Maldives Traveller Declaration: the 96-Hour Window, Explained

When the window opens

The declaration is accepted within 96 hours before your flight. That is four days, and the clock runs from the flight itself — so count back from your departure time, not from the moment you land. Travellers who file a week ahead find the form refuses them, and travellers who file at the gate find themselves doing it on airport wifi.

The practical answer: file it the day before you fly, or the morning of the flight. That is comfortably inside the window and leaves time to fix anything you have misread.

Who files, and how many times

Every traveller files their own declaration, and that includes children and infants — a family of four files four declarations. Do not put the whole family on one form; the confirmation is tied to the individual traveller.

You will need each traveller's passport, their flight details, and the address of the resort, hotel or island where you are staying.

What you get, and what to do with it

You receive a confirmation with a QR code. Keep it on your phone and take a screenshot before you fly. It is checked on arrival, and the Maldives is a country where you may well land without a data connection if you have not arranged a local SIM or roaming.

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