Maltese Visa is not required for Mauritians
Stay Duration: 3 months
Entry Requirements
- Mauritians intending to visit Malta can be granted a 3 month visa-free entry.
- An original passport with at least six months validity and a national ID is required.
- Proof of accommodation/ confirmed hotel reservation is to be provided.
- A visitor is expected to have an onward or return ticket.
- Intending visitors are also required to present proof of means of subsistence. Example: cash, credit cads or traveler’s cheque.
- Mauritians are to be vaccinated against Hepatitis A/B, Shingles, Rabies, Yellow fever TDAP, Influenza, Chickenpox, Meningitis, Measles, Mumps and Rubella.
- Visitors cannot depart with more than 10,000 euros upon exit.
- Mauritians planning to stay in Malta for more than 90 days would require a Schengen visa.
- Penalties for using, possessing or trafficking illegal drugs in Malta is severe.
- Restrictions are placed on the quantity of alcohol and tobacco visitors can bring into the country.
- A maximum amount of 200 cigarettes, 100 cigarillos, 50 cigars and 250g of tobacco is allowed.
- Maltese deliberately put closed water bottles outside their homes to repel stray cats so visitors should not be surprised when they find closed water bottles outside the homes of the Maltese.
- The Maltese are generally warm and hospitable people, with friends and family on the top of their priority.
- The estimated flight time from Mauritius to Malta is 9 hours 25 minutes.
- The official currency in Malta is the Euro.
- The power plugs and sockets are a type G with the standard voltage and frequency being 230 V and 50 Hz respectively.
- Malta has one of the best climates in the world . It is characterized by very mild winters and warm to hot summers.
- The constitution of Malta pronounced Catholicism as the state’s religion and it is evident in various elements of the Maltese culture. However there are few other protestant churches and one mosque.
- The country uses the Central European Time (GMT+2), making Mauritius 2 hours ahead of Malta.
- The official languages spoken in Malta are Maltese and English.
- Rabbit stewed in wine is a specialty in Malta.
- Formal greetings begin and end with handshakes. Swearing may be considered offensive.
- Wearing of scanty dresses away from beaches is not welcomed, neither is immodest dressing in churches.