Who needs a visa for Nauru?

Micronesia · Yaren

Photo: Sean Kelleher from Melbourne, Australia / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Of 198 nationalities, 3 enter Nauru with no paperwork at all. The rest: 13 can get a visa at the border and 182 must be approved before they travel.

Visa free 3
Visa on arrival 13
Visa required 182

We have not found a Nauru government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Nauru's own immigration service or its embassy.

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Visa free 3

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

Visa on arrival 13

Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.

Visa required 182

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

About Nauru

Region: Micronesia
Capital: Yaren
Population: 12,025 2025 · 196th of 197
Size: 21 km² 197th largest of 199
Density: 573 per km²
Languages: English, Nauru
Currency: Australian dollar AUD

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.