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Tonga visa for citizens of Papua New Guinea

Citizens of Papua New Guinea get a Tonga 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 — Nukuʻalofa: ≈ 4,230 km, about 6 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Tonga 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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Tonga 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; Tonga passport: 81.
Citizens of Papua New Guinea and Tonga can travel together visa-free to 34 countries, for example: Micronesia, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Fiji, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Mauritius, Seychelles, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Lesotho.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Tonga, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea visa for citizens of Tonga

Travelling to Tonga: good to know

Port Moresby — Nukuʻalofa: about 4,230 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +2 hours.
Local time: Port Moresby 12:00 — Nukuʻalofa 14:00.
Local currency: Tongan Paʻanga.
Languages: English and Tongan.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TOP 2.38.
Tonga is the 14th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Papua New Guinea.