Visa requirements for Solomon Islands citizens explained

Visa requirements for Solomon Islands citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Solomon Islands. As of 2 July 2019, Solomon Islands citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 135 countries and territories, ranking the Solomon Islands passport 39th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley visa restrictions index.[1]

Solomon Islands signed a mutual visa waiver agreement with Schengen Area countries on 7 October 2016.[2]

Visa requirements

CountryVisa requirementAllowed stayNotes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola[3] 30 daysMaximum 3 entries per calendar year
Antigua and Barbuda1 month
Argentina
Armenia120 days
Australia and territories
  • May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa).[4]
  • Transit visa is not required.[5]
Austria90 days
Azerbaijan
Bahamas3 months
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium90 days
Belize
[6] 30 days / 8 days
  • Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan
90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina90 days
Botswana3 months
Brazil
Bulgaria90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada6 months
  • eTA required if arriving by air.[7]
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
  • A visa agreement with China has been signed on 7 November 2024 but is yet to be effective.[8]
Colombia180 days
  • 90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period
Comoros
Costa Rica30 days
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia90 days
Cuba
Cyprus90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
Czech Republic90 days
Denmark90 days
Djibouti[9] 31 days
Dominica6 months
Dominican Republic30 days
Ecuador90 days
Egypt
  • Conditions apply.
El Salvador90 days
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia90 days
30 days
Ethiopia[10] up to 90 days
Fiji4 months
Finland90 days
France90 days
Gabon
Gambia90 days
Georgia[11] 90 days
Germany90 days
Ghana
Greece90 days
Grenada3 months
Guatemala90 days
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau90 days
Guyana
Haiti90 days
Honduras90 days
Hungary90 days
Iceland90 days
India[12] 60 days
Indonesia
  • Conditions apply.
Iraq
Ireland
Israel90 days
  • 90 days within any 6-month period
Italy90 days
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan3 months
Kazakhstan
Kenya[13] 3 months
Kiribati30 days
[14] 30 days
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
30 days
Latvia90 days
Lebanon
Lesotho90 days
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein90 days
Lithuania90 days
Luxembourg90 days
Madagascar90 days
Malawi
Malaysia30 days
Maldives30 days
Mali
Malta90 days
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius90 days
Mexico
30 days
[15] 90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro[16] 90 days
Morocco
Mozambique30 days
Myanmar28 days
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal90 days
90 days
New Zealand
  • International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy not required.[17]
  • May transit without visa if transit is through Auckland Airport and for no longer than 24 hours, subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[18]
  • Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[19]
Nicaragua90 days
Niger
Nigeria
Norway90 days
Oman
Pakistan[20]
  • Online Visa eligible.[21]
Palau30 days
Panama180 days
Papua New Guinea[22]
Paraguay
Peru180 days
Philippines30 days
Poland90 days
Portugal90 days
Qatar
Romania90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period
Rwanda30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia6 weeks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1 month
Samoa60 days
San Marino
[23]
Saudi Arabia
Senegal90 days
Serbia
Seychelles3 months
Sierra Leone
Singapore30 days
Slovakia90 days
Slovenia90 days
Somalia30 days
South Africa
[24]
  • Obtainable online[25]
  • Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel
Spain90 days
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname[26]
Sweden90 days
Switzerland90 days
Tajikistan[27] 30 days
  • Visa also available online.[28]
90 days
Timor-Leste30 days
Togo7 days
Tonga31 days
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu1 month
Uganda3 months
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates90 days
United Kingdom and Crown dependencies6 months
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan[29] 30 days
Vanuatu90 days
[30] 30 days
Yemen
Zambia90 days
Zimbabwe3 months

