# Nauru visa requirements by passport

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities. Access data checked August 24, 2026.

Each relationship link exposes its current status, evidence history, and official application route where available.

## Citizenship (1)

- [Nauru](https://multipassrank.com/passport/nauru)

## Visa-free (2)

- [Spain](https://multipassrank.com/spain-nauru-visa-free)
- [Russian Federation](https://multipassrank.com/russian-federation-nauru-visa-free)

## Visa on arrival (14)

- [Israel](https://multipassrank.com/israel-nauru-visa-on-arrival)
- [Solomon Islands](https://multipassrank.com/solomon-islands-nauru-visa-on-arrival)
- [Samoa](https://multipassrank.com/samoa-nauru-visa-on-arrival)
- [Marshall Islands](https://multipassrank.com/marshall-islands-nauru-visa-on-arrival)
- [Tonga](https://multipassrank.com/tonga-nauru-visa-on-arrival)
- [Tuvalu](https://multipassrank.com/tuvalu-nauru-visa-on-arrival)
- [Kiribati](https://multipassrank.com/kiribati-nauru-visa-on-arrival)
- [Micronesia](https://multipassrank.com/micronesia-nauru-visa-on-arrival)
- [Palau Islands](https://multipassrank.com/palau-islands-nauru-visa-on-arrival)
- [Fiji](https://multipassrank.com/fiji-nauru-visa-on-arrival)
- [Vanuatu](https://multipassrank.com/vanuatu-nauru-visa-on-arrival)
- [China](https://multipassrank.com/china-nauru-visa-on-arrival)
- [Papua New Guinea](https://multipassrank.com/papua-new-guinea-nauru-visa-on-arrival)
- [Thailand](https://multipassrank.com/thailand-nauru-visa-on-arrival)

