Passport Atlas

Papua New Guinea passport to Vanuatu

Yes — Papua New Guinea passport holders can visit Vanuatu without a visa for up to 120 days.

Snapshot 2026-10 · This week · Passport-index source

Access

Visa free

Stay 120 days

Policy · Vanuatu

The other way

On arrival

Stay 60 days

Vanuatu → Papua New Guinea

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Key facts

Vanuatu lets 120 of 198 passports in without a prior visa — Papua New Guinea is one of them.
Papua New Guinea passports get “Visa free” at 37 of 198 destinations.
Travel is open both ways: Vanuatu passports also enter Papua New Guinea without a prior visa.

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Before you fly

Remaining validityOften 6 months’ validity remaining
Blank visa pagesAbout 2 blank visa pages
Photo spec35 × 45 mm

Document requirements Photo checker Photo cropper Policy

Flight corridor

Connection likely

Papua New Guinea

Vanuatu

Typical duration: 5.7 hours
From: POM · RAB · LAE
To: VLI · SON · TAH

Usual hubs

Australia · 9.1 hours
Solomon Islands · 6 hours
Fiji · 8 hours

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Duration is a great-circle estimate between main airports. Direct corridors come from the OpenFlights public snapshot — check the carrier or Google Flights for times and prices.

Papua New Guinea

Country profile

Capital

Port Moresby

Population

11.8 million

Area

462,840 km²

Currency

Papua New Guinean kina PGK

Languages

English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin

Time zone

UTC+10:00–UTC+11:00

Foreign-born

31,171 · 2024

Migrant share

0.3%

Ethnic groups

Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian

Foreign-born counts are UN international migrant stock via the World Bank (mostly 2024). Ethnic groups follow each country's published categories — most do not census by skin colour. Indicative only.