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Solomon Islands visa for citizens of Papua New Guinea

Citizens of Papua New Guinea get a Solomon Islands 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 Papua New Guinea: the passport opens 37 countries visa-free; Port Moresby — Honiara: ≈ 1,400 km, about 2.5 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to the Solomon Islands without a visa on a Papua New Guinea passport?

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

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Solomon Islands visa rules at a glance

With a Papua New Guinea passport you can visit 37 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 83 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Papua New Guinea passport ranks 129th of 199.
Papua New Guinea passport: visa-free access to 37 countries; Solomon Islands passport: 84.
Citizens of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands can travel together visa-free to 33 countries, for example: Micronesia, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Fiji, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, Seychelles, Eswatini, Malawi, Tanzania, Lesotho, Botswana, and Palestine.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of the Solomon Islands, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea visa for citizens of the Solomon Islands

Travelling to the Solomon Islands: good to know

Port Moresby — Honiara: about 1,400 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Solomon Islands Dollar.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ SBD 8.01.
Solomon Islands is the 1st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Papua New Guinea.