risk to Maltese nationals.

Travel advice is graded across different levels according to the overall assessment of the security situation on the ground in the respective country. It may be of different levels for different regions within the same country.

In the current pandemic environment the risk of finding oneself unable to return to Malta is plausible and beyond the Ministry’s control. Under certain circumstances our diplomatic and consular representations may be unable to assist.

Update on travel to and from Malta – 10.05.2022

As from the 11th of April 2022, all persons arriving in Malta from a red-listed country (as detailed on: https://deputyprimeminister.gov.mt/en/health-promotion/covid-19/Pages/travel.aspx) shall not be required to submit to any period of quarantine upon arrival as long as, upon their arrival in Malta, they are in possession of, either a vaccination certificate or a negative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) COVID-19 test performed not more than 72 hours prior to arrival in Malta or a negative COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT)performed not more than 24 hours prior to arrival in Malta; or a certificate of recovery from COVID-19 valid for not more 180 days after the date of the first positive Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) COVID-19 test result. Anyone who arrives in Malta without one of the aforementioned documents shall be required to submit themselves to a period of quarantine.

Children under the age of 6 that arrive in Malta will be exempt from showing any of the above and will not be required to quarantine.

For further information please consult the following site:

https://deputyprimeminister.gov.mt/en/health-promotion/covid-19/Pages/travel.aspx

For further clarifications on matters relating to the health protocol measures or vaccine certificates kindly contact Malta government COVID-19 helpline at +356 21324086.

Consular Issues:

For COVID-19 consular related issues one can contact the Situation Centre at the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade on:

Helpline: (356) 22042200

Email: sitcen.mfet@gov.mt

Travel advice is currently available for the following countries:

(Click on country name for more detailed information)

Legal Disclaimer

The travel advice issued by the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade is available as a service to the public and is for guidance purposes only. It is aimed to help Maltese nationals make informed decisions prior to travelling abroad. The travel advice is provided “as is” without express or implied warranty that the travel advice on the website will be constantly available or available at all times or that the information provided is complete or up-to-date at all times.

The Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade does not and cannot make decisions for Maltese nationals about whether, when or where they should live, work or travel to. The decision to live, work or travel abroad is personal and so the Ministry is not liable for any decisions taken in this regard. Maltese nationals are responsible for their own safety and security, particularly whenever there is an uncertain security environment.

Keeping adjourned with travel advice

Maltese nationals can keep up to date with travel advice by checking the travel advice section on the website of the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade.

Malta Travel Point

In order to bring its services and those of its diplomatic representations closer to the public, the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade now has a mobile application. This app - Malta Travel Point, that can be downloaded free of charge from the App Store or Google Play aims to address difficulties that Maltese citizens may encounter while travelling abroad. Malta Travel Point offers simple and direct information in case travellers need information on the nearest hospital or police station in the area as well as contact details of the nearest diplomatic representation. The information is available in Maltese and English languages. Thanks to this app, Maltese citizens may access important telephone numbers when they need them most as well as a host of other valuable information. This application is part of Maltapps launched by the government to make its services more accessible to the public.