Introduction
The
Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs 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.
Update on travel to and from Malta – 21.12.2020
In view of the new variant strain of COVID-19 currently circulating in the United Kingdom, from Tuesday 22 December 2020, all flights from the United Kingdom will be suspended. In spite of the flight suspensions, Maltese and other persons currently in the UK will be given the opportunity to return to Malta. Authorised returning persons will be requested to present a negative Covid-19 PCR test taken no longer than 72 hours prior to arrival in Malta; they will be subject to testing on arrival and 14 days of mandatory quarantine, with a repeat PCR test required on day 5-7 of quarantine.
The ‘amber list’ of countries:
All passengers arriving from the following countries
will be required to submit a negative COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
test before boarding flights to Malta. Passengers who do not present this
certificate can be asked to swab at the Malta International Airport or asked to
self-quarantine in Malta upon arrival.
- Andorra
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Italy (all airports except
Sicily and Sardegna)
- Japan
- Jordan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal (all airports
except Madeira, Azores)
- Romania
- San Marino
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain (all airports except
Canarias)
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Uruguay
- Vatican City
Passengers arriving from the abovementioned
destinations will be required to present a negative result of a swab test
carried out within the last 72 hours.
This ‘amber
list’ will be updated regularly.
The list of countries was published in
Legal Notice (LN) 244 of 2020, Travel Ban (Extension to all Countries)
(Amendment) Order, 2020; LN 255 of 2020, Travel Ban (Extension to all
Countries) (Amendment No 2) Order, 2020 and amended by LN 280 of
2020, Travel Ban (Extension to all Countries) (Amendment No 3) Order
2020, LN 290 of 2020,Travel Ban (Extension to all Countries) (Amendment No
4) Order, 2020, LN 289 of 2020, Period of Quarantine (Amendment No.4) LN
388 of 2020, Travel Ban (Extension to all Countries) (Amendment No
5) Order 2020 and LN 333 of 2020, Public Health Act, Mandatory Tests for
Certain Travellers Regulations. Travel to
and from the following countries will be permitted:
Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vatican City.
Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are also considered as within Malta’s travel corridor countries (considered with China).
Quarantine on arrival to Malta will
not be applicable to those travelling from these countries, but suspected
persons will be requested to have a swab test.
Only Maltese Nationals with a valid Maltese ID
Card, and those who have a valid Maltese residency permit are eligible to
return to Malta from countries not on the safe-corridor country list
above.
In this regard and until the said Travel Ban
remains in place Maltese nationals are advised against all travel to countries
not on the above list.
It is the responsibility of the
traveller to check the regulations of the country where one has to transit from
before leaving Malta.
Travel
advice is currently available for the following countries:
(Click
on country name for more detailed information)