No visa needed

Do citizens of Micronesia need a visa for Palau?

Citizens of Micronesia don’t need a visa for Palau and can stay up to 360 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 Micronesia: the passport opens 69 countries visa-free; Palikir — Ngerulmud: ≈ 2,600 km, about 4 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 360 days

Can I travel to Palau without a visa on a Micronesia passport?

Yes, citizens of Micronesia don’t need a visa for Palau for up to 360 days. A valid passport is enough.

Palau visa rules at a glance

With a Micronesia passport you can visit 69 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 53 with an e-visa; 46 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Micronesia passport ranks 93rd of 199.
Micronesia passport: visa-free access to 69 countries; Palau passport: 68.
Citizens of Micronesia and Palau can travel together visa-free to 64 countries, for example: Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Fiji, Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico, Seychelles, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, and Lithuania.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Palau, in turn, don’t need a visa for Micronesia. Micronesia visa for citizens of Palau

Travelling to Palau: good to know

Palikir — Ngerulmud: about 2,600 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Palikir 12:00 — Ngerulmud 10:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: English and Palauan.
Palau is the 6th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Micronesia.