No visa needed

Do citizens of Papua New Guinea need a visa for Vanuatu?

Citizens of Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea: the passport opens 37 countries visa-free; Port Moresby — Port Vila: ≈ 2,460 km, about 3.5 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 Papua New Guinea passport?

Yes, citizens of Papua New Guinea 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 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; Vanuatu passport: 46.
Citizens of Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu can travel together visa-free to 32 countries, for example: Micronesia, Kiribati, Fiji, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, Seychelles, Eswatini, Kenya, Tanzania, Lesotho, Botswana, Palestine, and Zambia.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Vanuatu, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea visa for citizens of Vanuatu

Travelling to Vanuatu: good to know

Port Moresby — Port Vila: about 2,460 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Vanuatu Vatu.
Languages: Bislama, English, and French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ VUV 118.
Vanuatu is the 6th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Papua New Guinea.