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Samoa visa for citizens of Barbados

Citizens of Barbados get a Samoa 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 Barbados: the passport opens 105 countries visa-free; Bridgetown — Apia: ≈ 12,710 km, about 16.5 hours of flying.

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

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Samoa visa rules at a glance

With a Barbados passport you can visit 105 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 22 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Barbados passport ranks 46th of 199.
Barbados passport: visa-free access to 105 countries; Samoa passport: 82.
Citizens of Barbados and Samoa can travel together visa-free to 77 countries, for example: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, Colombia, Jamaica, Panama, Bahamas, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Belize, and Peru.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Samoa, in turn, don’t need a visa for Barbados. Barbados visa for citizens of Samoa

Travelling to Samoa: good to know

Bridgetown — Apia: about 12,710 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 16.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +17 hours.
Local time: Bridgetown 12:00 — Apia 05:00.
Local currency: Samoan Tala.
Languages: English and Samoan.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ WST 2.73.
Samoa is the 157th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Barbados.