{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"VU","name":"Vanuatu","slug":"vanuatu"},"destination":{"code":"PG","name":"Papua New Guinea"},"status":"visa_on_arrival","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"png-current-named-ordinary-passport-tourist-visa-on-arrival","title":"Papua New Guinea: current named ordinary-passport tourist Visa on Arrival cohort","summary":"ICA’s current Visa on Arrival schedule expressly makes these nationalities eligible; ICA’s visitor guidance confirms the holiday, sightseeing, social, recreational, friends-and-family visitor purpose.","status":"visa_on_arrival","conditions":["The live schedule states that VOA is currently accessible to citizens of the named countries. The schedule expressly includes ordinary passports for the United Arab Emirates; Indonesia, Israel and Japan are stated to cover all passport types.","The Visitor Visa page limits this candidate to holiday, sightseeing, social or recreational visits and visits to friends or family; work and non-visitor categories are excluded.","The Visitor Visa page says that, in most circumstances, a visitor visa is single-entry for 60 days. This candidate does not generalize a duration, port, fee, entry count, medical, character, funds, return-travel, or admission condition beyond that source scope.","ICA provides an electronic application option to VOA-eligible travellers, but the directly available arrival route controls this normalized baseline. The PNG Digital Arrival Card is an online arrival declaration, not an ETA or visa.","The related non-VOA visa route is intentionally not classified here: ICA’s current Visitor Visa page directs that group to paper filing, while its linked 2025 handbook says visitor applications are online/eVisa. That unresolved processing conflict does not affect this named direct VOA cohort."],"sourceIds":["png-ica-current-visa-on-arrival-schedule","png-ica-current-visitor-visa-guidance","png-ica-visa-faq","png-ica-digital-arrival-card-not-visa"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"png-ica-current-visa-on-arrival-schedule","title":"Papua New Guinea ICA: Visa on Arrival","url":"https://ica.gov.pg/visa-information/visa-on-arrival","publisher":"Papua New Guinea Immigration and Citizenship Service Authority","jurisdiction":"Papua New Guinea","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"png-ica-current-visitor-visa-guidance","title":"Papua New Guinea ICA: Visitor Visa","url":"https://ica.gov.pg/visa/visit/visitor","publisher":"Papua New Guinea Immigration and Citizenship Service Authority","jurisdiction":"Papua New Guinea","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"png-ica-visa-faq","title":"Papua New Guinea ICA: General Visa FAQ","url":"https://ica.gov.pg/faq","publisher":"Papua New Guinea Immigration and Citizenship Service Authority","jurisdiction":"Papua New Guinea","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"png-ica-digital-arrival-card-not-visa","title":"Papua New Guinea ICA: PNG Digital Arrival Card","url":"https://ica.gov.pg/dac/png-digital-arrival-card","publisher":"Papua New Guinea Immigration and Citizenship Service Authority","jurisdiction":"Papua New Guinea","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}