## Visa required (182)

- [Singapore](https://multipassrank.com/singapore-nauru-visa)
- [Japan](https://multipassrank.com/japan-nauru-visa)
- [Italy](https://multipassrank.com/italy-nauru-visa)
- [Switzerland](https://multipassrank.com/switzerland-nauru-visa)
- [Finland](https://multipassrank.com/finland-nauru-visa)
- [Germany](https://multipassrank.com/germany-nauru-visa)
- [South Korea](https://multipassrank.com/south-korea-nauru-visa)
- [Sweden](https://multipassrank.com/sweden-nauru-visa)
- [Belgium](https://multipassrank.com/belgium-nauru-visa)
- [France](https://multipassrank.com/france-nauru-visa)
- [Luxembourg](https://multipassrank.com/luxembourg-nauru-visa)
- [Norway](https://multipassrank.com/norway-nauru-visa)
- [United Kingdom](https://multipassrank.com/united-kingdom-nauru-visa)
- [Ireland](https://multipassrank.com/ireland-nauru-visa)
- [Netherlands](https://multipassrank.com/netherlands-nauru-visa)
- [Portugal](https://multipassrank.com/portugal-nauru-visa)
- [Austria](https://multipassrank.com/austria-nauru-visa)
- [Denmark](https://multipassrank.com/denmark-nauru-visa)
- [Malta](https://multipassrank.com/malta-nauru-visa)
- [New Zealand](https://multipassrank.com/new-zealand-nauru-visa)
- [Greece](https://multipassrank.com/greece-nauru-visa)
- [Canada](https://multipassrank.com/canada-nauru-visa)
- [United States](https://multipassrank.com/united-states-nauru-visa)
- [Hungary](https://multipassrank.com/hungary-nauru-visa)
- [Latvia](https://multipassrank.com/latvia-nauru-visa)
- [Lithuania](https://multipassrank.com/lithuania-nauru-visa)
- [Malaysia](https://multipassrank.com/malaysia-nauru-visa)
- [Poland](https://multipassrank.com/poland-nauru-visa)
- [Slovakia](https://multipassrank.com/slovakia-nauru-visa)
- [Australia](https://multipassrank.com/australia-nauru-visa)
- [Czechia](https://multipassrank.com/czechia-nauru-visa)
- [Estonia](https://multipassrank.com/estonia-nauru-visa)
- [Iceland](https://multipassrank.com/iceland-nauru-visa)
- [Slovenia](https://multipassrank.com/slovenia-nauru-visa)
- [Croatia](https://multipassrank.com/croatia-nauru-visa)
- [Liechtenstein](https://multipassrank.com/liechtenstein-nauru-visa)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://multipassrank.com/united-arab-emirates-nauru-visa)
- [Monaco](https://multipassrank.com/monaco-nauru-visa)
- [Cyprus](https://multipassrank.com/cyprus-nauru-visa)
- [Romania](https://multipassrank.com/romania-nauru-visa)
- [Chile](https://multipassrank.com/chile-nauru-visa)
- [Bulgaria](https://multipassrank.com/bulgaria-nauru-visa)
- [Andorra](https://multipassrank.com/andorra-nauru-visa)
- [Argentina](https://multipassrank.com/argentina-nauru-visa)
- [Brazil](https://multipassrank.com/brazil-nauru-visa)
- [Hong Kong (SAR China)](https://multipassrank.com/hong-kong-sar-china-nauru-visa)
- [San Marino](https://multipassrank.com/san-marino-nauru-visa)
- [Barbados](https://multipassrank.com/barbados-nauru-visa)
- [Brunei](https://multipassrank.com/brunei-nauru-visa)
- [The Bahamas](https://multipassrank.com/the-bahamas-nauru-visa)
- [Mexico](https://multipassrank.com/mexico-nauru-visa)
- [St. Vincent and the Grenadines](https://multipassrank.com/st-vincent-and-the-grenadines-nauru-visa)
- [Uruguay](https://multipassrank.com/uruguay-nauru-visa)
- [St. Kitts and Nevis](https://multipassrank.com/st-kitts-and-nevis-nauru-visa)
- [Antigua and Barbuda](https://multipassrank.com/antigua-and-barbuda-nauru-visa)
- [Seychelles](https://multipassrank.com/seychelles-nauru-visa)
- [Vatican City](https://multipassrank.com/vatican-city-nauru-visa)
- [Mauritius](https://multipassrank.com/mauritius-nauru-visa)
- [Costa Rica](https://multipassrank.com/costa-rica-nauru-visa)
- [Panama](https://multipassrank.com/panama-nauru-visa)
