Apply for the 2024-25 Fulbright Foreign Student Program
Opportunity to Compete for the 2024-2025 Fulbright Foreign Student Program Open through July 31, 2023
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COVID-19 Information
COVID-19 Information – Maldives Last updated: May 10, 2023 The CDC’s Order requiring proof of vaccination for non-U.S. citizen nonimmigrants to travel to the United States is still in effect. For more information see Requirement for Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination for Air Passengers . Check the CDC website for additional information and Frequently Asked Questions . Entry and Exit Requirements Are there COVID-related entry requirements for U.S. …
Read More» U.S. Mission Maldives Vacancy Announcement: Local Guard Shift Supervisor
U.S. Mission Maldives Vacancy Announcement: Local Guard Shift Supervisor
Read More» U.S. Mission Maldives Vacancy Announcement: Administrative Management Specialist
U.S. Mission Maldives is seeking eligible and qualified candidates for an Administrative Management Specialist to be based in Maldives. For candidates who have a university degree in management, business, foreign relations, law, logistics, or other social or applied science and five (5) years of experience in management, business, hospitality, logistics, customer service, foreign relations, or related field, please …
Read More» United States Donates Critical Care Medical Equipment to Maldives
On March 20, 2023, the Pacific Augmentation Team from U.S. Mission Maldives, in coordination with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), provided the Maldivian Ministry of Health (MoH) with an Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid (OHDACA) medical donation that included critical care equipment. Since July 2020, the joint effort has coordinated with …
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Job Vacancy – Protocol Assistant (Based in Maldives)
Open to all interested candidates (Female/Male) The U.S. Mission to Maldives is seeking eligible and qualified candidates for the position of Protocol Assistant to be based in Maldives. For candidates who have a university degree in business, international relations, English, or education from a recognized institution and four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in …
Read More» Message for U.S. Citizens: Federal Voter Assistance Program (FVAP)
FVAP will be hosting Virtual Voting Assistance Hours every week until November 4, 2022. FVAP’s Voting Assistance Ambassadors will be hosting the Zoom meetings and provide the opportunity for voters to have one-on-one virtual discussions with voters in the Ambassadors’ time zones. However, any overseas absentee American voter is welcome to join in order to …
Read More» Health Alert: U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka (August 4, 2022)
Location: Worldwide Event: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 2 Travel Health Notice for Monkeypox in Multiple Countries . The World Health Organization has determined the multi-country outbreak of monkeypox is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern ( click here to view the WHO’s determination). Actions to Take: Travelers should AVOID : o Close contact with sick people, including those …
Read More» Message for U.S. Citizens: Worldwide Caution (August 3, 2022)
On July 31, 2022, the United States conducted a precision counterterrorism strike in Afghanistan that killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s deputy and successor as leader of al-Qa’ida. Al- Zawahiri was one of the masterminds of the attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, and had continued to urge his followers to attack …
Read More» Message for U.S. Citizens: Tax Season Reminder -U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka
(April 10, 2022) Tax Season is here. Remember to file your income taxes! The U.S. Embassy would like to remind U.S. citizens that they are required to file their federal income taxes with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by April 18, 2022. If you are a U.S. citizen or resident alien living or traveling outside the United States, you …
Read More» Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka
Date: 06 December 2021 Location: SRI LANKA and MALDIVES, countrywide Event: On December 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will implement a one-day COVID-19 testing requirement for travelers over age two coming to the United States. Regardless of vaccination status or nationality, any individual coming to the United States must show to the airline a negative pre-departure COVID-19 viral test …
Read More» Health Alert – U. S. Embassy (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
Date: December 3, 2021 Location: Sri Lanka and Maldives Event: On November 26, the White House announced a travel restriction for certain travelers physically present within the Republic of Botswana, the Kingdom of Eswatini, the Kingdom of Lesotho, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mozambique, the Republic of Namibia, the Republic of South Africa, and …
Read More» Apply for the 2024-25 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program through July 31,2023
U.S. Mission Maldives is pleased to announce that the United States government will offer up to three fully funded fellowships in the United States through the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program in Maldives. The selected candidate would begin their program in a U.S. institute in Fall 2024. The Program is offered to Maldivian nationals with …
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Health Alert for Maldives – U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka
July 31, 2020 Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: – Maldives Ministry of Health has reported 3,719 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Additional Information: Maldives opened certain resort islands for tourism on July 15, 2020. Please visit their immigration website for future updates and instructions for entry: https://immigration.gov.mv . Sri Lankan Airlines is intermittently scheduling commercial flights from Male to Colombo. Interested travelers should contact the …
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Health Alert for Maldives – U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka
