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Visitors to the Solomon Islands must obtain a visa unless they are citizens of one of the visa-exempt countries or countries whose citizens are eligible for permit issued on arrival.
All visitors must hold a passport valid for 6 months.

Visa policy map

Visa exemption

Holders of passports of the following countries and territories may enter Solomon Islands without a visa for the following period:

90 days within any 6 months

Israel

90 days within any 180 days

All European Union countries (except Ireland)

90 days

United Arab Emirates

Date of visa changes

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2017)

7 October 2016: All European Union countries (except Ireland)^[1]
29 January 2017: Israel^[2]
19 November 2017: United Arab Emirates^[3]

Free Visitor Permit on arrival

Holders of passports of the following countries and territories may enter Solomon Islands with a free visitor permit on arrival for up to 3 months within any 1-year period:^[4]^[5]

Visa requirements

Citizens of all other countries and territories except the following countries and territories may obtain a visa on arrival if they have a pre-arranged visa approval:

Statistics

Most visitors arriving to Solomon Islands were from the following countries:^[8]^[9]

Rank	Country or territory	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013
1	Australia	10,161	9,539	9,509	9,134	11,181
2	New Zealand	1,696	1,544	1,451	1,406	1,905
3	Fiji	1,664	1,562	1,391	1,255	1,800
4	United States	1,623	1,484	1,413	1,137	1,161
5	Papua New Guinea	1,488	1,379	1,341	1,243	2,019
6	China	1,215	827	742	425	n/a
7	Vanuatu	766	868	609	529	804
8	Japan	715	552	581	505	601
9	United Kingdom	496	347	387	337	460
10	Canada	176	166	153	149	148
11	Germany	156	161	109	102	136
12	Hong Kong	149	99	93	95	81
13	France	119	117	177	86	93
	Total	25,709	23,194	21,623	20,070	24,431

References

^ "Visa exemption agreement between the European Union and Solomon Islands".
^ "Visa exemption agreement between the State of Israel and the Government of Solomon Islands" (PDF).
^ "Visa exemption agreement between Solomon Islands and the United Arab Emirates".
^ "Visa and passport". Timatic. International Air Transport Association through Emirates. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
^ "Countries with Concessional Entry Arrangement".
^ Including citizens of New Zealand territories.
^ Including citizens/nationals of U.S territories
^ Visitor Statistics, 2013-2015
^ Visitor Statistics, 2015-2017

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Immigration Requirements of Solomon Islands

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Visa Passport Travel document
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Americas	Anguilla¹ Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda¹ Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands¹ Canada Cayman Islands¹ Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Dutch Caribbean (Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten) Ecuador El Salvador Falkland Islands¹ Greenland⁵ Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Montserrat¹ Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands¹ Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹ United States Puerto Rico⁴ Virgin Islands⁴ Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Abkhazia² ³ Afghanistan Akrotiri and Dhekelia¹ ² Armenia² Azerbaijan² Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong Macau Cyprus² East Timor Egypt⁶ Georgia² India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan² Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Northern Cyprus² ³ Oman Pakistan Palestine³ Philippines Qatar Russia² Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea South Ossetia² Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan (Republic of China)³ Tajikistan Thailand Turkey² Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
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Oceania	American Samoa⁴ Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam⁴ Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Niue Northern Mariana Islands⁴ Palau Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Islands¹ Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Historical	Artsakh² Russia²
¹ British Overseas Territories. ² These countries span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia. ³ Partially recognized. ⁴ Unincorporated territory of the United States. ⁵ Part of the Kingdom of Denmark. ⁶ Egypt spans the boundary between Africa and Asia.

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Americas	American Anguillan¹ Antigua and Barbuda Argentine Bahamian Barbadian Belizean Bermudian¹ Bolivian Brazilian British Virgin Islands¹ Canadian Caymanian¹ Chilean Colombian Costa Rican Cuban Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuadorian Greenlandic Grenadian Guatemalan Guyanese Haitian Honduran Jamaican Mexican Montserratian¹ Nicaraguan Panamanian Paraguayan Peruvian Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucian Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Salvadoran Surinamese Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹ Uruguayan Venezuelan
Asia	Abkhaz² ⁵ Afghan Armenian³ Azerbaijani² Bahraini Bangladeshi Bhutanese Bruneian Cambodian Chinese Hong Kongese Macau Cypriot³ East Timorese Egyptian⁴ Emirati Georgian² Indian Indonesian Iranian Iraqi Israeli Japanese Jordanian Kazakhstani² Kuwaiti Kyrgyzstani Laotian Lebanese Malaysian Maldivian Mongolian Myanmar Nepalese North Korean Northern Cypriot³ ⁵ Omani Pakistani Palestinian Philippine Qatari Russian² Saudi Singaporean South Korean South Ossetian² ⁵ Sri Lankan Syrian Taiwanese⁵ Tajikistani Thai Turkish² Turkmen Uzbekistani Vietnamese Yemeni
Europe	Abkhaz² ⁵ Albanian Andorran Armenian³ Austrian Azerbaijani² Belarusian Belgian Bosnian and Herzegovinian British (BOTC · BN(O) · BOC) Bulgarian Croatian Cypriot³ Czech Danish Faroese Greenlandic Dutch Estonian (Non-citizens) EU Finnish French Georgian² German Greek Hungarian Icelandic Irish Italian Kazakhstani² Kosovar⁵ Latvian (Non-citizens) Liechtenstein Lithuanian Luxembourg Maltese Moldovan Montenegrin Monégasque North Macedonian Northern Cypriot³ ⁵ Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian² San Marino Serbian Slovak Slovenian South Ossetian² ⁵ Spanish Swedish Swiss Transnistrian⁵ Turkish² Ukrainian Vatican City
Oceania	Australian Fijian Kiribati Marshallese Micronesian Nauruan New Zealand Palauan Papua New Guinean Pitcairn Islands¹ Samoan Solomon Islands Tongan Tuvaluan Vanuatuan
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¹ British Overseas Territories. ² Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia and the partially recognised republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia each span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia. ³ Cyprus, Armenia, and the partially recognised republic of Northern Cyprus are entirely in Western Asia but have socio-political connections with Europe. ⁴ Egypt spans the boundary between Africa and Asia. ⁵ Partially recognized. Immigration law

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