Visa requirements for Marshall Islands citizens

A number of countries around the world offer visa-free or visa-upon-arrival access to Marshallese passport holders, including developed countries/territories such as Hong Kong SAR, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Africa

Countries and Territories	Conditions of access
Burundi	visa issued on arrival at Bujumbura Airport since there is no Burundian foreign mission in the Marshall Islands ^[1]
Cape Verde	visa on arrival since there is no Cape Verdean foreign mission in the Marshall Islands ^[2]
Comoros	visa issued upon arrival at the Immigration Office downtown for a fee ^[3]
Djibouti	1-month visa can be obtain upon arrival for DJF5,000 with onward ticket, entry documents for next destination, sufficient funds and, if a tourist, part of an organised group ^[4]
Egypt	30-day visa issued upon arrival for USD15 or 15-day visa issued upon arrival free of charge if only staying in South Sinai ^[5]
Eritrea	1-month visa issued on arrival if requested by local sponsor at least 48 hours before arrival with a passport photo (visa renewable for a further 2 months) ^[6]
Gabon	Marshall Islands nationals under 16 years of age can enter visa-free ^[7]
Gambia	visa on arrival since there is no Gambian foreign mission in the Marshall Islands ^[8]
Ghana	visa issued on arrival for USD100 if the arrangement has been confirmed at least 48 hours prior to arrival by the Ghana Immigration Service ^[9]
Kenya	3-month visa issued on arrival for USD50 ^[10]
Liberia	visa issued on arrival as there is no Liberian foreign mission in the Marshall Islands as long as the carrier has received confirmation in advance from the station manager in Monrovia ^[11]
Madagascar	90-day visa issued upon arrival for MGA 140,000 ^[12]
Mali	visa issued on arrival as there is no Malian foreign mission in the Marshall Islands as long as the carrier or sponsor has received confirmation in advance from Le Directeur des Services de Scurit in Bamako ^[13]
Mozambique	30-day visa issued upon arrival for US$25 ^[14]
Saint Helena	3 months (Entry Permit can be extended up to 12 months) ^[15]
São Tomé and Príncipe	1-month visa issued upon arrival for USD100 if arranged through the airline up to 24 hours before arrival ^[16]
Seychelles	1 month (only if possessing proof of being a bona fide visitor, and Visitor's Permit can be extended up to 12 months) ^[17] ^[18]
Tanzania	Visitor's Pass issued upon arrival ^[19]
Togo	7-day visa issued upon arrival with onward ticket, yellow fever vaccination certificate and 3 passport photos for a fee of up to XOF 35,000 (can be extended up to 90 days for up to XOF90,000) ^[20]
Uganda	single-entry visa issued on arrival for USD50; 6-month multiple entry for USD100; one-year multiple entry visa for USD200 ^[21]
Zambia	visa issued on arrival for USD50 (single entry); USD80 (double entry); USD160 (multiple entry) ^[22]
Zimbabwe	3-month holiday visa, 30-day business visa or 3-day transit visa can be issued on arrival for a fee between USD30 and USD55 ^[23]

Americas

Countries and Territories	Conditions of access
Anguilla	3 months ^[24]
Bermuda	visa exempt ^[25]
Bolivia	visa issued upon arrival for BOP360 (USD51)^[26]
British Virgin Islands	visa exempt ^[27]
Costa Rica	30 days ^[28]
Dominica	21 days ^[29]
Dominican Republic	visa waived for those who possess a visa issued by a European Union member state, the United States or Canada ^[30]
Ecuador	90 days ^[31]
El Salvador	visa waived for those who possess a visa issued by a Schengen Agreement member state, the United States or Canada ^[32]
Guatemala	visa waived for those who possess a visa issued by a Schengen Agreement member state, the United States or Canada ^[33]
Haiti	3 months ^[34]
Honduras	visa waived for those who possess a visa issued by a Schengen Agreement member state, the United States or Canada ^[35]
Mexico	180 days ^[36]
Nicaragua	visa waived for those who possess a visa issued by a Schengen Agreement member state, the United States or Canada ^[37]
Panama	visa waived for those who possess and have used a visa issued by a European Union member, the United States, Canada or Australia ^[38]
Peru	90 days ^[39]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	14 days if in transit to a third country ^[40]
Saint Lucia	6 week visa issued on arrival for USD50 ^[41]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1 month ^[42]
Turks and Caicos Islands	30 days visa-free entry if holding a visa issued by Canada, the United Kingdom or the United States ^[43]
United States	visa exempt under the Compact of Free Association ^[44]

