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Papua New Guinea visa for citizens of Micronesia

Citizens of Micronesia get a Papua New Guinea visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Micronesia: the passport opens 69 countries visa-free; Palikir — Port Moresby: ≈ 2,200 km, about 3.5 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Papua New Guinea without a visa on a Micronesia passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Micronesia get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Papua New Guinea 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; Papua New Guinea passport: 37.
Citizens of Micronesia and Papua New Guinea can travel together visa-free to 22 countries, for example: Kiribati, Vanuatu, Fiji, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Seychelles, Belize, Palestine, Kosovo, Panama, Ecuador, Haiti, Peru, and Dominican Republic.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Papua New Guinea, in turn, don’t need a visa for Micronesia. Micronesia visa for citizens of Papua New Guinea

Travelling to Papua New Guinea: good to know

Palikir — Port Moresby: about 2,200 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Papua New Guinean Kina.
Languages: English, Hiri Motu, and Tok Pisin.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ PGK 4.49.
Papua New Guinea is the 5th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Micronesia.