Visa rules for Palau
Of the 198 other passports, 33 can visit Palau visa-free and 163 get a visa on arrival. 2 need an embassy visa or can’t visit at the moment.
Which passports can visit Palau
Each country is coloured by what its passport holders need to visit Palau. Hover over or tap a country for details.
Every passport, by entry type
Visa-free 33 passports
Europe
- Austria · up to 90 days
- Belgium · up to 90 days
- Bulgaria · up to 90 days
- Croatia · up to 90 days
- Cyprus · up to 90 days
- Czechia · up to 90 days
- Denmark · up to 90 days
- Estonia · up to 90 days
- Finland · up to 90 days
- France · up to 90 days
- Germany · up to 90 days
- Greece · up to 90 days
- Hungary · up to 90 days
- Ireland · up to 90 days
- Italy · up to 90 days
- Latvia · up to 90 days
- Lithuania · up to 90 days
- Luxembourg · up to 90 days
- Malta · up to 90 days
- Netherlands · up to 90 days
- Poland · up to 90 days
- Portugal · up to 90 days
- Romania · up to 90 days
- Russia · up to 30 days
- Slovakia · up to 90 days
- Slovenia · up to 90 days
- Spain · up to 90 days
- Sweden · up to 90 days
Middle East
- Israel · up to 90 days
East Asia
- Taiwan · up to 90 days
North America
- United States · up to 360 days
Oceania
- Marshall Islands · up to 360 days
- Micronesia · up to 360 days
Visa on arrival 163 passports
Southern Africa
- Angola · visa on arrival
- Botswana · visa on arrival
- Eswatini · visa on arrival
- Lesotho · visa on arrival
- Malawi · visa on arrival
- Mozambique · visa on arrival
- Namibia · visa on arrival
- South Africa · visa on arrival
- Zambia · visa on arrival
- Zimbabwe · visa on arrival
East Africa
- Burundi · visa on arrival
- Djibouti · visa on arrival
- Eritrea · visa on arrival
- Ethiopia · visa on arrival
- Kenya · visa on arrival
- Rwanda · visa on arrival
- Somalia · visa on arrival
- South Sudan · visa on arrival
- Tanzania · visa on arrival
- Uganda · visa on arrival
West Africa
- Benin · visa on arrival
- Burkina Faso · visa on arrival
- Côte d’Ivoire · visa on arrival
- Ghana · visa on arrival
- Guinea · visa on arrival
- Guinea-Bissau · visa on arrival
- Liberia · visa on arrival
- Mali · visa on arrival
- Mauritania · visa on arrival
- Niger · visa on arrival
- Nigeria · visa on arrival
- Senegal · visa on arrival
- Sierra Leone · visa on arrival
- The Gambia · visa on arrival
- Togo · visa on arrival
Central Africa
- Cameroon · visa on arrival
- Central African Republic · visa on arrival
- Chad · visa on arrival
- DR Congo · visa on arrival
- Equatorial Guinea · visa on arrival
- Gabon · visa on arrival
- Republic of the Congo · visa on arrival
North Africa
- Algeria · visa on arrival
- Egypt · visa on arrival
- Libya · visa on arrival
- Morocco · visa on arrival
- Sudan · visa on arrival
- Tunisia · visa on arrival
Indian Ocean islands
- Comoros · visa on arrival
- Madagascar · visa on arrival
- Mauritius · visa on arrival
- Seychelles · visa on arrival
Atlantic islands
- Cabo Verde · visa on arrival
- São Tomé and Príncipe · visa on arrival
Europe
- Albania · visa on arrival
- Andorra · visa on arrival
- Belarus · visa on arrival
- Bosnia and Herzegovina · visa on arrival
- Iceland · visa on arrival
- Kosovo · visa on arrival
- Liechtenstein · visa on arrival
- Moldova · visa on arrival
- Monaco · visa on arrival
- Montenegro · visa on arrival
- North Macedonia · visa on arrival
- Norway · visa on arrival
- San Marino · visa on arrival
- Serbia · visa on arrival
- Switzerland · visa on arrival
- Ukraine · visa on arrival
- United Kingdom · visa on arrival
- Vatican City · visa on arrival
Middle East
- Bahrain · visa on arrival
- Iran · visa on arrival
- Iraq · visa on arrival
- Jordan · visa on arrival
- Kuwait · visa on arrival
- Lebanon · visa on arrival
- Oman · visa on arrival
- Palestine · visa on arrival