- [Ukraine](https://multipassrank.com/ukraine-nauru-visa)
- [Paraguay](https://multipassrank.com/paraguay-nauru-visa)
- [St. Lucia](https://multipassrank.com/st-lucia-nauru-visa)
- [Grenada](https://multipassrank.com/grenada-nauru-visa)
- [Peru](https://multipassrank.com/peru-nauru-visa)
- [Trinidad and Tobago](https://multipassrank.com/trinidad-and-tobago-nauru-visa)
- [Macao (SAR China)](https://multipassrank.com/macao-sar-china-nauru-visa)
- [Dominica](https://multipassrank.com/dominica-nauru-visa)
- [Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)](https://multipassrank.com/taiwan-chinese-taipei-nauru-visa)
- [Guatemala](https://multipassrank.com/guatemala-nauru-visa)
- [El Salvador](https://multipassrank.com/el-salvador-nauru-visa)
- [Serbia](https://multipassrank.com/serbia-nauru-visa)
- [Colombia](https://multipassrank.com/colombia-nauru-visa)
- [Honduras](https://multipassrank.com/honduras-nauru-visa)
- [Montenegro](https://multipassrank.com/montenegro-nauru-visa)
- [Nicaragua](https://multipassrank.com/nicaragua-nauru-visa)
- [North Macedonia](https://multipassrank.com/north-macedonia-nauru-visa)
- [Georgia](https://multipassrank.com/georgia-nauru-visa)
- [Bosnia and Herzegovina](https://multipassrank.com/bosnia-and-herzegovina-nauru-visa)
- [Albania](https://multipassrank.com/albania-nauru-visa)
- [Venezuela](https://multipassrank.com/venezuela-nauru-visa)
- [Moldova](https://multipassrank.com/moldova-nauru-visa)
- [Qatar](https://multipassrank.com/qatar-nauru-visa)
- [Türkiye](https://multipassrank.com/turkiye-nauru-visa)
- [South Africa](https://multipassrank.com/south-africa-nauru-visa)
- [Timor-Leste](https://multipassrank.com/timor-leste-nauru-visa)
- [Belize](https://multipassrank.com/belize-nauru-visa)
- [Ecuador](https://multipassrank.com/ecuador-nauru-visa)
- [Kuwait](https://multipassrank.com/kuwait-nauru-visa)
- [Maldives](https://multipassrank.com/maldives-nauru-visa)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://multipassrank.com/saudi-arabia-nauru-visa)
- [Kosovo](https://multipassrank.com/kosovo-nauru-visa)
- [Guyana](https://multipassrank.com/guyana-nauru-visa)
- [Bahrain](https://multipassrank.com/bahrain-nauru-visa)
- [Jamaica](https://multipassrank.com/jamaica-nauru-visa)
- [Oman](https://multipassrank.com/oman-nauru-visa)
- [Bolivia](https://multipassrank.com/bolivia-nauru-visa)
- [Botswana](https://multipassrank.com/botswana-nauru-visa)
- [Belarus](https://multipassrank.com/belarus-nauru-visa)
- [Suriname](https://multipassrank.com/suriname-nauru-visa)
- [Kazakhstan](https://multipassrank.com/kazakhstan-nauru-visa)
- [Indonesia](https://multipassrank.com/indonesia-nauru-visa)
- [Lesotho](https://multipassrank.com/lesotho-nauru-visa)
- [Dominican Republic](https://multipassrank.com/dominican-republic-nauru-visa)
- [Namibia](https://multipassrank.com/namibia-nauru-visa)
- [Morocco](https://multipassrank.com/morocco-nauru-visa)
- [Azerbaijan](https://multipassrank.com/azerbaijan-nauru-visa)
- [eSwatini](https://multipassrank.com/eswatini-nauru-visa)
- [Ghana](https://multipassrank.com/ghana-nauru-visa)
- [Kenya](https://multipassrank.com/kenya-nauru-visa)
- [Malawi](https://multipassrank.com/malawi-nauru-visa)
- [Tanzania](https://multipassrank.com/tanzania-nauru-visa)
- [The Gambia](https://multipassrank.com/the-gambia-nauru-visa)
- [Rwanda](https://multipassrank.com/rwanda-nauru-visa)
- [Tunisia](https://multipassrank.com/tunisia-nauru-visa)
- [Armenia](https://multipassrank.com/armenia-nauru-visa)
- [Mongolia](https://multipassrank.com/mongolia-nauru-visa)
- [Philippines](https://multipassrank.com/philippines-nauru-visa)
- [Zambia](https://multipassrank.com/zambia-nauru-visa)
- [Cape Verde Islands](https://multipassrank.com/cape-verde-islands-nauru-visa)
