Visa requirements for Papua New Guinean citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Papua New Guinea. As of 2 July 2019, Papua New Guinean citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 82 countries and territories, ranking the Papua New Guinean passport 64th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.^[1]

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[2]
Albania	eVisa[3][4]
Algeria	Visa required[5]
Andorra	Visa required[6]
Angola	Visa not required[7]	30 days
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required[8]	1 month
Argentina	Visa required[9]
Armenia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[10]	120 days
Australia and territories	Visa required[11]		May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa).[12] Transit visa is not required.[13]
Austria	Visa required[14]
Azerbaijan	Visa required[15]
Bahamas	Visa not required[16]	3 months
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival[17]	14 days
Bangladesh	Visa not required[18]
Barbados	Visa required[19]
Belarus	Visa required[20]
Belgium	Visa required[21]
Belize	Visa required[22]
Benin	eVisa[23][24]	30 days	Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan	eVisa[25][26]
Bolivia	Visa on arrival[27]	30 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa required[28]
Botswana	Visa not required[29]	3 months
Brazil	Visa required[30]
Brunei	Visa required[31]
Bulgaria	Visa required[32]
Burkina Faso	eVisa[33][34]
Burundi	Visa on arrival[35]	1 month
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[36]	30 days
Cameroon	eVisa[37][38]
Canada	Visa not required[39]	6 months	eTA required if arriving by air.[40]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[41]
Central African Republic	Visa required[42]
Chad	Visa required[43]
Chile	Visa required[44]
China	Visa required[45]
Colombia	Visa not required[46]	90 days	90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period
Comoros	Visa on arrival[47]	45 days
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[48]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa[49][50]	7 days
Costa Rica	Visa required[51]
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[52][53]	3 months	eVisa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport.
Croatia	Visa required[54]
Cuba	Tourist card required[55]	90 days	Can be extended up to 90 days with a fee.
Cyprus	Visa required[56]
Czech Republic	Visa required[57]
Denmark	Visa required[58]
Djibouti	eVisa[59]	31 days
Dominica	Visa not required[60]	6 months
Dominican Republic	Visa not required[61]	30 days
Ecuador	Visa not required[62]	90 days
Egypt	Visa on arrival[63]	30 days	Conditions apply.
El Salvador	Visa required[64]
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa[65][66]
Eritrea	Visa required[67]
Estonia	Visa required[68]
Eswatini	Visa not required[69]	30 days
Ethiopia	eVisa[70]	up to 90 days	eVisa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
Fiji	Visa not required[71]	4 months
Finland	Visa required[72]
France	Visa required[73]
Gabon	eVisa[74][75]	90 days	Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa not required[76]	90 days
Georgia	eVisa[77]	90 days
Germany	Visa required[78]
Ghana	Visa required[79]
Greece	Visa required[80]
Grenada	Visa not required[81]	3 months
Guatemala	Visa required[82]
Guinea	eVisa[83][84]	90 days
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[85]	90 days
Guyana	Visa required[86]
Haiti	Visa not required[87]	90 days
Honduras	Visa required[88]
Hungary	Visa required[89]
Iceland	Visa required[90]
India	eVisa[91]	60 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via 26 designated airports[Note 1] or 3 designated seaports.[Note 2][92] An Indian e-Tourist Visa can only be obtained twice in one calendar year.[citation needed] Foreigners of Pakistani origin or who hold a Pakistani Passport are not eligible for an e-Visa. Foreigners who are not Pakistani nationals, but whose parents or grandparents (either paternal or maternal) were born in, or were permanent residents in Pakistan, are also not eligible for an eVisa. [93]
Indonesia	e-VOA / Visa on arrival[94]	30 days[95][96]
Iran	eVisa[97][98]	30 days
Iraq	Visa required[99]
Ireland	Visa required[100]
Israel	Visa not required[101]	90 days	90 days within any 6-month period
Italy	Visa required[102]
Jamaica	Visa not required[103]
Japan	Visa required[104]
Jordan	Visa required[105]
Kazakhstan	eVisa[106][107]
Kenya	Visa not required[108]	3 months
Kiribati	Visa not required[109]	90 days	90 days within any 12-month period.
North Korea	Visa required[110]
South Korea	Visa required[111]
Kuwait	Visa required[112]
Kyrgyzstan	eVisa[113]
