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Maldives visa requirements for Botswana citizens
Updated 2026-07-07 · verified against the Passport Index dataset
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Visa on arrival
Botswana citizens get a visa on arrival for Maldives.
Entry details
Holders of a Botswana passport get a visa on arrival — no embassy visit needed when visiting Maldives. The Botswana passport currently ranks #115 of 199 worldwide, with 77 destinations reachable visa-free or via visa on arrival / eTA.
Maldives is notably open to foreign passports, admitting 198 of the world's 198 other passports without a prior visa; its own passport ranks #104 with 86 open destinations. Access is actually lopsided the other way — Maldives citizens enter Botswana more easily (visa-free).
In the opposite direction, Maldives citizens travelling to Botswana face: visa-free for up to 90 days.
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