No visa needed

Do citizens of Sierra Leone need a visa for Vanuatu?

Citizens of Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone: the passport opens 39 countries visa-free; Freetown — Port Vila: ≈ 18,970 km, about 24 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 Sierra Leone passport?

Yes, citizens of Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone passport you can visit 39 countries visa-free, 18 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 99 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Sierra Leone passport ranks 125th of 199.
Sierra Leone passport: visa-free access to 39 countries; Vanuatu passport: 46.
Citizens of Sierra Leone and Vanuatu can travel together visa-free to 23 countries, for example: Gambia, Rwanda, Barbados, Uganda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Eswatini, Haiti, Jamaica, and Bahamas.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Vanuatu, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone visa for citizens of Vanuatu

Travelling to Vanuatu: good to know

Freetown — Port Vila: about 18,970 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 24 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +11 hours.
Local time: Freetown 12:00 — Port Vila 23:00.
Local currency: Vanuatu Vatu.
Languages: Bislama, English, and French.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ VUV 118.
Vanuatu is the 195th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Sierra Leone.