Asia

Countries and Territories	Conditions of access
Armenia	120-day visa issued upon arrival for AMD 15,000 ^[45]
Azerbaijan	30-day visa issued upon arrival for US$100 ^[46]
Bangladesh	90-day visa issued upon arrival for USD50 ^[47]
Cambodia	30-day visa issued upon arrival for USD 20/USD 25 ^[48]
Hong Kong	14 days (2 months for frequent visitors holding a Hong Kong Travel Pass) ^[49]
Iran	15-day visa issued upon arrival for EUR50, provided holding pre-approval code from ministry of foreign affairs website (www.mfa.gov.ir) or free 72-hour visa issued to those travelling on business possessing an official invitation letter ^[50]
Iraq	visa issued on arrival at Baghdad and Najaf to those with an official letter from the Ministry of Interior; visa issued on arrival at Erbil either for bona fide visitors or those with an official letter from the Ministry of Interior of the Kurdistan Regional Government ^[51]
Israel	visa issued on arrival for USD80 to passengers travelling in a group of 10 or more holding confirmation from the Ministry of Interior ^[52]
Jordan	visa issued upon arrival for JOD10 or free of charge to those travelling in a foreign tourist organised group ^[53]
Kuwait	1-month visa issued upon arrival for KWD5 with a Kuwaiti sponsor if the carrier confirms the arrangement ^[54]
Laos	30-day visa issued upon arrival for USD 30 ^[55]
Lebanon	6-month visa issued upon arrival at Beirut International Airport to businessmen, bankers, directors and investors with a Lebanese sponsor with prior approval from the Lebanese Immigration Directorate, or to tourists travelling in a group of at least 8 people sponsored by a Lebanese registered tour operator ^[56]
Macau	30 day visa issued on arrival for 100 MOP ^[57]
Maldives	30 days ^[58]
Malaysia	30 days ^[59]
Nepal	15/30/90 day visa issued on arrival for USD25/40/100 (up to USD300 for 1/5 year-business visa) ^[60]
Philippines	21 days ^[61]
Singapore	30 days ^[62]
South Korea	30 days ^[63]
Timor-Leste	30-day visa issued upon arrival for USD 30 ^[64]
United Arab Emirates	30-day tourist visa or 14-day transit visa issued on arrival for a fee between AED 100 and AED 220 to those with prior confirmation from the immigration authorities who will be met by the specified sponsor on arrival in the UAE ^[65]

Europe

Countries and Territories	Conditions of access
Albania	Visa waived for holders of a valid Schengen Type "C" or "D" visa ^[66]
Andorra	90 days, though a Schengen visa is required to access Andorra as it is land-locked between France and Spain ^[67]
Belarus	visa issued on arrival at Minsk International Airport since there is no Belarusian foreign mission in the Marshall Islands for USD80 with official invitation/sponsorship letter ^[68]
Georgia	90/360-day visa issued upon arrival for GEL50/100 ^[69]
Gibraltar	6 months ^[70]
Kosovo	90 days ^[71]
Macedonia	15 days visa-free entry for holders of a valid Schengen Type "C" visa ^[72]
United Kingdom (including Guernsey, Isle of Man & Jersey)	6 months ^[73]

Oceania

Countries and Territories	Conditions of access
American Samoa	30 days ^[74]
Cook Islands	31 days ^[75]
Fiji	4 months ^[76]
French Polynesia	3 months ^[77]
Kiribati	30 days ^[78]
Federated States of Micronesia	visa exempt ^[79]
Nauru	30 days ^[80]
Niue	30 days ^[81]
Palau	365 days ^[82]
Papua New Guinea	60-day visa issued upon arrival for PGK100 (tourist) or PGK500 (business) ^[83]
Tokelau	free cruising permit can be obtained in Apia, Samoa ^[84]
Tuvalu	1 month visa issued on arrival to visitors with onward tickets and sufficient funds ^[85]
Tonga	31-day tourist visa issued upon arrival free of charge ^[86]
Samoa	60-day tourist visa issued upon arrival free of charge ^[87]
Vanuatu	30 days ^[88]

References

Visa policy by country

Africa

Central	Angola Cameroon Central African Republic Chad DR Congo R Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon Sao Tome and Principe

Eastern	Burundi Comoros Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Rwanda Seychelles Somalia South Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Northern	Algeria Egypt⁸ Libya Morocco Sudan Tunisia

Southern	Botswana Lesotho Namibia Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha¹ South Africa Swaziland

Western	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Cote d'Ivoire Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

Americas

Caribbean	Dutch Caribbean Aruba Caribbean Netherlands Curaçao Sint Maarten Anguilla¹ Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands¹ Cayman Islands¹ Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Haiti Jamaica Montserrat¹ St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹

Central	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama

North	Bermuda¹ Canada Mexico United States

South	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Falkland Islands¹ Guyana Paraguay Peru South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands¹ Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Asia

Central & North	Afghanistan Kazakhstan⁶ Kyrgyzstan Russia³ Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

East	China Hong Kong Macau Japan North Korea South Korea Mongolia Taiwan¹⁰

South	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka

Southeast	Brunei Cambodia East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam

Western	Abkhazia⁵¹⁰ Akrotiri and Dhekelia¹ ⁷ Armenia⁷ Azerbaijan⁵ Bahrain Cyprus⁷ Egypt⁸ Georgia⁵ Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Nagorno-Karabakh⁷ ¹⁰ Northern Cyprus⁷ ¹⁰ Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia South Ossetia⁵ Syria Turkey⁴ United Arab Emirates Yemen

Europe

European Union/EFTA	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Cyprus⁷ Denmark Estonia Finland France Overseas Germany Gibraltar¹ Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Overseas

