Malta: visa and entry rules
What you need to get in, how long you may stay, and what an overstay costs
Malta's borders: every crossing point
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Malta is a group of islands and has no land borders.
All entry goes through Malta's airport at Luqa and the seaport of Valletta.
By sea there is a ferry to Italy: Valletta to Pozzallo in Sicily, a regular route that takes cars.
Ferries between Malta, Gozo and Comino are domestic and involve no border formalities.
Cruise ships are handled by the Grand Harbour in Valletta.
Driving to Malta
The only way in is the ferry from Sicily.
Traffic drives on the left.
A Green Card is required for foreign-registered vehicles.
The roads are narrow and busy, while distances are short, so many people manage with buses.
How long the car may stay in the country is confirmed on import. Check with customs in advance: the time limits get revised.
Travelling to Malta with a pet
The rules are the same across the EU.
An ISO-standard microchip is required, fitted before the rabies vaccination.
A rabies vaccination — plus a 21-day wait before entry.
A rabies antibody titre test is required only for pets from a country not on the EU's approved list. The US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK are on the list, so this does not apply to pets travelling from those countries; Russia is one of the countries it does apply to. A three-month wait then applies before entry.
An EU veterinary certificate is required.
Entry is only possible through approved points — the airport and the seaport.
Overstaying your visa in Malta
The breach is recorded across the whole Schengen area.
The main consequence is a refusal of your next visa.
An entry ban for a significant overstay applies to the entire area.
Days are counted across the whole of Schengen, not for Malta separately.
What else to check before you go
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Entry rules change faster than anything else on this site, and they change without notice. We cross-check every page against several sources and state the date it was verified, but that does not replace the main step: before you travel, check an official source — the country’s consulate, its immigration service or its e-visa portal. Especially if more than a couple of months have passed since our check.