{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"AF","name":"Afghanistan","slug":"afghanistan"},"destination":{"code":"WS","name":"Samoa"},"status":"visa_on_arrival","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-20","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"samoa-universal-foreign-visitor-permit-on-arrival","title":"Samoa: free Visitor’s Permit on arrival for foreign ordinary passports","summary":"Samoa Immigration says foreign nationals without Samoan citizenship or temporary residence receive a free Visitor’s Permit when they arrive, subject to entry requirements.","status":"visa_on_arrival","conditions":["Ordinary-passport short-visit classification only. Samoa Immigration states a destination-wide rule for foreign nationals who do not hold Samoan citizenship or a valid Temporary Resident Permit.","The Visitor’s Permit is issued upon arrival and is therefore normalized as visa on arrival, even though it is free and a Samoa Tourism Authority page describes short visits as not requiring an entry permit in advance.","Current Samoa Immigration guidance states 90 days. The Samoa Tourism Authority page still states less than 60 days; travellers should verify the permitted duration with Samoa Immigration because the official pages conflict.","Entry requires a return or onward ticket, a passport valid for at least six months after intended departure, permission for the onward destination, accommodation details and evidence of sufficient funds.","Grant remains subject to health, character, deportation-record, warning-list and immigration-clearance requirements and is not automatic admission.","Does not decide residence, employment, study, longer visits, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, special-document, American Samoa territorial-national, emergency or case-specific treatment."],"sourceIds":["samoa-immigration-border-services","samoa-immigration-act-2020","samoa-tourism-entry-requirements"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"samoa-immigration-border-services","title":"Samoa Immigration: Border Services","url":"https://mpmc.gov.ws/divisions/immigration/attheborder/","publisher":"Samoa Immigration, Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet","jurisdiction":"Samoa","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"samoa-immigration-act-2020","title":"Immigration Act 2020","url":"https://www.ag.gov.ws/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Immigration-Act-2020.pdf","publisher":"Office of the Attorney General of Samoa","jurisdiction":"Samoa","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"samoa-tourism-entry-requirements","title":"Samoa Tourism Authority: Immigration and Customs","url":"https://www.samoa.travel/pagepreview/immigration-and-customs","publisher":"Samoa Tourism Authority","jurisdiction":"Samoa","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"}]}