No visa needed

Do citizens of the Netherlands need a visa for Vanuatu?

Citizens of the Netherlands don’t need a visa for Vanuatu and can stay up to 120 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of the Netherlands: the passport opens 122 countries visa-free; Amsterdam — Port Vila: ≈ 15,900 km, about 20.5 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 120 days

Can I travel to Vanuatu without a visa on a Netherlands passport?

Yes, citizens of the Netherlands don’t need a visa for Vanuatu for up to 120 days. A valid passport is enough.

Vanuatu visa rules at a glance

With a Netherlands passport you can visit 122 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Netherlands passport ranks 6th of 199.
Netherlands passport: visa-free access to 122 countries; Vanuatu passport: 46.
Citizens of the Netherlands and Vanuatu can travel together visa-free to 40 countries, for example: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Kosovo, Moldova, Palestine, Gambia, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Grenada.
Citizens of Vanuatu, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to the Netherlands. Netherlands visa for citizens of Vanuatu

Travelling to Vanuatu: good to know

Amsterdam — Port Vila: about 15,900 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 20.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +9 hours.
Local time: Amsterdam 12:00 — Port Vila 21:00.
Local currency: Vanuatu Vatu.
Languages: Bislama, English, and French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ VUV 118.
Vanuatu is the 193rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Netherlands.