Other Europe	Abkhazia⁵ ¹⁰ Akrotiri and Dhekelia¹ ⁷ Albania Andorra Armenia⁷ Azerbaijan⁵ Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia⁵ Kazakhstan⁶ Kosovo¹⁰ Macedonia Moldova Monaco ² Montenegro Nagorno-Karabakh⁷ ¹⁰ Northern Cyprus⁷ ¹⁰ Russia³ San Marino ² Serbia South Ossetia⁵ ¹⁰ Transnistria¹⁰ Turkey⁴ Ukraine Vatican City ²

Oceania

Australia
Cook Islands⁹
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
New Zealand
Niue⁹
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn Islands¹
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tokelau⁹
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu

¹ British Overseas Territories. ² Open border with Schengen Area. ³ Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here. ⁴ Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace. ⁵ Azerbaijan and Georgia (Abkhazia; South Ossetia) are transcontinental countries. Both have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. ⁶ Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe. ⁷ Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Cyprus (Northern Cyprus; Akrotiri and Dhekelia) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe. ⁸ Egypt is a transcontinental country in North Africa and the Middle East. Has a small part of its territory in the Middle East called Sinai peninsula. ⁹ Part of the Realm of New Zealand. ¹⁰ Partially recognized.

Visa requirements

Africa

Central	Angolan Cameroonian Central African Republic Chadian DR Congo R Congo Equatorial Guinean Gabonese Santomean

Eastern	Burundian Comorian Djibouti Eritrean Ethiopian Kenyan Malagasy Malawian Mauritian Mozambican Rwandan Seychellois Somali South Sudanese Tanzanian Ugandan Zambian Zimbabwean

Northern	Algerian Egyptian⁸ Libyan Moroccan Sudanese Tunisian

Southern	Botswana Lesotho Namibian Saint Helena¹ South African Swazi

Western	Beninese Burkina Faso Cape Verdean Gambian Ghanaian Guinean Guinea-Bissauan Ivorian Liberian Malian Mauritanian Nigerian Nigerien Senegalese Sierra Leonean Togolese

Americas

Caribbean	Anguillan¹ Antigua and Barbuda Bahamian Barbadian British Virgin Islands¹ Caymanian¹ Cuban Dominica Dominican Republic Grenadian Haitian Jamaican Montserratian¹ Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucian Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹

Central	Belizean Costa Rican El Salvador Guatemalan Honduran Nicaraguan Panamanian

North	Bermudian¹ Canadian Mexican United States

South	Argentine Bolivian Brazilian Chilean Colombian Ecuadorian Guyanese Paraguayan Peruvian Surinamese Uruguayan Venezuelan

Asia

Central & North	Afghan Kazakhstani⁶ Kyrgyzstani Russian³ Tajik Turkmen Uzbekistani

East	Chinese Hong Konger Macanese Japanese North Korean South Korean Mongolian Taiwanese⁹

South	Bangladeshi Bhutanese Indian Maldivian Nepalese Pakistani Sri Lankan

Southeast	Bruneian Cambodian East Timorese Filipino Indonesian Laotian Malaysian Myanmar Singaporean Thai Vietnamese

Western	Abkhaz⁵ ⁹ Armenian⁷ Azerbaijani⁵ Bahraini Cypriot⁷ Egyptian⁸ Georgian⁵ Emirati Iranian Iraqi Israeli Jordanian Kuwaiti Lebanese Nagorno-Karabakh⁷ ⁹ Northern Cypriot⁷ ⁹ Omani Palestinian⁵ Qatari Saudi South Ossetian⁵ ⁹ Syrian Turkish⁴ Yemeni

Europe

European Union	Austrian Belgian British (BOTC · BN(O) · BOC) Bulgarian Croatian Cypriot⁷ Czech Danish Dutch Estonian (Non-citizens) Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Irish Italian Latvian (Non-citizens) Lithuanian Luxembourg Maltese Polish Portuguese Romanian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish

Other Europe	Abkhaz⁵ ⁹ Albanian Andorran² Armenian⁷ Azerbaijani⁵ Belarusian Bosnian and Herzegovinian Georgian⁵ Gibraltar¹ Icelandic² Kazakhstani⁶ Kosovan⁹ Liechtenstein² Macedonia Moldovan Monégasque² Montenegrin Nagorno-Karabakh⁷ ⁹ Northern Cypriot⁷ ⁹ Norwegian² Russian³ San Marino² Serbian South Ossetian⁵ ⁹ Sovereign Military Order of Malta Swiss Transnistrian⁹ Turkish⁴ Ukrainian Vatican City²

Oceania

¹ British Overseas Territories. ² Open border with Schengen Area. ³ Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here. ⁴ Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace. ⁵ Azerbaijan and Georgia (Abkhazia; South Ossetia) are transcontinental countries. Both have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. ⁶ Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe. ⁷ Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Cyprus (Northern Cyprus) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe. ⁸ Egypt is a transcontinental country in North Africa and the Middle East. Has a small part of its territory in the Middle East called Sinai peninsula. ⁹ Partially recognized.

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