No visa needed

Do citizens of Samoa need a visa for Zambia?

Citizens of Samoa don’t need a visa for Zambia and can stay up to 90 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 Samoa: the passport opens 82 countries visa-free; Apia — Lusaka: ≈ 16,080 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: 90 days

Can I travel to Zambia without a visa on a Samoa passport?

Yes, citizens of Samoa don’t need a visa for Zambia for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Zambia visa rules at a glance

With a Samoa passport you can visit 82 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 47 with an e-visa; 41 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Samoa passport ranks 75th of 199.
Samoa passport: visa-free access to 82 countries; Zambia passport: 38.
Citizens of Samoa and Zambia can travel together visa-free to 32 countries, for example: Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Micronesia, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Belize, Ecuador, Jamaica, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, and Grenada.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Zambia, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Samoa. Samoa visa for citizens of Zambia

Travelling to Zambia: good to know

Apia — Lusaka: about 16,080 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 20.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −11 hours.
Local time: Apia 12:00 — Lusaka 01:00.
Local currency: Zambian Kwacha.
Languages: English.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ZMW 20.
Zambia is the 125th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Samoa.