- [Mozambique](https://multipassrank.com/mozambique-nauru-visa)
- [Uganda](https://multipassrank.com/uganda-nauru-visa)
- [Sierra Leone](https://multipassrank.com/sierra-leone-nauru-visa)
- [Benin](https://multipassrank.com/benin-nauru-visa)
- [Kyrgyzstan](https://multipassrank.com/kyrgyzstan-nauru-visa)
- [São Tomé and Príncipe](https://multipassrank.com/sao-tome-and-principe-nauru-visa)
- [Zimbabwe](https://multipassrank.com/zimbabwe-nauru-visa)
- [Uzbekistan](https://multipassrank.com/uzbekistan-nauru-visa)
- [Burkina Faso](https://multipassrank.com/burkina-faso-nauru-visa)
- [Côte d'Ivoire](https://multipassrank.com/cote-d-ivoire-nauru-visa)
- [Cuba](https://multipassrank.com/cuba-nauru-visa)
- [India](https://multipassrank.com/india-nauru-visa)
- [Madagascar](https://multipassrank.com/madagascar-nauru-visa)
- [Senegal](https://multipassrank.com/senegal-nauru-visa)
- [Niger](https://multipassrank.com/niger-nauru-visa)
- [Togo](https://multipassrank.com/togo-nauru-visa)
- [Gabon](https://multipassrank.com/gabon-nauru-visa)
- [Tajikistan](https://multipassrank.com/tajikistan-nauru-visa)
- [Guinea](https://multipassrank.com/guinea-nauru-visa)
- [Mauritania](https://multipassrank.com/mauritania-nauru-visa)
- [Equatorial Guinea](https://multipassrank.com/equatorial-guinea-nauru-visa)
- [Mali](https://multipassrank.com/mali-nauru-visa)
- [Chad](https://multipassrank.com/chad-nauru-visa)
- [Guinea-Bissau](https://multipassrank.com/guinea-bissau-nauru-visa)
- [Vietnam](https://multipassrank.com/vietnam-nauru-visa)
- [Algeria](https://multipassrank.com/algeria-nauru-visa)
- [Comoro Islands](https://multipassrank.com/comoro-islands-nauru-visa)
- [Angola](https://multipassrank.com/angola-nauru-visa)
- [Cambodia](https://multipassrank.com/cambodia-nauru-visa)
- [Cameroon](https://multipassrank.com/cameroon-nauru-visa)
- [Congo (Rep.)](https://multipassrank.com/congo-rep-nauru-visa)
- [Jordan](https://multipassrank.com/jordan-nauru-visa)
- [Liberia](https://multipassrank.com/liberia-nauru-visa)
- [Bhutan](https://multipassrank.com/bhutan-nauru-visa)
- [Central African Republic](https://multipassrank.com/central-african-republic-nauru-visa)
- [Haiti](https://multipassrank.com/haiti-nauru-visa)
- [Laos](https://multipassrank.com/laos-nauru-visa)
- [Burundi](https://multipassrank.com/burundi-nauru-visa)
- [Egypt](https://multipassrank.com/egypt-nauru-visa)
- [Turkmenistan](https://multipassrank.com/turkmenistan-nauru-visa)
- [Lebanon](https://multipassrank.com/lebanon-nauru-visa)
- [Congo (Dem. Rep.)](https://multipassrank.com/congo-dem-rep-nauru-visa)
- [Djibouti](https://multipassrank.com/djibouti-nauru-visa)
- [Myanmar](https://multipassrank.com/myanmar-nauru-visa)
- [Nigeria](https://multipassrank.com/nigeria-nauru-visa)
- [Sri Lanka](https://multipassrank.com/sri-lanka-nauru-visa)
- [Eritrea](https://multipassrank.com/eritrea-nauru-visa)
- [Iran](https://multipassrank.com/iran-nauru-visa)
- [Libya](https://multipassrank.com/libya-nauru-visa)
- [North Korea](https://multipassrank.com/north-korea-nauru-visa)
- [South Sudan](https://multipassrank.com/south-sudan-nauru-visa)
- [Ethiopia](https://multipassrank.com/ethiopia-nauru-visa)
- [Sudan](https://multipassrank.com/sudan-nauru-visa)
- [Palestinian Territory](https://multipassrank.com/palestinian-territory-nauru-visa)
- [Bangladesh](https://multipassrank.com/bangladesh-nauru-visa)
- [Pakistan](https://multipassrank.com/pakistan-nauru-visa)
- [Nepal](https://multipassrank.com/nepal-nauru-visa)
- [Somalia](https://multipassrank.com/somalia-nauru-visa)
- [Yemen](https://multipassrank.com/yemen-nauru-visa)
- [Iraq](https://multipassrank.com/iraq-nauru-visa)
- [Syria](https://multipassrank.com/syria-nauru-visa)
- [Afghanistan](https://multipassrank.com/afghanistan-nauru-visa)

