Citizenship is based upon the Malawi Citizenship Act, dated July 6, 1966. Every person who was a citizen of Malawi before July 6, 1966, continues to be a citizen of Malawi. (UKC-Commonwealth Nation) Birth within the territory of Malawi does not automatically confer citizenship. The exception is a child born of unknown parents. Children born in Malawi, on or after July 6, 1966, whose father or mother is a citizen of Malawi, are citizens. Children born abroad, on or after July 6, 1966, one of whose parents is a native-born citizen of Malawi, are also citizens of Malawi.

Malawian citizenship may be acquired upon fulfillment of the following conditions:
  • Person is of an African race or has Commonwealth or Malawian ties, has resided five years in the country, has adequate knowledge of the English language, intends to reside permanently in Malawi, and will renounce previous citizenship. (Aliens without the national ties must have resided for seven years.)
  • Dual citizenship is not recognized in Malawi, exception if a child is born abroad and who obtains citizenship of country of birth, may maintain dual citizenship until age 21. The person must renounce the other citizenship within one year or Malawian citizenship will be revoked.
  • A citizen of Malawi, age 22 or older, who obtains new citizenship through other than voluntary means (for example, marriage) has one year to declare a desire to retain Malawian citizenship or it will be revoked.
  • Voluntary renunciation of Malawian citizenship is permitted by law. Contact the Embassy for details and required paperwork.
However the following are grounds for involuntary loss of naturalized or registered Malawian citizenship:
  • Person exercises rights or privileges of another country.
  • Citizenship was obtained through fraud or false statements.
  • Person has been arrested and imprisoned within seven years of citizenship.
  • Person has shown disloyalty or treason against Malawian government.
  • Person has been resident outside Malawi for seven years or more without proper registration with Consulate.

New and Replacement Passport Requirements

Three (3) application forms for new and replacement of Malawi passports. New and Replacement passport will be valid for 10 years from the date of issue.

Passport Application

  • Three (3) passport size colored photographs should be attached to the application forms, for new and replacements of Malawi passports.
  • You need to affix your right hand thumbprint on the box located beside the signature box.
  • Send MK15,000.00 in cash to Malawi Embassy.
  • Submit old passport when applying for a new or replacement passport.
  • Remove I-94 form from your old passport for your safekeeping.
  • Clearly print your name, address, telephone number and email address on the lower left hand side of the application form.

Stolen or Lost Passport

Three (3) application forms for new and replacement of Malawi passports. New and Replacement passport will be valid for 10 years from the date of issue.

Note

Personal checks are not accepted.

New Passport Requirements

Type of Passport Fee Replacement Requirements Other Information
Ordinary K15,000 K16,500 biometric data
  • live capturing of the photo,
  • finger prints and signatures
  • Express issuance processed within two days at K35,100
  • The urgent issuance processed within five days at K25,100
  • Duration of passport is 5 years
Temporary K5,000
Diplomatic K30,100 K31,500 biometric data
  • live capturing of the photo,
  • finger prints and signatures
  • Duration of passport is 5 years
Service K18,100 K19,500 biometric data
  • live capturing of the photo,
  • finger prints and signatures
  • Duration of passport is 5 years
For Children under 10 years K10,100 K11,500 biometric data
  • live capturing of the photo,
  • Express issuance processed within two days at K25,070
  • Urgent issuance processed within five days at K15,070
The Government of Malawi has introduced a new visa regime. This arrangement will not exempt any country where Malawians are required to pay visas except for the following:

Countries Allowed to Enter Malawi Without Visa

Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Botswana Dominica Fiji Gambia Grenada Hong Kong Israel Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Malaysia Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nauru Northern Ireland Samoa (Western) Seychelles South Africa St. Kitts-Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Swaziland Tanzania Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

  • Nationals from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)countries, except for those countries that subject Malawians to a visa within SADC.
  • Nationals from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) countries, except for those countries that subject Malawians to a visa within COMESA.
  • All Diplomats and Service/Official passport holders to be issued with a gratis (free) visa.

