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Tourist Visa and Visitor or Business Visit Permit

MalawiShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether a visa, electronic authorisation or visa on arrival is normally required.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched all 9 captures (visa types page 2c750569062bd031, e-permit portal copies, permit pages) for visa requirement, visa on arrival, eVisa or exemptions/nationality lists: none. The Tourist Visa sentence only describes purpose (belongs to R2) and validity (R3).

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The Tourist Visa is issued to persons intending to enter Malawi for visits, residence or business.

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What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

Single-entry visas are valid for three months and usable once; multiple-entry visas are valid for six or twelve months with multiple entries during validity. E-visa validity starts from the date of issue. A visitor's permit is issued to a bona fide tourist or visitor for a period not exceeding three months, and the official source does not state a rolling-period rule. A visitor with a valid Visitors/Business Visit permit who has resided in Malawi for the maximum of 90 days and has legitimate and justifiable reasons for continued residence may be issued a Temporary Residence Permit.

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Limits of the record
  • No rolling-period rule (e.g. days per year) is stated in the sources read.
  • https://www.evisa.gov.mw/Services
    » The single entry visa is valid for three months and can be used once upon entry into Malawi. » The multiple entry visas are valid for six or twelve months and can be used for multiple entries within the validity period.
  • https://www.evisa.gov.mw/Faq
    When does validity of my e-Visa start? Date of entry or date of issue? Validity of the e-visa starts from the date of issue.
  • https://malawilii.org/akn/mw/act/1963/41/eng@2014-12-31
    (1)An immigration officer may, on the application of a person who wishes to enter Malawi as a _bona fide_ tourist or visitor, issue to such a person a visitor’s permit which shall be in such form and subject to such conditions as the Minister may prescribe and which shall be valid for a period not exceeding three months.
  • https://epermit.gov.mw/
    This is issued to a visitor with a valid Visitors / Business Visit permit who has resided in Malawi for the maximum of 90 days but has a legitimate and justifiable reasons for continued residence.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel and passport evidence.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched all captures for funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward ticket or passport-validity evidence for visitors: none stated. 'Can only be used once' is an entry rule (R3), not border evidence.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

A visitor with a valid Visitors/Business Visit permit who has resided in Malawi for the maximum of 90 days and has legitimate and justifiable reasons for continued residence may be issued a Temporary Residence Permit. The official source does not state where or how to apply.

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Limits of the record
  • The official source does not state the complete answer to this question for this route.
  • https://www.evisa.gov.mw/Services
    » The single entry visa is valid for three months and can be used once upon entry into Malawi. » The multiple entry visas are valid for six or twelve months and can be used for multiple entries within the validity period.
  • https://www.evisa.gov.mw/Faq
    When does validity of my e-Visa start? Date of entry or date of issue? Validity of the e-visa starts from the date of issue.
  • https://malawilii.org/akn/mw/act/1963/41/eng@2014-12-31
    (1)An immigration officer may, on the application of a person who wishes to enter Malawi as a _bona fide_ tourist or visitor, issue to such a person a visitor’s permit which shall be in such form and subject to such conditions as the Minister may prescribe and which shall be valid for a period not exceeding three months.
  • https://epermit.gov.mw/
    This is issued to a visitor with a valid Visitors / Business Visit permit who has resided in Malawi for the maximum of 90 days but has a legitimate and justifiable reasons for continued residence.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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