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival[114]	30 days	Visa on arrival is available at Luangphabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, the 4 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 3] and 6 border crossings.[Note 4][115] Visa on arrival facilities are being gradually phased out since January 2020.[116] eVisa may be used to enter Laos through Luangphabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, 3 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 5] and in Boten (road and railroad).[117] 17[Note 6] of the 31 border crossings are only open to visa holders.[115] Visa on arrival is extendable for an additional 60 days at the Department of Immigration in Vientiane.[118]
Latvia	Visa required[119]
Lebanon	Visa required[120]		In addition to a visa, an approval should be obtained from the Immigration department of the General Directorate of General Security (La Surete Generale).
Lesotho	Visa not required[121]	90 days
Liberia	Visa required[122]
Libya	Visa required[123]
Liechtenstein	Visa required[124]
Lithuania	Visa required[125]
Luxembourg	Visa required[126]
Madagascar	eVisa / Visa on arrival[127]	90 days
Malawi	Visa required[128]
Malaysia	Visa not required[129]	30 days
Maldives	Free visa on arrival[130]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[131]
Malta	Visa required[132]
Marshall Islands	Visa on arrival[133]	90 days
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[134]		Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa not required[135]	90 days
Mexico	Visa required[136]
Micronesia	Visa not required[137]	30 days
Moldova	eVisa[138][139]
Monaco	Visa required[140]
Mongolia	eVisa[141][142]	30 days
Montenegro	Visa required[143]
Morocco	Visa required[144]
Mozambique	Visa on arrival[145]	30 days
Myanmar	eVisa[146]	28 days
Namibia	Visa required[147]
Nauru	Visa on arrival[148]
Nepal	Visa on arrival[149]	90 days
Netherlands	Visa required[150]
New Zealand	Visa required[151]		International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy not required.[152] May transit without visa if transit is through Auckland Airport and for no longer than 24 hours, subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[153] Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[154]
Nicaragua	Visa on arrival[155]	90 days
Niger	Visa required[156]
Nigeria	eVisa[157][158]	90 days
North Macedonia	Visa required[159]
Norway	Visa required[160]
Oman	Visa required[161]
Pakistan	Online Visa[162]	3 months	Online Visa eligible.[163]
Palau	Free visa on arrival[164]	30 days
Panama	Visa not required[165]	90 days
Paraguay	Visa required[166]
Peru	Visa not required[167]	183 days
Philippines	Visa not required[168]	30 days
Poland	Visa required[169]
Portugal	Visa required[170]
Qatar	eVisa[171][172]
Romania	Visa required[173]
Russia	Visa required[174]
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival[175]	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required[176]	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa on arrival[177]	6 weeks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[178]	3 month
Samoa	Visa not required[179]	90 days
San Marino	Visa required[180]
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa[181]
Saudi Arabia	Visa required[182]
Senegal	Visa on arrival[183]	90 days
Serbia	Visa required[184]
Seychelles	Visitor's Permit on arrival[185]	3 months
Sierra Leone	eVisa / Visa on arrival[186][187]	3 months / 30 days
Singapore	Visa not required[188]	30 days
Slovakia	Visa required[189]
Slovenia	Visa required[186]
Solomon Islands	Visa on arrival[190]
Somalia	Visa on arrival[191]	30 days	Available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.
South Africa	Visa required[192]
South Sudan	eVisa[193]		Obtainable online[194] Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel[194]
Spain	Visa required[195]
Sri Lanka	ETA / Visa on arrival[25]	30 days[196]	Electronic Travel Authorization can also be obtained on arrival.[197] 30 days extendable to 6 months.
Sudan	Visa required[198]
Suriname	Visa not required[199]	90 days	An entrance fee of 25 USD or 25 Euros must be paid online prior to arrival.[200] Multiple entry eVisa is also available.[201]
Sweden	Visa required[202]
Switzerland	Visa required[203]
Syria	Visa required[204]
Tajikistan	eVisa[205][206]	45 days
Tanzania	Visa not required[207]	3 months
Thailand	Visa on arrival[208]	15 days
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[209]	30 days
Togo	eVisa[210][211]	15 days
Tonga	Visa on arrival[212]	31 days
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa required[213]
Tunisia	Visa required[214]
Turkey	Visa required[215]
Turkmenistan	Visa required[216]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival[217]	1 month
Uganda	eVisa[218]	3 months	May apply online.[219]
Ukraine	Visa required[220]
United Arab Emirates	Visa required[221]		May apply using 'Smart service'.[222]
United Kingdom and Crown dependencies	Visa not required[223]	6 months
United States	Visa required[224]
Uruguay	Visa required[225]
Uzbekistan	Visa required[226]
Vanuatu	Visa not required[179]	90 days
Vatican City	Visa required[227]
Venezuela	Visa required[228]
Vietnam	eVisa[229]	30 days
Yemen	Visa required[230]
Zambia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[231]	90 days
Zimbabwe	eVisa / Visa on arrival[232]	3 months

