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 – 27.11.2020
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.
- Austria
- Belgium (all airports)
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic
- France (all airports)
- Germany (all airports)
- Hungary
- Ireland (all airports)
- Italy (all airports except Sicily and Sardegna)
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands (all airports)
- Poland (all airports)
- Portugal (all airports)
- Spain (all airports)
- Switzerland (all airports)
- Tunisia
- United Kingdom (all airports)
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, 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)