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Samoa visa for citizens of Benin

Citizens of Benin 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 Benin: the passport opens 34 countries visa-free; Porto-Novo — Apia: ≈ 19,000 km, about 24.5 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 Benin passport you can visit 34 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 44 with an e-visa; 96 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Benin passport ranks 134th of 199.
Benin passport: visa-free access to 34 countries; Samoa passport: 82.
Citizens of Benin and Samoa can travel together visa-free to 16 countries, for example: Gambia, Rwanda, Kenya, Seychelles, Mauritius, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Haiti, Bahamas, Ecuador, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Samoa, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Benin. Benin visa for citizens of Samoa

Travelling to Samoa: good to know

Porto-Novo — Apia: about 19,000 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 24.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +12 hours.
Local time: Porto-Novo 12:00 — Apia 00:00.
Local currency: Samoan Tala.
Languages: English and Samoan.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ WST 2.73.
Samoa is the 196th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Benin.