American Samoa
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Travel authorisation, 30 days
Before you travel: you need a travel authorisation.
The allowance is per visit: it starts again on your next entry.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Entry conditions5 to check
- The above documents and payment must be provided to the Office of the Attorney General or the Immigration Office at least three business days before travel, and the Office of the Attorney General will issue an OK to Board document allowing entry into American Samoa without an Entry Permit.
- Non-Expired Machine-Readable Passport that must be valid for at least 6 months after planned departure from American Samoa.
- Confirmed round-trip ticket to point of origin or onward passage.
- No person who purchased his/her citizenship by investment or other similar reason is qualified under the EPWP.
- ** Includes England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man - this footnote extends the United Kingdom entry so that holders of Channel Islands and Isle of Man passports are covered by the EPWP.
Your stay
Add your arrival date to work out the stay that fits this rule.
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Official wording
for stays up to 30 days or less for tourism and business purposes…The citizens of the following countries may…travel to American Samoa for up to thirty days…without obtaining an Entry Permit under the…EPWP. The Attorney General by memoranda…1 Andorra 24 Liechtenstein…22 Japan 45 United Kingdom**…** Includes England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man
Aevamo’s reading
The ASAC Title 41 2024 Edition is the official codified administrative code: it is where the operative rules impose the Entry Permit on aliens (41.1007), grant the Entry Permit Waiver and OK to Board (41.1101), and enumerate the waiver countries (41.1102) and the Samoa waiver (41.1102(c)). The parent statute is ASCA 41.0502.
41.1101(a) sets the EPWP stay at up to 30 days without an Entry Permit and 41.1102(b) names the eligible countries (the list runs 1-45), so a citizen of each listed issuer needs only the OK to Board, not an Entry Permit.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
ASAC 2024 Edition; Chapter 11 history: Rule 2023-0012, eff 19 October 2023; Rule 2024-0015, eff 12 Aug 2024.
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.