## Official evidence timeline

- **Current official route — Nauruan nationals: outside foreign visitor-visa scope** (Citizenship)
  Nauru's visa requirement expressly applies to non-citizens, so an NR ordinary-passport holder is modelled as citizenship rather than a foreign visitor route.
  - This is a same-country citizenship normalization. It does not determine a dual national's treatment when presenting a different passport, nor passport, security, departure, residence, removal, or individual-admissibility decisions.
  - The cited provision establishes the foreign-national visa scope; it is not an inference from a visitor form or an arrival procedure.
  Official source:
  - [Republic of Nauru Online Legal Database: Immigration Act 2014 (current consolidation)](https://ronlaw.gov.nr/assets/docs%2Facts%2F2014%2FImmigration%20Act%202014_serv5.pdf)

- **Current official route — Russian and Spanish ordinary passports: visa waiver** (Visa-free)
  The current statutory visa-waiver schedule names Russia and Spain without a passport-type limitation, unlike its expressly limited diplomatic, official, service, or public-affairs entries.
  - The Regulations exempt a national of a listed visa-waiver-agreement country only for the period and circumstances specified in the relevant agreement. Neither a duration nor agreement-specific eligibility conditions are reproduced here.
  - The schedule expressly limits Japan, China, India, and Cuba to specified diplomatic, official, service, or public-affairs passport categories. Those limitations are preserved and do not create ordinary-passport waivers for those codes.
  - This does not establish treatment of residence, employment, media, research, transit, crew, emergency, special-purpose, refugee, or other special-document routes.
  Official sources:
  - [Republic of Nauru Online Legal Database: Immigration Regulations 2014 (current consolidation)](https://ronlaw.gov.nr/assets/docs%2Flaws%2F2014%2FImmigration%20Regulations%202014_serv5.pdf)
  - [Government Gazette, Republic of Nauru: Immigration (Amendment) Regulations 2025](https://www.nauru.gov.nr/media/203804/gazette-124-25.pdf)

- **Current official route — Named ordinary passports: fee-exempt visitor visa on arrival** (Visa on arrival)
  The named Schedule 3 nationalities may request the visitor visa on entry without completing an application form; this is a border-issued visitor visa, not visa-free admission.
  - Regulations 5(4) and 12(2)(a) allow a national covered by Regulation 16(4) to request a visitor visa on entry without any application form. Schedule 3 identifies these fee-exempt nationalities; Russia is excluded here because its separate waiver is the easier route.
  - Visitor visas are for holiday, visiting friends or relatives, listed meetings, cultural or sporting activities, or another purpose the Director considers appropriate; they are single-entry and may not exceed three months.
  - The applicant must hold an onward ticket and required destination documents, have no expected condition breach, and show support if requested. The visitor route excludes business-visa activities and non-normal religious activity.
  - China's Schedule 5 waiver is expressly limited to diplomatic, service, or public-affairs passports. It does not displace the ordinary Chinese passport's Schedule 3 arrival-visitor-visa route.
  - Cook Islands and Niue are named in Schedule 3 but are outside this repository's 199-passport manifest; no relationship is invented for either.
  Official source:
  - [Republic of Nauru Online Legal Database: Immigration Regulations 2014 (current consolidation)](https://ronlaw.gov.nr/assets/docs%2Flaws%2F2014%2FImmigration%20Regulations%202014_serv5.pdf)

- **Current official route — Other ordinary foreign passports: advance visitor visa** (Visa required)
  Every remaining foreign ordinary passport requires a valid visa, and the visitor-visa regulation expressly requires the application before entry for every applicant outside the named arrival cohort.
  - This is the express statutory residual: the Act requires a visa for every non-citizen, while Regulation 12(2)(b) requires advance application for every visitor applicant outside the Regulation 16(4) arrival cohort. It is not inferred from omission from a list or application form.
  - A visitor visa is a pre-entry visa, not an eVisa. Form 7 permits online lodging, but the Regulations describe an application process and pre-arrival evidence of a granted visa; they do not state electronic visa issuance or create an eVisa category.
  - Australia and New Zealand applicants must provide a Nauruan-citizen sponsorship letter. That sponsorship condition is retained and does not create a separate status, exemption, or arrival route.
  - Japan, India, and Cuba have only passport-type-limited Schedule 5 waivers; Taiwan has no current Schedule 3 or Schedule 5 ordinary-passport entry route after the 2024 Schedule 3 substitution of the People's Republic of China. These special-document and historical entries do not alter this ordinary-passport policy.
  - Media, business, employment, research, residence, dependant, regional-processing-centre, long-term-stay, special-purpose, emergency, transit, crew, and citizenship routes are outside this short-tourist classification. Admission and visa grant remain discretionary under the Act and Regulations.
  Official sources:
  - [Republic of Nauru Online Legal Database: Immigration Act 2014 (current consolidation)](https://ronlaw.gov.nr/assets/docs%2Facts%2F2014%2FImmigration%20Act%202014_serv5.pdf)
  - [Republic of Nauru Online Legal Database: Immigration Regulations 2014 (current consolidation)](https://ronlaw.gov.nr/assets/docs%2Flaws%2F2014%2FImmigration%20Regulations%202014_serv5.pdf)
  - [Government Gazette, Republic of Nauru: Immigration (Amendment) Regulations 2025](https://www.nauru.gov.nr/media/203804/gazette-124-25.pdf)
  - [Government Gazette, Republic of Nauru: Immigration (Amendment) Regulations 2024](https://www.nauru.gov.nr/media/201721/gazette_224-24.pdf)
  - [Department of Justice and Border Control, Immigration Division: Immigration Division](https://justice.gov.nr/immigration-division/)

## Useful links

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