July 23, 2020 Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: Maldives Ministry of Health has reported 3,103 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Maldives opened for tourism to some resort islands on July 15, 2020. Please visit their immigration website for future updates and instructions for entry: https://immigration.gov.mv . Sri Lankan Airlines is intermittently scheduling commercial flights from Male to Colombo. Interested travelers should contact the airlines …
Read More» Health Alert for Maldives – U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka
Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent regularly for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: – Maldives Ministry of Health has reported 2,501 confirmed cases of COVID-19. – Sri Lankan Airlines is intermittently scheduling commercial flights from Male to Colombo approximately every two weeks. Interested travelers should contact the airlines directly at mle.sales@srilankan.com or +960 791 6779 …
Read More» Health Alert for Maldives – U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka
June 26, 2020 Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent regularly for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: – Sri Lankan Airlines is intermittently scheduling commercial flights from Male to Colombo approximately every two weeks. The next scheduled flight is July 2, 2020. Interested travelers should contact the airlines directly at mle.sales@srilankan.com or +960 …
Read More» Health Alert for Maldives – U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka
June 17, 2020 Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent regularly for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: Maldives has reported 2,094 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of June 17, 2020. Sri Lankan Airlines has scheduled a commercial flight from Male to Colombo to Heathrow with connections onward …
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Health Alert for Maldives – U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka
June 3, 2020 Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent regularly for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: Maldives has reported 1,829 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of June 1, 2020. Sri Lankan Airlines has scheduled a commercial flight from Male to Colombo to Heathrow with connections onward to the United States on June 11, 2020. …
Read More» Health Alert for Maldives – U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka
May 22, 2020 Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent regularly for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: Maldives has reported 1,216 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of May 21, 2020. Sri Lankan Airlines has scheduled a commercial flight from Male to Colombo to Heathrow with connections onward to the United States …
Read More» Health Alert for Maldives – U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka
Date: may 15, 2020 Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent regularly for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: Maldives has reported 982 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of May 15, 2020. Maldives remains in a State of Public Health Emergency due to COVID. Malé is currently under curfew, due to newly confirmed cases …
Read More» Health Alert for Maldives – U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka (May 6, 2020)
Health Alert for Maldives – U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka (May 6, 2020) Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent regularly for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: For travelers wishing to depart Maldives, Sri Lankan Airlines has a scheduled flight on May 13, 2020 from Male …
Read More» Health Alert for Maldives – U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka (April 22, 2020)
Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent regularly for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: For travelers wishing to depart Maldives, Neos Airlines has scheduled a commercial flight departing April 24, 2020 to Milan, Italy with connections to the United States. Passengers should contact the airlines directly at neosair.it . This …
Read More» Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka (April 10, 2020)
Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent daily for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: For travelers wishing to depart Maldives, Edelweiss Airlines has scheduled a commercial flight departing April 19, 2020 and Qatar Airlines has scheduled a commercial flight departing April 21, 2020. These are the …
Read More» Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka – for Maldives (April 1, 2020)
Location: Maldives Event: COVID-19 in Maldives. Updates are being sent daily for the benefit of new registrants in STEP. New information is listed in Recent Updates. Recent Updates: Qatar Airlines scheduled its last routine departure from Maldives on April 1, 2020. This is the last known passenger flight scheduled to depart from Maldives at this time. The embassy strongly advises those who wish to …
Read More» Travel Advisory update – Maldives (February 6, 2018)
Exercise increased caution in Maldives due to terrorism and civil unrest. Terrorist groups may conduct attacks with little or no warning, targeting tourist locations, transportation hubs, markets/shopping malls, and local government facilities. Attacks may occur on remote islands which could lengthen the response time of authorities. A country-wide state of emergency is in effect. Security …
Read More» Demonstration Alert – U. S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka (February 5, 2018)
Location: Central Male, Maldives Event: Demonstrations are expected to take place from February 6 through February 15, 2018 as the president of the Maldives has declared a state of emergency until February 15. Groups are expected to protest in central Male in response to emerging political developments. Actions to Take: Avoid the areas of the demonstrations. Exercise caution if unexpectedly in …
Read More» Security Alert for Maldives- U. S. Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka (February 3, 2018).
There is an increased chance of protests in central Male in response to emerging political developments. Further demonstrations are possible over the weekend. Even demonstrations intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational and escalate into violence. You should avoid areas of demonstrations and exercise caution if in the vicinity of any large gatherings, protests, or …
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