All Guidelines

All Guidelines

Foreign Vessel Cruise Permit

This service can be used to request a cruising permit for foreign vessels. The application should be made five days prior to the arrival of the vessel to the Maldives.

Ministry of Tourism

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Permit to Enter Fuvamulah Harbour

This service can be used to request for a permit to enter Fuvahmulah Harbour. Vessels can only approach the harbor with an approval from the harbor officials. Vessels should leave the harbor once the purpose of entry is completed and before expiration of the permit or if requested by harbor officials due to an emergency.

Fuvahmulah City Council

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Permit to Conduct Religious Teachings

This service can be used to request for a permit to give religious lectures, offer religious teachings and to teach books related to religion in mosques.

Fuvahmulah City Council

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Food Establishment Registration

This service allows food businesses to register their food establishments in compliance with the Food Safety Act (Law Number: 6/2024) at the Maldives Food and Drug Authority (MFDA). Once registered, the certification remains valid for a period of one year.

Health Protection Agency

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Permit to Conduct Absentee Funeral Prayers

This service can be used to obtain permission to perform Islamically compliant absentee funeral services. Funeral prayers can be offered for those who passed away while traveling abroad.

Fuvahmulah City Council

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Project License

A Project Licence required to commence project works under the Construction Contractor Regulation (Regulation no. 2019/R-1019) and to obtain quotas for specific projects.

Ministry of National Planning, Housing & Infrastructure.

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Import Material Quality Approval

This service provides the applicant with approval of the quality and standard of importing materials.

Ministry of National Planning, Housing & Infrastructure.

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Foundation System Approval

This service is to obtain approval for foundation systems as per Construction Regulation 2019/R-1004. This process ensures that the foundation would be laid out after evaluating potential environmental damages.

Ministry of National Planning, Housing & Infrastructure.

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Produced Material Quality Approval

This service provides the applicant with an approval to legally carry out the production of a specified construction material locally. When producing the specified materials locally, it is mandatory to confirm from the Ministry the quality and standard of the produced materials. This serves as an action of quality control and standardisation of these materials before they are used in construction works.

Ministry of National Planning, Housing & Infrastructure.

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Construction Industry Licensed Architect / Engineer Registration

This service allows the applicant to carry out the registration of practitioners, specify the responsibilities of the registered individual and carry out the classification of practitioners.

Ministry of National Planning, Housing & Infrastructure.

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Building Inspector Registration

This service is for the registration of individual professionals and technical personnel in the construction industry. The registration is based on academic qualification and experience (where applicable) as per Practitioner Regulation 2019/R-1010.

Ministry of National Planning, Housing & Infrastructure.

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Guest House Operating License

This service can be used to obtain a new operating licence for tourist guest house operations.

Ministry of Tourism

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Accident or Incident Reporting

This service is for reporting incidents that may have occurred at tourist establishments. Such incidents must be informed to the ministry within 1 hour of incident, followed by this application which must be submitted to the Ministry within 24 hours of the incident.

Ministry of Tourism

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Registration of Islands

This service allows you to register islands (reclaimed in lagoons and naturally formed) allocated for tourism purposes in the national registry of uninhabited islands.

Ministry of Tourism

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Boundary Demarcation of Resorts

This service allows the applicant to submit boundary demarcation, register and/or extend the boundary of islands leased for tourism purposes as per the regulation number: R-90/2023. The demarcation will go into effect once it is incorporated into the lease agreement for the island.

Ministry of Tourism

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Foreign Vessel Charter License

This service can be used by a foreign tourist vessel to obtain a Charter Licence. This licence will be issued to foreign vessels which have already obtained a cruising permit. Vessels engaged in commercial or private charters should obtain a charter licence to accommodate tourists in the Maldives.

Ministry of Tourism

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Ownership change to private land

This service can be used for transferring state-owned land's ownership to a citizen.

Fuvahmulah City Council

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Tour Guide Pass

This service can be used to obtain a tour guide pass to conduct tours for tourists. Tour guides should be registered with the Ministry prior to conducting tours for tourists.

Ministry of Tourism

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Reporting Complaints

This service can be used to report complaints related to food establishments.

Health Protection Agency

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Tourist Establishment Master Plan Approval

This service can be used to obtain approval for conceptual drawings (master plan) of land (island/lagoon/plot of lands) designated for tourism purposes.

Ministry of Tourism

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Registration of Hotels

This service can be used to register a new tourist hotel.. Hotels under this service are defined as those that are developed on plots of land or islands leased for tourism development.

Ministry of Tourism

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Construction Permit

This service can be used to obtain an approval for detailed drawings and receive a construction permit from the Ministry.

Ministry of Tourism

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Tourism Related Environmental Complaints

This service is to lodge complaints related to environmental issues and boundary complaints at tourist establishments or properties. The ministry will investigate and take corrective measures based on the complaints received.

Ministry of Tourism

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Travel Agency Operating License

This service can be used to obtain a new operating licence for a travel agency operation. The application should be submitted at least one month before the commencement of operation.

Ministry of Tourism

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General Permit

This service can be used to obtain no objection letters for felling and removal of trees, temporary erosion mitigation measures, temporary mooring buoys or any other environment related activities.

Ministry of Tourism

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Permit to Conduct Events and Activities in Public Places

This service can be used to obtain a permit to conduct events and activities in public places.

Fuvahmulah City Council

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Tourist Vessel Operating License

This service can be used to obtain a new operating licence for registered tourist vessels. Applications should be submitted one month prior to the commencement of operations.

Ministry of Tourism

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Approval of land name

This service can be used to register a name for a property or building. The proposed name shouldn't contradict with Maldivian religion or culture.

Fuvahmulah City Council

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Mortgage Registration

This service can be used to register mortgages for tourist establishments.The mortgage should be registered within six months from the date of mortgage approval letter.

Ministry of Tourism

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Mortgage Approval

This service can be used for requesting an approval to mortgage tourist establishments. The Ministry’s approval is required before mortgaging.

Ministry of Tourism

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