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Samoa visa for citizens of the Marshall Islands

Citizens of the Marshall Islands 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 the Marshall Islands: the passport opens 75 countries visa-free; Majuro — Apia: ≈ 2,970 km, about 4 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Samoa without a visa on a Marshall Islands passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of the Marshall Islands get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Samoa visa rules at a glance

With a Marshall Islands passport you can visit 75 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 44 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Marshall Islands passport ranks 86th of 199.
Marshall Islands passport: visa-free access to 75 countries; Samoa passport: 82.
Citizens of the Marshall Islands and Samoa can travel together visa-free to 63 countries, for example: Kiribati, Micronesia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Belize, Costa Rica, Bahamas, Panama, Finland, Iceland, and Estonia.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Samoa, in turn, get a visa on arrival in the Marshall Islands. Marshall Islands visa for citizens of Samoa

Travelling to Samoa: good to know

Majuro — Apia: about 2,970 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Majuro 12:00 — Apia 13:00.
Local currency: Samoan Tala.
Languages: English and Samoan.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ WST 2.73.
Samoa is the 8th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Marshall Islands.