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Visa Requirements for Papua New Guinea Passport Holders (2026)

A Papua New Guinea passport gives visa-free access to 73 of 198 destinations (visa-free, visa on arrival, or eTA). Full breakdown by entry type below.

Visa-free37
Visa on arrival32
eTA4
e-Visa39
Visa required86

Visa-free destinations (37)

Angola (30d), Antigua and Barbuda (180d), Bahamas (90d), Bangladesh (90d), Belize, Botswana (90d), Colombia (90d), Dominica (180d), Dominican Republic, Ecuador (90d), Fiji (120d), Gambia (90d), Grenada (90d), Haiti (90d), Hong Kong (90d), Israel (90d), Jamaica, Kiribati (90d), Kosovo (90d), Lesotho (90d), Malawi (30d), Malaysia (30d), Mauritius (90d), Micronesia (30d), Palestine, Panama (90d), Peru (180d), Philippines (30d), Rwanda (30d), Saint Kitts and Nevis (90d), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90d), Seychelles (90d), Singapore (30d), Swaziland (30d), Tanzania (90d), Thailand (60d), Vanuatu (120d)

Visa on arrival (32)

Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Macao, Madagascar, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Palau, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Zimbabwe

eTA required (4)

Canada, Ivory Coast, Kenya, United Kingdom

e-Visa required (39)

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cuba, DR Congo, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Moldova, Mongolia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Zambia

Visa required in advance (86)

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eritrea, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican, Venezuela, Yemen

Passports with similar entry access

Lesotho · Suriname · Azerbaijan · Bolivia · Namibia · Dominican Republic

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Data source: Passport Index dataset (CC-BY). Retrieved & last verified June 26, 2026. Visa rules change frequently — always confirm with the destination’s embassy or official immigration website before you book. See our methodology.