Vanuatu Travel Guide
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Vanuatu's visa free allowance is not one number, it genuinely depends on your passport. Citizens of the UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and South Korea get 30 days visa free, while EU citizens get a longer 90 days. Wherever your allowance lands, an extension is possible through the Vanuatu Immigration office before your current permit expires, with a fee charged each time, and the overall ceiling is four months from your date of arrival, which means a traveler on the shorter 30 day allowance would need several separate extensions, each for a new month, to reach that maximum.
The full, current list of exactly which nationalities need no visitor visa at all is published directly by Vanuatu's own immigration department, at immigration.gov.vu/visa-exempted-countries, worth checking there rather than relying on a secondhand summary given how much the specific allowance varies by nationality.
Border crossings
- Bauerfield International Airport, Port Vila
The main gateway on the main island of Efate, where the visa free allowance or an on-arrival visa, available for a fee of 5,150 vatu from the principal immigration officer, is processed.
Transit routes
- Check the official exempted countries list for your specific allowance
Given the real gap between a 30 day and a 90 day allowance depending on nationality, confirming your own figure directly with Vanuatu's immigration department is worth the extra step.
- Extend before your current permit runs out, not after
Each extension needs to happen at the Immigration office ahead of the expiry, and the four month overall cap applies regardless of how many extensions you accumulate.
Entry point notes
- A departure fee of 2,800 vatu applies to travelers 12 and over
Worth budgeting alongside any visa or extension costs, distinct from the entry process itself.
- EU citizens get the most generous simple allowance
Ninety days visa free, versus 30 for several other major visa free nationalities.