No visa needed

Do citizens of the Marshall Islands need a visa for Panama?

Citizens of the Marshall Islands don’t need a visa for Panama 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 the Marshall Islands: the passport opens 75 countries visa-free; Majuro — Panama City: ≈ 11,960 km, about 15.5 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 Panama without a visa on a Marshall Islands passport?

Yes, citizens of the Marshall Islands don’t need a visa for Panama for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Panama visa rules at a glance

With a Marshall Islands passport you can visit 75 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 44 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Marshall Islands passport ranks 86th of 199.
Marshall Islands passport: visa-free access to 75 countries; Panama passport: 88.
Citizens of the Marshall Islands and Panama can travel together visa-free to 66 countries, for example: Kiribati, Micronesia, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Bahamas, Finland, and Iceland.
Both countries use the same currency — US Dollar — so there is no need to exchange money.
Citizens of Panama, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to the Marshall Islands. Marshall Islands visa for citizens of Panama

Travelling to Panama: good to know

Majuro — Panama City: about 11,960 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 15.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −17 hours.
Local time: Majuro 12:00 — Panama City 19:00.
Local currency: Panamanian Balboa and US Dollar.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ PAB 1.00.
Panama is the 57th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Marshall Islands.