Countries that Can Obtain Visa on Arrival in Malawi

Albania American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Argentina Armenia Aruba Ascension Island Australia Austria Azerbaijan Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana Japan Jersey Jordan Korea (North Korea) Korea (South Korea) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao Latvia Lithuania Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macau Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Reunion Island Romania San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Sierra Leone Singapore

Countries that Require Visa in Advance Before Going to MAlawi

Afghanistan Algeria Angola Bangladesh Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad China (PRC) Colombia Cuba Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Ghana India Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Lebanon Libya Mali Mauritania Morocco Nepal Niger Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palestine Qatar Rwanda Russia Serbia Somalia South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Syria Tajikistan Togo Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Yemen

Applicants from Egypt, Libya, Eritrea, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Israel may contact Malawi Embassy in Egypt. Lebanese nationals may also contact Malawi Honorary Consulate in Lebanon on the following address:

Mr. Antoine George Akiki, Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Malawi in Lebanon
Address: 22 Zouk Mikael – Keserounan, Antoine Akiki Centre, First floor, B.P. 675, Jounieh, Lebanon
00–961–9–211777
00–961–9–211888
00–961–9–211222
akikimalawi@hotmail.com
malawiakiki@hotmail.com
malawiakiki@cyberia.net.lb

Nationals from other countries may contact the Malawi Embassy which is accredited in their respective countries as follows:

Accreditation on Non-Residental Basis of Malawi Diplomatic Missions

BELGIUM
00 – 32 – 2 - 231 0980
00 – 32 – 2 – 231 1066
embassy.malawi@skynet.be
Italy, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, France, Switzerland, UNESCO, European Union (EU), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
BRAZIL
00 – 5561 - 3366 1337 00 – 5561 - 3364 3186
00 – 5561 - 3365 2149 00 – 5561 - 3365 3119
malawiembassybrasil@bol.com.br
Argentina, Barbados, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
CHINA
00 – 86 – 10 – 6532 4868 00 – 86 – 10 – 6532 5889
00 - 86 - 10 – 6532 6022
Beijing@mw-embassy.cn
Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, North Korea, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
ETHIOPIA
00 251 – 1 – 166 20 295
00 251 – 1 – 166 20 299
malemb@ethionet.et
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Central Africa Republic, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, African Union
GERMANY
00 - 49 – 30 - 8431 540
00 - 49 – 30 – 8431 5430
malawiberlin@aol.com
http://www.malawiembassy.de/
Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey, Holy See, Ukraine
INDIA
00 – 91 – 11 – 2670 6000
00 – 91 – 11 – 2670 6010
malawindia@airtelmail.in
http://www.malawi-india.org
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka
JAPAN
00 - 81 – 3 - 3449 3010 00 - 81 – 3 - 3449 3047
00 - 81 – 3 - 3449 3220
malawi@luck.ocn.ne.jp
Australia, Brunei, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, South Korea
KENYA
00 254 73 231 7233 / 00 254 20 444 3805 / 00 254 20 444 3806 / 00 254 20 444 3807
malawihcnairobi@gmail.com
MOZAMBIQUE
00 – 258 – 21 - 492 676 00 – 258 – 21 - 495 222 00 – 258 – 84 - 3989 692
00 – 258 – 21 – 490 224
malawmoz@tdm.co.mz
Madagascar, Swaziland
SOUTH AFRICA
00 – 27 - 12 342 0146 00 – 27 – 12 430 9900
00 – 27 - 12 342 0147
highcommalawi@telkomsa.net
Mauritius, Namibia, Lesotho
TANZANIA
00 – 255 – 22 – 277 4220
00 – 255 – 22 – 277 4308
mmhcrdar@yahoo.co.uk
Burundi, Comoros, Rwanda, Seychelles, Uganda, United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS)
UNITED KINGDOM
00 - 44 - 20 - 7421 6010
00 - 44 - 20 - 7831 9273
malawihighcom@btconnect.com
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (WASHINGTON)
00 – 1 – 202 – 721 0270
00 – 1 – 202 – 721 0288
malawidc@aol.com
http://www.malawiembassy-dc.org
Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Canada
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (NEW YORK)
00 – 1 – 212 - 317 8738 00 – 1 – 212 - 317 8718
00 – 1 – 212 - 317 8729
malawinewyork@aol.com
United Nations
ZAMBIA
00 – 260 – 1 – 265 768 / 00 – 260 – 1 – 265 769
00 – 260 – 1 – 265 765
mhcomm@iwayafrica.com
Angola, Congo (DRC), Congo (Brazzaville), COMESA
ZIMBABWE
00 - 263 – 4 – 798 584 / 00 - 263 – 4 – 798 586
00 - 263 – 4 – 799 006
malawhigh@africaonline.co.zw
Botswana, SADC
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