Who needs a visa for Solomon Islands?
Melanesia · Honiara
Photo: Stefan Krasowski / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Of 198 nationalities, 31 enter Solomon Islands with no paperwork at all. The rest: 45 can get a visa at the border and 122 must be approved before they travel.
- Visa free 31
- Visa on arrival 45
- Visa required 122
- Government fee
- $50
- Stay permitted
- Tourist visa: valid 1 year, multiple entries, up to 3 months each entry.
This is the government's own portal. We are not paid to send you there.
Checked 18 October 2026 — read the fees and rules on immigration.gov.sb
What Solomon Islands asks for
- Copy of your passport bio page
- Cover letter giving the purpose of your visit, addressed to the Director of Immigration
- Copy of your return or onward air ticket
- Hotel booking confirmation, if staying at a hotel
- Evidence of enough money to support yourself
Worth knowing
- Short-term visas, including tourist and business visas, must be applied for through the e-visa portal.
- You may be refused entry if your passport has less than 6 months' validity.
Photo requirements
We have not yet read the photo rules for Solomon Islands on an official page, so we print no sizes. Photo rules we have checked, and official links for the rest
Resize a photo in your browser. It is never uploaded.
What do you need?
Who needs what
No nationality matches that.
Visa free 31
Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.
- Austria 90d
- Belgium 90d
- Bulgaria 90d
- Croatia 90d
- Cyprus 90d
- Czechia 90d
- Denmark 90d
- Estonia 90d
- Finland 90d
- France 90d
- Germany 90d
- Greece 90d
- Hungary 90d
- Iceland 90d
- Italy 90d
- Latvia 90d
- Liechtenstein 90d
- Lithuania 90d
- Luxembourg 90d
- Malta 90d
- Netherlands 90d
- Norway 90d
- Poland 90d
- Portugal 90d
- Romania 90d
- Slovakia 90d
- Slovenia 90d
- Spain 90d
- Sweden 90d
- Switzerland 90d
- United Arab Emirates 90d
Visa on arrival 45
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.
- Andorra 45d
- Antigua and Barbuda 45d
- Argentina 45d
- Australia 45d
- Bahamas 45d
- Barbados 45d
- Belize 45d
- Brazil 45d
- Brunei 45d
- Canada 45d
- China 30d
- Dominica 45d
- Dominican Republic 45d
- Fiji 45d
- Grenada 45d
- Guyana 45d
- Ireland 45d
- Israel 45d
- Japan 45d
- Kiribati 45d
- Kuwait 45d
- Malaysia 45d
- Maldives 45d
- Marshall Islands 45d
- Micronesia 45d
- Monaco 45d
- Nauru 45d
- New Zealand 45d
- Palau 45d
- Papua New Guinea 45d
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 45d
- Saint Lucia 45d
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 45d
- Samoa 45d
- San Marino 45d
- Singapore 45d
- South Korea 45d
- Taiwan 45d
- Thailand 45d
- Tonga 45d
- Trinidad and Tobago 45d
- Tuvalu 45d
- United Kingdom 45d
- United States 45d
- Vanuatu 45d
Visa required 122
You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Costa Rica
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Republic of the Congo
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
About Solomon Islands
- Region
- Melanesia
- Capital
- Honiara
- Population
- 838,645 2025 · 162nd of 197
- Size
- 28,896 km² 140th largest of 199
- Density
- 29 per km²
- Language
- English
- Currency
- Solomon Islands dollar SBD
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.