Dependent, Disputed, or Restricted territories

Unrecognized or partially recognized countries

Territory	Conditions of access	Notes
Abkhazia	Visa required[233]
Kosovo	Visa not required[234]	90 days
Northern Cyprus	Visa not required[235]
Nagorno-Karabakh	Visa required[236]	Travellers with Nagorno-Karabakh visa (expired or valid) or evidence of travel to Nagorno-Karabakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.[237]
Palestine	Visa not required[238]	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[239]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory.
Somaliland	Visa required
South Ossetia	Visa not required[240]	Multiple entry visa to Russia and three day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[241][242]
Taiwan	Visa required[243][244]
Transnistria	Visa not required[245]	Registration required after 24h.[246][247]

Dependent and autonomous territories

Territory	Conditions of access	Notes
China
Hong Kong	Visa not required[248]	90 days
Macau	Visa on arrival[249]
Denmark
Faroe Islands	Visa required[250]
Greenland	Visa required[251]
France
French Guiana	Visa required[252]
French Polynesia	Visa required[253]
French West Indies	Visa required	Includes overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique and overseas collectivities of Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin.
Mayotte	Visa required[254]
New Caledonia	Visa not required[255]
Réunion	Visa required[256]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa required[257]
Wallis and Futuna	Visa required[258]
Netherlands
Aruba	Visa required[259]
Caribbean Netherlands	Visa required[260]	Includes Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
Curaçao	Visa required[261]
Sint Maarten	Visa required[262]
New Zealand
Cook Islands	Visa not required[263]	31 days
Niue	Visa not required[264]	30 days
Tokelau	Visa required[265]
United Kingdom
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Visa required[266]
Anguilla	Visa not required[267]
Bermuda	Visa not required[268]
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required	Special permit required.[269]
British Virgin Islands	Visa not required[270]
Cayman Islands	Visa not required[271]
Falkland Islands	Visa required[272]
Gibraltar	Visa not required[273]
Montserrat	Visa not required[274]
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.[275][276][277]
Ascension Island	eVisa[278][279]	3 months within any year period
Saint Helena	Visitor's Pass required	Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.[280]
Tristan da Cunha	Permission required	Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[281]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Permit required	Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[282][283]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa required[284]	Holders of a valid visa issued by Canada, United Kingdom or the USA do not required a visa for a maximum stay of 90 days.
United States
American Samoa	Visa required[285]
Guam	Visa not required[286]	45 days
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa not required[287]	45 days
Puerto Rico	Visa required[288]
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa required[289]
Antarctica and adjacent islands
Special permits required for  Bouvet Island,  British Antarctic Territory,  French Southern and Antarctic Lands,  Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[290][291][292][293][294][295][296][297][298][299][300][301]

APEC Business Travel Card

Holders of an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) travelling on business do not require a visa to the following countries:^[302]

_{1 – up to 90 days
2 – up to 60 days
3 – up to 59 days}

The card must be used in conjunction with a passport and has the following advantages:^[303]

• no need to apply for a visa or entry permit to APEC countries, as the card is treated as such (except by  Canada and  United States)
• undertake legitimate business in participating economies
• expedited border crossing in all member economies, including transitional members
• expedited scheduling of visa interview (United States)