Dependent, Disputed, or Restricted territories

Unrecognized or partially recognized countries
TerritoryConditions of accessNotes
[31]
[32] 90 days
[33]
Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[34]
Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory.
30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[35] [36]
[37] Multiple entry visa to Russia and three day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[38] [39]
[40]
[41] Registration required after 24h.[42] [43]
Dependent and autonomous territories
TerritoryConditions of accessNotes
China
Hong Kong
Denmark
Faroe Islands[44]
Greenland[45]
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
French West IndiesIncludes overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique and overseas collectivities of Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin.
Mayotte
New Caledonia
Reunion
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Wallis and Futuna[46] 3 months
Netherlands
Aruba
Caribbean NetherlandsIncludes Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
New Zealand
Cook Islands31 days
Niue30 days
Tokelau[47]
United Kingdom
[48] Stays longer than 28 days per 12-month period require a permit.[49]
Anguilla
Bermuda
British Indian Ocean TerritorySpecial permit required.[50]
Cayman Islands
Gibraltar
Montserrat
14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.[51] [52] [53]
[54] [55]
  • 3 months within any year period
Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.[56]
Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[57]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsPre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[58] [59]
Turks and Caicos Islands
United States
American Samoa
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Antarctica and adjacent islands

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Global Ranking - Visa Restriction Index 2019. 15 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Visa Free Travel to EU Signed - Solomon Times Online.
  3. Web site: Decreto Presidencial .
  4. Web site: Visitor e600 Visa Online Applications. Department of Immigration and Border Protection.
  5. Web site: Transit without visa arrangements - When a visa is not needed . 2015-06-07 . 2014-10-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141016035801/http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/transit/no-visa.htm . dead .
  6. https://evisa.gouv.bj/en/ eVisa Benin
  7. https://www.canada.ca/eTA canada.ca/eTA
  8. Web site: 央视新闻 . 中所（罗门群岛）政府签署互免持普通护照公民签证的协定 . 央广网.
  9. https://www.evisa.gouv.dj/#/ eVisa
  10. Web site: Ethiopia electronic visa. Main Department for Immigration and Nationality Affairs, Ethiopia. 24 November 2018.
  11. https://www.evisa.gov.ge/ e-VISA PORTAL
  12. Web site: Indian e-Visa. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
  13. https://www.etakenya.go.ke/en Kenya Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (eTA)
  14. Web site: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea . 2014-08-01 . https://archive.today/20130703015928/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/visa/application/index.jsp?menu=m_40_10 . 2013-07-03 . dead .
  15. Web site: Foreign citizens who don't need visa for entry on the territory of the Republic of Moldova . 2018-04-20 . 2017-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107024952/http://www.mfa.gov.md/entry-visas-moldova/citizens-additional-checks/#link . dead .
  16. Web site: Embassies and consulates of Montenegro around the world .
  17. Web site: Paying the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy . immigration.govt.nz . Immigration New Zealand . February 1, 2021 . Many tourists, people on working holidays, and some students and workers coming to New Zealand must pay an International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL) of NZD $35..
  18. Web site: Information about: Transit Visa . immigration.govt.nz . Immigration New Zealand . February 5, 2021.
  19. Web site: Information about: Australian Resident Visa . immigration.govt.nz . Immigration New Zealand . May 21, 2020 . Australian citizens and permanent residents can visit, work and live in New Zealand. You do not need a visa before you travel to New Zealand..
  20. Web site: Online visa system of Pakistan . . Pakistan.
  21. Web site: Tourist Visa . . Pakistan.
  22. https://evisa.ica.gov.pg/evisa/account/Apply eVisa
  23. Web site: e-Visa STP . 2019-08-03 . 2019-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190714112430/http://www.smf.st/evisa/index.php . dead .
  24. Web site: Do I need a visa to travel to South Sudan? . . South Sudan.
  25. Web site: Apply for a South Sudan Visa Online . . South Sudan.
  26. Web site: Who can apply for E-Visa? . suriname.vfsevisa.com.
  27. Web site: The list of countries eligible for the unilateral visa-free entry system has been expanded, and the visa application process for citizens of certain countries to the Republic of Tajikistan has been simplified.
  28. https://www.evisa.tj/index.evisa.html#/help Tajikistan e-Visa
  29. https://e-visa.gov.uz/ Official electronic visa portal of the Republic of Uzbekistan
  30. https://evisa.xuatnhapcanh.gov.vn/web/guest/trang-chu-ttdt Vietnam eVisa
  31. Web site: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS REPUBLIC OF ABKHAZIA. 2016-05-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160424181640/http://mfaapsny.org/council/visa.php. 2016-04-24. dead.
