No visa needed

Do citizens of Papua New Guinea need a visa for Panama?

Citizens of Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea: the passport opens 37 countries visa-free; Port Moresby — Panama City: ≈ 14,890 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 Panama without a visa on a Papua New Guinea passport?

Yes, citizens of Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea passport you can visit 37 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 83 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Papua New Guinea passport ranks 129th of 199.
Papua New Guinea passport: visa-free access to 37 countries; Panama passport: 88.
Citizens of Papua New Guinea and Panama can travel together visa-free to 22 countries, for example: Micronesia, Kiribati, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Seychelles, Palestine, Zambia, Kosovo, Belize, Angola, Peru, Ecuador, and Bahamas.
Citizens of Panama, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea visa for citizens of Panama

Travelling to Panama: good to know

Port Moresby — Panama City: about 14,890 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 19 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −16 hours.
Local time: Port Moresby 12:00 — Panama City 20:00.
Local currency: Panamanian Balboa and US Dollar.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ PAB 1.00.
Panama is the 153rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Papua New Guinea.