§ The Minister for Citizenship and Immigration (Beverley Hughes)The Government are firmly committed to ensuring that visa regimes only apply to those nationalities where there is a clear immigration need.
Having reviewed the regimes on nationals from Maldives, Mauritius and Papua New Guinea it has been decided that these visa regimes are no longer necessary. We have therefore made a change to the Immigration Rules today lifting the requirements for nationals of these three countries to hold a visa before they visit the UK. This change will take effect on 18 December.