- Qatar · visa on arrival
- Saudi Arabia · visa on arrival
- Syria · visa on arrival
- Türkiye · visa on arrival
- United Arab Emirates · visa on arrival
- Yemen · visa on arrival
East Asia
- China · visa on arrival
- Hong Kong · visa on arrival
- Japan · visa on arrival
- Macao · visa on arrival
- Mongolia · visa on arrival
- North Korea · visa on arrival
- South Korea · visa on arrival
Southeast Asia
- Brunei · visa on arrival
- Cambodia · visa on arrival
- Indonesia · visa on arrival
- Laos · visa on arrival
- Malaysia · visa on arrival
- Philippines · visa on arrival
- Singapore · visa on arrival
- Thailand · visa on arrival
- Timor-Leste · visa on arrival
- Vietnam · visa on arrival
South Asia
- Afghanistan · visa on arrival
- Bhutan · visa on arrival
- India · visa on arrival
- Maldives · visa on arrival
- Nepal · visa on arrival
- Pakistan · visa on arrival
- Sri Lanka · visa on arrival
Central Asia and the Caucasus
- Armenia · visa on arrival
- Azerbaijan · visa on arrival
- Georgia · visa on arrival
- Kazakhstan · visa on arrival
- Kyrgyzstan · visa on arrival
- Tajikistan · visa on arrival
- Turkmenistan · visa on arrival
- Uzbekistan · visa on arrival
North America
Central America
- Belize · visa on arrival
- Costa Rica · visa on arrival
- El Salvador · visa on arrival
- Guatemala · visa on arrival
- Honduras · visa on arrival
- Nicaragua · visa on arrival
- Panama · visa on arrival
Caribbean
- Antigua and Barbuda · visa on arrival
- Bahamas · visa on arrival
- Barbados · visa on arrival
- Cuba · visa on arrival
- Dominica · visa on arrival
- Dominican Republic · visa on arrival
- Grenada · visa on arrival
- Haiti · visa on arrival
- Jamaica · visa on arrival
- Saint Kitts and Nevis · visa on arrival
- Saint Lucia · visa on arrival
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · visa on arrival
- Trinidad and Tobago · visa on arrival
South America
- Argentina · visa on arrival
- Bolivia · visa on arrival
- Brazil · visa on arrival
- Chile · visa on arrival
- Colombia · visa on arrival
- Ecuador · visa on arrival
- Guyana · visa on arrival
- Paraguay · visa on arrival
- Peru · visa on arrival
- Suriname · visa on arrival
- Uruguay · visa on arrival
- Venezuela · visa on arrival
Oceania
- Australia · visa on arrival
- Fiji · visa on arrival
- Kiribati · visa on arrival
- Nauru · visa on arrival
- New Zealand · visa on arrival
- Papua New Guinea · visa on arrival
- Samoa · visa on arrival
- Solomon Islands · visa on arrival
- Tonga · visa on arrival
- Tuvalu · visa on arrival
- Vanuatu · visa on arrival
Embassy visa, or not possible now 2 passports
Southeast Asia
- Myanmar · embassy visa
South Asia
- Bangladesh · embassy visa
Before you go
- Your passport should be valid for at least 6 months after your trip, with 2 blank pages.
- Carry a return or onward ticket, your accommodation details and proof you can pay for your stay.
- If you need an e-Visa, apply only on the government’s own site: find it through the country’s embassy. Copycat sites charge extra.
- Check whether you need a yellow fever certificate, especially if you travel from or through Africa or South America.
- Airlines decide boarding with Timatic: check your route on the IATA Travel Centre.
Sources and checks
How current is this? Entry types come from an open visa dataset updated 17 Feb 2026, corrected where newer official notices show a change (checked 17 Oct 2026). Rules change without notice: confirm with the embassy or official immigration site, and check your route on the IATA Travel Centre before you book.
- dataPassport Index Data (visa matrix for 199 passports, updated 17 Feb 2026) · imorte, continuing the dataset by Ilya Ilyankou (MIT licence) · published 17 Feb 2026
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