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Papua New Guinea visa for citizens of Samoa

Citizens of Samoa 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 Samoa: the passport opens 82 countries visa-free; Apia — Port Moresby: ≈ 4,490 km, about 6 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 Samoa passport?

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Papua New Guinea 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; Papua New Guinea passport: 37.
Citizens of Samoa and Papua New Guinea can travel together visa-free to 34 countries, for example: Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Micronesia, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Belize, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Colombia, Jamaica, Bahamas, and Bangladesh.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Papua New Guinea, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Samoa. Samoa visa for citizens of Papua New Guinea

Travelling to Papua New Guinea: good to know

Apia — Port Moresby: about 4,490 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Apia 12:00 — Port Moresby 10:00.
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 11th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Samoa.