{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"RS","name":"Serbia","slug":"serbia"},"destination":{"code":"AS","name":"American Samoa"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-22","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"american-samoa-non-waiver-ordinary-passports-advance-visitor-permit","title":"Non-waiver ordinary passports: advance territorial visitor permit","summary":"These ordinary-passport nationalities are absent from the current territorial visa-waiver list. American Samoa Immigration requires an approved 30-day visitor permit before travel; the non-waiver route is a sponsor-filed, in-person Immigration application, so it is normalized as visa_required rather than eVisa or arrival issuance.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["This is an ordinary-passport short-visitor baseline. The current territorial visa-waiver list is disjoint from this exact cohort; no mainland-US ESTA or federal visa classification is imported.","A traveler without a valid US visa, US visa-waiver-country citizenship, or green card needs an eligible local US-citizen-or-national sponsor to file the application in person at American Samoa Immigration, pay USD 40, and provide the stated passport, return-ticket and police-clearance materials.","The non-waiver application must be filed in person 3–5 business days before travel; after it is processed and paid, the sponsor sends the approved permit copy to the traveler, who must hand-carry it and present it on arrival. An applicant arriving without applying may be turned away.","A valid US visa or green card allows a distinct online territorial 30-day-permit workflow, but it is a traveler-specific document condition and still requires an approved permit before travel; it does not change this passport-wide baseline.","The permit is for a visitor stay up to 30 days, with a stated possible one-time 30-day extension. Sponsor, passport-validity, onward-ticket, police-clearance, fee, purpose, discretion and final-admission conditions remain applicable."],"sourceIds":["american-samoa-legal-affairs-travel-and-entry","american-samoa-legal-affairs-non-us-30-day-permit","american-samoa-legal-affairs-visa-waiver-countries"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"american-samoa-legal-affairs-travel-and-entry","title":"American Samoa Department of Legal Affairs: travel and entry","url":"https://legalaffairs.as.gov/visa-entry","publisher":"American Samoa Department of Legal Affairs","jurisdiction":"American Samoa","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"american-samoa-legal-affairs-non-us-30-day-permit","title":"American Samoa Department of Legal Affairs: non-US 30-day visitor permit","url":"https://legalaffairs.as.gov/30daypermit","publisher":"American Samoa Department of Legal Affairs, Immigration","jurisdiction":"American Samoa","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"american-samoa-legal-affairs-visa-waiver-countries","title":"American Samoa Department of Legal Affairs: visa-waiver countries","url":"https://legalaffairs.as.gov/visa-waiver-countries","publisher":"American Samoa Department of Legal Affairs","jurisdiction":"American Samoa","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"}]}