# Tuvalu entry answer

Samoa passport → Tuvalu
Entry date: 2026-09-12

Visa on arrival, 30 days
No advance visa, you get one on arrival.
You may stay up to 30 days.

Conditions:
- a visitor who is a citizen of a country listed in Schedule 1 shall not pay a fee
- the conditions of a visitor permit shall be: (a) no employment or conduct of business activities permitted; (b) no study permitted; and (c) no proselytising permitted
- has not been in Tuvalu for a period or periods which aggregate to more than 3 months in the 12 months immediately preceding the date when such visitor's permit or such extension of a visitor's permit if granted would come into effect

Source: http://tuvalu-legislation.tv/cms/images/LEGISLATION/SUBORDINATE/2014/2014-0003/2014-0003_2.pdf
Source checked: 2026-08-29
Data snapshot: 2026-09-10

This establishes the recorded entry rule and stay allowance, not admission, work permission, residence rights or a tax position.
https://aevamo.com/requirements/wsm/tuv/

## Source passage

> The Principal Immigration Officer may issue to any visitor a visitors permit for a maximum stay of 30 days under section 9 of the Act on such terms and conditions as the Principal Immigration Officer thinks fit, provided that: (a) a visitor who is a citizen of a country listed in Schedule 1 shall not pay a fee; (b) a visitor who is a citizen of a country not listed in Schedule 1 shall pay a fee of $100, unless the payment of such a fee is waived by the Minister. … SCHEDULE 1 … LIST OF COUNTRIES WHO ARE NOT LIABLE TO PAY VISITORS PERMIT FEES … Antigua and Barbuda Nauru Bahamas Belize New Caledonia Cayman Islands Niue Cook Islands Northern Mariana Island Denmark Norway Fiji American Samoa Gambia Samoa Gibraltar St Kitt-Nevis Grenada St Lucia Hong Kong St Vincent and the Grenadines Iceland Sweden Jamaica Switzerland Kenya Tanzania Kiribati Tonga Republic of Korea Trinidad & Tobago Leeward Islands Uganda Lesotho United Kingdom Malawi Vanuatu Malaysia Zambia Maldives Mauritius Montserrat

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