Wallis and Futuna Travel Guide

Wallis and Futuna, the small French territory in the South Pacific, grants visa free entry for stays of up to 3 months within any 6 month period to a genuinely broad list, 88 countries as of 2026, including the UK, the EU, Canada, the US, Australia, and New Zealand. A traveler from a country that requires a visa to visit France more generally needs to apply through a French embassy or consulate before traveling here specifically, there is no separate, simpler Wallis and Futuna-only process for those nationalities.

The detail worth understanding clearly is what a Wallis and Futuna visa actually covers: it does not entitle the holder to enter the Schengen Area or Monaco, the visa carries specific wording limiting its validity to Wallis and Futuna, and it cannot be used to enter mainland France either. This is essentially the reverse of the more common assumption that a French overseas territory visa opens up wider Schengen access, here it very deliberately does not.