No visa needed

Do citizens of Samoa need a visa for Rwanda?

Citizens of Samoa don’t need a visa for Rwanda and can stay up to 30 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 Samoa: the passport opens 82 countries visa-free; Apia — Kigali: ≈ 17,030 km, about 22 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

Can I travel to Rwanda without a visa on a Samoa passport?

Yes, citizens of Samoa don’t need a visa for Rwanda for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Rwanda 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; Rwanda passport: 29.
Citizens of Samoa and Rwanda can travel together visa-free to 17 countries, for example: Vanuatu, Kiribati, Micronesia, Philippines, Singapore, Ecuador, Haiti, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Barbados, Mauritius, Seychelles, Tanzania, and Kenya.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Rwanda, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Samoa. Samoa visa for citizens of Rwanda

Travelling to Rwanda: good to know

Apia — Kigali: about 17,030 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 22 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −11 hours.
Local time: Apia 12:00 — Kigali 01:00.
Local currency: Rwandan Franc.
Languages: English, French, and Kinyarwanda.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ RWF 1,479.
Rwanda is the 165th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Samoa.