OCEANIA	ASIA
American Samoa	Brunei
Australia	Japan
Commonwealth of Northern Marianas	Malaysia
Cook Islands	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)	Singapore
Fiji	South Korea
French Polynesia (Tahiti)	Thailand
Guam (US Territory)	Maldives
Republic of Nauru	Israel
New Caledonia	Kuwait
New Zealand
Niue	NORTH AMERICA
Norfolk Islands	Canada
Palau	United States of America (USA)
Papua New Guinea
Republic of Marshall Islands	SOUTH AMERICA
Samoa	Argentina
Tonga	Belize
Vanuatu	Brazil
Wallis and Futuna	Chile
Pitcairn Island	French Guiana
	Guyana
EUROPE	Peru
Austria	Suriname
Denmark	Uruguay
Finland	Paraguay
France
Germany	CARRIBEAN
Great Britian (United Kingdom)	Antigua and Barbuda
Iceland	Bahamas
Ireland (Republic of)	Barbados
Italy	Aruba
Liechtenstein	Anguilla
Luxembourg	Bonaire
Malta	British Virgin Islands
Monaco	Camon Islands
Netherlands (Holland)	Curacao
Norway	Dominica
Poland	Dominican Republic
Portugal	Grenada
San Marino	Guadeloupe
Spain	Matinique
Sweden	Monserrat
Switzerland	Pueto Rico
Greece	Saba
Hungary	St Kitts & Nevis
Slovenia	St Lucia
Slovakia	St Vincent and The Grenadines
Czech Republic	Trinidad and Tobago
Andorra
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Estonia
Latvia
Romania
Lithuania
Kingdom of Belgium
Croatia

 

COUNTRIES/TERRITORIES WHOSE NATIONALS REQUIRE PRIOR APPROVAL BEFORE ENTERING SOLOMON ISLANDS AS VISITORS

The visitors who are national of the above mentioned countries require the prior approval of the Director of Immigration. Countries NOT listed on both catergories MUST also get prior approval from the Director of Immigration.

Prior approval of the Director of Immigration may be obtained by contacting the Director direct by Email: immdir@commerce.gov.sb
Phone: (677) 26902 or 22179
Fax: (677) 24870
Mailing Address: P O Box G26
HONIARA
Solomon Islands.

The following conditions apply to a visitor who is granted a visitor’s permit:-

• 1. The visitor will not behave in a manner prejudicial to peace or good order;
• 2. The visitor will not engage in any business, profession or employment for reward or not unless with the approval of the Commissioner of Labour.
• 3. The visitor will not engage in any religious vocations except with the approval of the Minister for Immigration.
• 4. The visitor will not engage in research except with the approval of the Minister for Immigration.
• 5. Other conditions which the Director of Immigration may impose.

A visitor who is granted a visitor’s permit may during a period of 30 days engage in business, profession or employment without complying with condition 2 above if the business, profession or employment arises in the course of duties from his normal employment outside Solomon Islands.
However, any visitor wishing to engage in any business, profession or employment during a period of over and above 30 days must comply with condition 2 above.
A visitors permit entitles a visitor to remain in Solomon Islands for any period or periods in the aggregate, not exceeding three months in any period of twelve months. A visitor’s permit can be extended beyond the 3 months for a further period or aggregated period of up to 3 months provided there are special circumstances justifying the extension. A standard application form for extension needs to be filled up accompanied with a photograph of the applicant (passport photo) together with the required fee (appropriate fees, see column on Immigration fees).
Before a visitor’s permit can be issued to a visitor who wishes to engage in any business, profession or employment for more than 30 days a work permit obtained from the Commissioner of Labour must be furnished to the Director of Immigration. Similarly a visitor who wish to undertake research must also submit a research permit from the Education Minister or Department prior to a grant of a visitor’s permit.