  32. Web site: Visas For Foreign Citizens - For Kosovo Citizens - Consular Services - Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Republic of Kosovo. Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Republic of Kosovo.
  33. Web site: VISA Regulations. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. 4 March 2014 .
  34. Web site: Israel Country Specific Information. Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State. 18 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131114103216/http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1064.html#entry_requirements. 14 November 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  35. Web site: Practical travel information on Visas in Somaliland, Puntland & Somalia - Lonely Planet Travel Information . 2018-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141106194323/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/somaliland-puntland-and-somalia/practical-information/visas . 2014-11-06 . dead .
  36. Web site: VISA Application . 2006-11-17 . https://archive.today/20061117003149/http://www.somalilandgov.com/Visa%20Application.htm . 2006-11-17 . dead .
  37. Web site: Procedure of the Entry to the Territory of the Republic of South Ossetia Министерство иностранных дел . 2017-09-28 . 2013-10-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131015140424/http://www.mfa-rso.su/en/node/406 . dead .
  38. Web site: О визах . About visas . ru . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia . 2022-03-06.
  39. Web site: Procedure of the Entry to the Territory of the Republic of South Ossetia Министерство иностранных дел . 2017-09-28 . 2013-10-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131015140424/http://www.mfa-rso.su/en/node/406 . dead .
  40. Web site: 線上填寫簽證申請系統. 2017-09-28. 2016-01-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20160112075442/https://visawebapp.boca.gov.tw/BOCA_MRVWeb/subroot/MRVWeb0_form.jsp. dead.
  41. Web site: Министерство иностранных дел - Приднестровской Молдавской Республики. Министерство иностранных дел.
  42. Web site: Luxlana.net . 2018-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131022114723/http://www.luxlana.net/Transdniestr.html . 2013-10-22 . dead .
  43. http://transnistria-tour.com/en/rules-and-tipps Rules and recommendations | Transnistria tour
  44. Web site: Passport and visa. Visit Faroe Islands. 2014-07-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20140720043911/http://www.visitfaroeislands.com/en/about-the-faroe-islands/important-facts-for-travelers/passport-and-visa/. 2014-07-20. dead.
  45. Web site: Advice & Services for travelling to and staying in Greenland.
  46. Web site: Requesting a visa - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs . Diplomatie.gouv.fr . 2022-03-09.
  47. Web site: Welcome to nginx . 2014-03-15 . https://archive.today/20140315034207/https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?FullText=1&COUNTRY=NZ&SECTION=VI&SUBSECTION=AI&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C . 2014-03-15 . dead .
  48. http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/archives/pdf/enlargement_process/future_prospects/negotiations/eu10_bulgaria_romania/treaty_2003/en/aa00042_re03_en.pdf Protocols No. 3 and 10 to the Treaty of Accession 2003
  49. http://www.sbaadministration.org/home/legislation/01_02_09_04_INCON/C/20160503_Control-EntrySettlementCommEnterprises-Ordinance-1960.pdf Control (entry, settlement and commercial enterprises) ordinance 1960
  50. http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/asia-oceania/british-indian-ocean-territory?ta=entryRequirements&pg=4 British Indian Ocean Territory travel advice - GOV.UK
  51. Web site: Tourist Information Visas & Legal Info Pitcairn Island Tourism . 2014-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131018001850/http://www.visitpitcairn.pn/visitpitcairn/visaslegalinfo/touristinfo/index.html . 2013-10-18 . dead .
  52. http://www.government.pn/visaInfo.php Pitcairn Islands
  53. Web site: Immigration Control Ordinance 2006 . . 5 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211106205311/http://www.government.pn/immigration%20ordinance.pdf . 6 November 2021 . live.
  54. Web site: Ascension Island E-Visa System. 13 November 2018.
  55. Web site: Entry Visas. 13 November 2018. 24 November 2018. 16 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181116084227/http://www.ascension-island.gov.ac/entry-visas/. dead.
  56. Web site: Useful info : St Helena Tourism . 2017-09-28 . 2017-07-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170709030558/http://sthelenatourism.com/the-island/useful-info/ . dead .
  57. http://www.tristandc.com/visitsadmin.php Tristan da Cunha Information for Visitors
  58. http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/south-america/south-georgia-south-sandwich#entryRequirements South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (British Overseas Territory) travel advice - GOV.UK
  59. Web site: Information for Visitors - South Georgia Website . 2008-04-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080412170649/http://www.sgisland.gs/index.php/(v)Information_for_Visitors_to_South_Georgia?useskin=vis . 2008-04-12 . dead .

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