Samoa

Visa exemption · Samoa

Eligibility depends on your passport and circumstances. The authorities decide whether documents are issued and entry is granted.

Visa exemption

A visa exemption can remove the need to obtain a visa for a defined passport, purpose and stay. Other entry requirements can still apply.

Original product name (French source)
Visitors Permit à l’arrivée — Samoa
Destination
Samoa

Sources and review status

Review date recorded; current rules still need confirmation.

Dates describe an editorial record, not a live check or legal validity. Review is due after 90 days; rules can change sooner. Open the linked source before relying on this guide.

Recorded review date
  • Samoa Immigration — Border Services

    Recorded review date:

    Review date recorded; current rules still need confirmation.

    Check the source's passport, residence, travel purpose and territorial scope; this link alone does not establish that it covers your case.

Still to establish

  • No passport list is encoded for comparison. Check your passport with the authority; omission does not mean exclusion or exemption.
  • No stay limit is encoded for comparison. Confirm the permitted stay, how days are counted and any cumulative limits.

Travel purposes recorded in this source

The listed purposes do not establish permission to work or undertake other activities.

  • Tourism

Prepare and verify

  1. Verify that the official exemption covers your passport, purpose, duration and any relevant residence conditions.
  2. Check whether travel authorisations, arrival declarations or supporting evidence are required despite the exemption.

Your next checks

  1. Write down the passport you will use and its type, your country of residence and your planned activities. Residence and interface language do not replace passport nationality.
  2. List arrival and departure dates, transit stops and entry points. Check each leg separately, including whether you pass immigration during transit.
  3. Open the official instructions for that profile. Record the required documents, submission window, fees and processing guidance; mark anything the source does not confirm as unresolved.
  4. If a condition is unclear, contact the competent authority with your passport country, residence, purpose and dates. Recheck before departure and after a passport or itinerary change.
What else should I know?

Visa-free travel is not unconditional entry or permission to work. Check the permitted activities, duration and exceptions before travelling.

Who can apply

Eligibility depends on your passport and circumstances. The authorities decide whether documents are issued and entry is granted.

The source guide below is currently available in French.

Visitors Permit à l’arrivée — Samoa

Permis de visite délivré à l’arrivée aux visiteurs qui satisfont aux conditions d’entrée.

Étrangers ne possédant ni citoyenneté samoane ni permis de résidence temporaire valable ; contrôle du retour, du passeport, des ressources, de l’hébergement et de l’admissibilité.

  1. Préparer passeport, retour ou continuation et droit d’entrée dans le pays suivant.
  2. Réunir preuve des ressources et adresse précise de l’hébergement.
  3. Remplir les cartes d’arrivée et de déclaration puis présenter les documents à l’agent.
  • Le passeport doit rester valable au moins six mois après le départ prévu de Samoa.
  • Les antécédents d’expulsion, critères de santé et antécédents pénaux font partie des contrôles officiels ; le permis n’est pas automatique.
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Official sources

Advice from a foreign government may be intended for its own nationals. Check the destination authority's requirements for your passport and circumstances; an advisory is not a universal eligibility decision.