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Samoa visa for citizens of Panama

Citizens of Panama 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 Panama: the passport opens 88 countries visa-free; Panama City — Apia: ≈ 10,490 km, about 13.5 hours of flying.

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

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

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Panama 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 Panama passport you can visit 88 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 33 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Panama passport ranks 69th of 199.
Panama passport: visa-free access to 88 countries; Samoa passport: 82.
Citizens of Panama and Samoa can travel together visa-free to 62 countries, for example: Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Belize, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Peru, Iceland, and Portugal.
Citizens of Samoa, in turn, don’t need a visa for Panama. Panama visa for citizens of Samoa

Travelling to Samoa: good to know

Panama City — Apia: about 10,490 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 13.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +18 hours.
Local time: Panama City 12:00 — Apia 06:00.
Local currency: Samoan Tala.
Languages: English and Samoan.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ WST 2.73.
Samoa is the 101st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Panama.