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Papua New Guinea visa for citizens of the Solomon Islands

Citizens of the Solomon Islands 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 the Solomon Islands: the passport opens 84 countries visa-free; Honiara — Port Moresby: ≈ 1,400 km, about 2.5 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 Solomon Islands passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of the Solomon Islands 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 Solomon Islands passport you can visit 84 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 51 with an e-visa; 36 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Solomon Islands passport ranks 72nd of 199.
Solomon Islands passport: visa-free access to 84 countries; Papua New Guinea passport: 37.
Citizens of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea can travel together visa-free to 33 countries, for example: Vanuatu, Micronesia, Kiribati, Fiji, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, Seychelles, Belize, Eswatini, Peru, Lesotho, Ecuador, and Panama.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Papua New Guinea, in turn, get a visa on arrival in the Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands visa for citizens of Papua New Guinea

Travelling to Papua New Guinea: good to know

Honiara — Port Moresby: about 1,400 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2.5 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 3rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Solomon Islands.