{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"VU","name":"Vanuatu","slug":"vanuatu"},"destination":{"code":"SB","name":"Solomon Islands"},"status":"visa_on_arrival","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-22","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"solomon-islands-2025-concessional-ordinary-passports-visitor-visa-on-arrival","title":"Solomon Islands: concessional ordinary passports receive a visitor visa on arrival","summary":"The current legal notice designates this nationality cohort for concessional entry, and government guidance says the cohort need not apply in advance and receives a visitor visa on arrival.","status":"visa_on_arrival","conditions":["Legal Notice No. 128 names this exact concessional-country cohort and repeals earlier concessional notices. The government guidance says they do not apply in advance and are granted a visitor visa on arrival.","Arrival requires a passport valid for at least six months and a confirmed return or onward ticket; immigration retains ordinary entry and admission discretion.","This is visa_on_arrival, not visa-free admission. The current Immigration tourist page calls arrival issuance discretionary and gives inconsistent general tourist durations, so no uniform stay, extension, entry count, fee or port is assigned.","China and the covered EU ordinary passports are excluded because current, more specific mutual-exemption sources directly establish visa-free treatment; UAE is separately supported by its specific agreement."],"sourceIds":["solomon-islands-legal-notice-128-concessional-entry-2025","solomon-islands-invest-solomons-concessional-visa-guidance","solomon-islands-immigration-tourist-visa-current"]},{"id":"solomon-islands-2025-concessional-ordinary-passports-visitor-visa-on-arrival-revalidated","title":"Solomon Islands: gazetted concessional ordinary passports receive visitor visa on arrival","summary":"Legal Notice No. 128 remains the controlling published instrument specifying this concessional-entry cohort. Current Ministry guidance says members need not apply in advance and receive a visitor visa on arrival. The later unsigned delivery-policy repeal assertion does not identify or supply a later operative instrument capable of superseding the Gazette.","status":"visa_on_arrival","conditions":["This is an ordinary-passport tourist/visitor baseline for the exact nationality cohort specified in Legal Notice No. 128; it is not visa-free admission.","The live Ministry guidance requires a passport valid for at least six months and a confirmed return or onward ticket. Immigration retains document, purpose, character and final-admission discretion.","The current Immigration tourist page describes visa-on-arrival availability, but its duration and generic online/grant-letter content conflict with other operational pages. No uniform stay, fee, entry count, port or online workflow is normalized.","The June/July 2026 delivery-policy PDF creates a material challenge because it claims the Minister repealed concessional arrival issuance. It has no approval date, approving authority, signature, operative repeal date, or citation to a later Gazette/legal notice; it is insufficient to retract this Gazette-based policy. Recheck if a later signed Gazette or ministerial instrument is published."],"sourceIds":["solomon-islands-gazette-legal-notice-128-controlling","solomon-islands-invest-solomons-current-concessional-guidance","solomon-islands-immigration-current-tourist-arrival-guidance","solomon-islands-immigration-2026-delivery-policy-unapproved-repeal-claim","solomon-islands-immigration-current-manual-online-conflict"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"solomon-islands-legal-notice-128-concessional-entry-2025","title":"Legal Notice No. 128: Concessional Entry Arrangement Countries","url":"https://solomons.gov.sb/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gaz-No.-73-Sup-No.-37-Tuesday-24th-June-2025.pdf","publisher":"Solomon Islands Gazette / Minister for Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration","jurisdiction":"Solomon Islands","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"solomon-islands-invest-solomons-concessional-visa-guidance","title":"Invest Solomons: visa guidance for concessional entry countries","url":"https://www.investsolomons.gov.sb/articles/visas","publisher":"Invest Solomons, Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration","jurisdiction":"Solomon Islands","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"solomon-islands-immigration-tourist-visa-current","title":"Immigration Division: Visitor Visa – Tourist","url":"https://immigration.gov.sb/visitor-visa-tourist/","publisher":"Solomon Islands Immigration Division","jurisdiction":"Solomon Islands","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"solomon-islands-gazette-legal-notice-128-controlling","title":"Legal Notice No. 128: concessional entry arrangement countries","url":"https://solomons.gov.sb/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gaz-No.-73-Sup-No.-37-Tuesday-24th-June-2025.pdf","publisher":"Solomon Islands Gazette / Minister for Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration","jurisdiction":"Solomon Islands","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"solomon-islands-invest-solomons-current-concessional-guidance","title":"Invest Solomons: Visas","url":"https://www.investsolomons.gov.sb/articles/visas","publisher":"Invest Solomons / Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration","jurisdiction":"Solomon Islands","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"solomon-islands-immigration-current-tourist-arrival-guidance","title":"Solomon Islands Immigration Division: Visitor Visa – Tourist","url":"https://immigration.gov.sb/visitor-visa-tourist/","publisher":"Solomon Islands Immigration Division","jurisdiction":"Solomon Islands","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"solomon-islands-immigration-2026-delivery-policy-unapproved-repeal-claim","title":"Solomon Islands Immigration Division: Delivery Policy – Short Term Visa","url":"https://immigration.gov.sb/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Solomon-Islands-Immigration-Division-Delivery-Policy-Short-Term-Visa.pdf","publisher":"Solomon Islands Immigration Division","jurisdiction":"Solomon Islands","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"solomon-islands-immigration-current-manual-online-conflict","title":"Solomon Islands Immigration Division: Visa Online Payment notice","url":"https://immigration.gov.sb/visa-online-application-notice/","publisher":"Solomon Islands Immigration Division","jurisdiction":"Solomon Islands","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"}]}