No visa needed

Do citizens of Samoa need a visa for Finland?

Citizens of Samoa don’t need a visa for Finland and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Samoa: the passport opens 82 countries visa-free; Apia — Helsinki: ≈ 14,680 km, about 19 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Finland without a visa on a Samoa passport?

Yes, citizens of Samoa don’t need a visa for Finland for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Finland visa rules at a glance

With a Samoa passport you can visit 82 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 47 with an e-visa; 41 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Samoa passport ranks 75th of 199.
Samoa passport: visa-free access to 82 countries; Finland passport: 122.
Citizens of Samoa and Finland can travel together visa-free to 74 countries, for example: Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Micronesia, Philippines, South Korea, Macau, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Belize, Costa Rica, Peru, Ecuador, and Panama.
Citizens of Finland, in turn, don’t need a visa for Samoa. Samoa visa for citizens of Finland

Travelling to Finland: good to know

Apia — Helsinki: about 14,680 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 19 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −10 hours.
Local time: Apia 12:00 — Helsinki 02:00.
Local currency: Euro.
Languages: Finnish and Swedish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ €0.88.
Finland is the 85th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Samoa.