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 – 12.09.2020
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.
- Romania
- Spain (applies to passengers arriving from Barcelona, Girona and Madrid)
- France (all Paris airports and Marseille)
- Czech Republic
- Tunisia
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.
With effect from the 15th July 2020, in accordance with LN 290
of 2020 – Travel Ban (Extension to All Countries) (Amendment No. 4) Order, 2020, 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, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia,
Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vatican City.
Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are also
considered as within Malta’s travel corridor countries (considered with UK and
China respectively).
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 persons who would
have spent at least 2 weeks in one or more of the above country/ies prior to
arriving in Malta will be allowed to travel without requirement of PCR testing
or quarantine.
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)