New Passport Requirement for Entry into Maldives - Department of Immigration and Emigration of Maldives - Lets Go Maldives

New Passport Requirement for Entry into Maldives – Department of Immigration and Emigration of Maldives

February 6, 2016

We would like to bring to your kind attention that the Civil Aviation Authority of Maldives in accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has issued an announcement stating that from 24th November 2015 onwards, all passengers arriving to the Maldives must be in the possession of a machine readable passport in-order to be allowed entrance into the destination.

The Department of Immigration and Emigration of Maldives will also be enforcing the new ruling and will not be accepting non-machine readable passports or hand written passports and has requested to communicate the new ruling to concerned parties.

Urgently note that passengers traveling on non-machine readable passports will NOT be accepted for entry into and  transit through Maldives.

 

machine-readable-passport (1)

* Machine readable zone (MRZ) at the bottom of the page which contains mandatory identity elements (bearer’s personal & passport details) that is read by special readers at airports. All the information on the data page can also be read by the human eye.

PLEASE DO NOT MAKE ANY PAYMENTS TO LETSGOMALDIVES BASED ON BANKING INFORMATION PROVIDED VIA TEXT MESSAGES. THE ONLY FORMS OF COMMUNICATION AND METHODS OF PAYMENT AUTHORISED BY LETSGOMALDIVES ARE SET OUT BELOW.

It’s been brought to our attention that there’s been a trend of scammers stealing from our clients by pretending to be part of our organization and directing money to their personal accounts. While we continue to work on improving our security and providing a better service overall, we urge you to take some extra precautions to ensure that you are protected from said fraudsters.

Please be aware that we will not provide banking details or request payment via WhatsApp or any other messaging platform. Valid communication regarding payment details will only be sent from the following email address: accounts@letsgomaldives.com

As a further precaution, please do not make any payments to any accounts purporting to be from LetsGoMaldives other than the following: