Papua New Guinea
Ecuador passportEdit check
e-Visa, stay set by the visa
Before you travel: you need an e-visa.
How long you may stay is set by your visa.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Source & evidence Read the original words
Official wording
All foreign visitors to Papua New Guinea need a visa. Visa is regulated and issued by the Immigration and Citizenship Authority (ICA). Either paper or online visa lodgement is accepted.
Aevamo’s reading
Section 3 of the Migration Act 1978 creates the obligation: no person other than a citizen may enter Papua New Guinea without an entry permit unless the Minister exempts them under s.20. The ICA's VOA page and booklet describe exemptions granted under that power; the Act is the instrument that imposes the requirement.
The ICA's own current handbook applies the Migration Act's entry-permit requirement to every 'foreign visitor' and states that the visa is regulated and issued by the ICA with either paper or online lodgement accepted; I searched the ICA's Visa on Arrival list entry by entry and none of this row's issuers appears on it outside the restricted cases that already sit on their own rows, so each must obtain the ICA-issued visa before travel.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
ica-voa: page footer carries a 2026 copyright (Papua New Guinea Immigration & Citizenship Services Authority); visa-info-booklet-2025: titled '2025'; migration-act-1978: consolidated text with amendment notes through No. 15 of 1996, imprinted by the Office of Legislative Counsel.
What this answer covers Limits & assumptions
Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.
Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.