Afono village and its bay between green hills, Samoa

Who needs a visa for Samoa?

Polynesia · Apia

Photo: Tavita Togia, National Park Service / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Of 198 nationalities, 29 enter Samoa with no paperwork at all. The rest: 169 can get a visa at the border.

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

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 29

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

Visa on arrival 169

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.

About Samoa

Region
Polynesia
Capital
Apia
Population
219,306 2025 · 179th of 197
Size
2,842 km² 169th largest of 199
Density
77 per km²
Languages
English, Samoan
Currency
Samoan tālā WST

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.