{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"KE","name":"Kenya","slug":"kenya"},"destination":{"code":"TO","name":"Tonga"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-22","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"tonga-current-nonwaiver-ordinary-passports-advance-entry-visa","title":"Non-waiver ordinary passports: Entry Visa required before arrival","summary":"Tonga Revenue states every country outside its current named arrival cohort needs a visa before arrival, while the current Ministry of Foreign Affairs Visitor's VISA checklist describes that non-waiver Entry Visa as issued in a letter format before arrival.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["The current Revenue page supplies the complete residual rule: citizens of all other countries need visas before arrival.","The Ministry of Foreign Affairs checklist expressly identifies an Entry Visa for Non-Waiver Countries issued as a letter before arrival. This is an advance visa route, not electronically issued eVisa or walk-up visa on arrival.","The legacy 2018 Embassy list names several additional visitor-arrival countries but does not reconcile its broader list with the central 2025/2026 sources; it is not used to widen the current cohort.","Return ticket, funds, purpose, work/business/study restrictions, immigration discretion, special documents, and final admission remain conditions outside the baseline."],"sourceIds":["tonga-revenue-immigration-services-current-cohort","tonga-mfa-current-visitors-visa-nonwaiver-letter","tonga-immigration-act-revised-2025-context"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"tonga-revenue-immigration-services-current-cohort","title":"Immigration and General Services","url":"https://www.revenue.gov.to/immigration-and-general-services","publisher":"Ministry of Revenue and Customs, Government of Tonga","jurisdiction":"Tonga","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"tonga-mfa-current-visitors-visa-nonwaiver-letter","title":"Application for a Tongan Visitor's Permit and Entry Visa Checklist","url":"https://www.gov.to/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Visitors-VISA.pdf","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Tonga","jurisdiction":"Tonga","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"tonga-immigration-act-revised-2025-context","title":"Immigration Act, Chapter 10.01 (revised legislation)","url":"https://ago.gov.to/cms/images/LEGISLATION/PRINCIPAL/1969/1969-0016/ImmigrationAct_3.pdf","publisher":"Attorney General’s Office, Kingdom of Tonga","jurisdiction":"Tonga","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"}]}