{"question":{"passport":"CHN","destination":"PNG","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"e-Visa, stay set by the visa","requirement":{"kind":"evisa","message":"Before you travel: you need an e-visa."},"stay":{"kind":"SET_BY_VISA","phrasing":"How long you may stay is set by your visa."},"conditions":[],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"visa-info-booklet-2025","url":"https://parse.ica.gov.pg/uploads/media/post_file_3195072-visa-information-booklet-2025.pdf","passage":"All foreign visitors to Papua New Guinea need a visa. Visa is regulated and issued by the Immigration and Citizenship Authority (ICA). Either paper or online visa lodgement is accepted.","explanation":"The ICA's own current handbook applies the Migration Act's entry-permit requirement to every 'foreign visitor' and states that the visa is regulated and issued by the ICA with either paper or online lodgement accepted; I searched the ICA's Visa on Arrival list entry by entry and none of this row's issuers appears on it outside the restricted cases that already sit on their own rows, so each must obtain the ICA-issued visa before travel.","publisher":"2025 PAPUA NEW GUINEA IMMIGRATION AND ENTRY PERMIT HANDBOOK"},"checkedAt":"2026-09-06","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[{"headline":"Visa on arrival, 60 days","conditions":[{"kind":"DOCUMENT_CLASS","text":"Visa on arrival for Chinese nationals is restricted to holders of Diplomatic, Official and Service passports; the ICA page states 'China (Diplomatic, Official and Service Passport only)'."},{"kind":"OTHER","text":"Chinese tourists with ordinary passports are eligible for visa on arrival only if they are travelling in organized tour groups with a registered tour operator in Papua New Guinea."}],"source":{"documentId":"ica-voa","url":"https://parse.ica.gov.pg/visa-information/visa-on-arrival","passage":"Visa on Arrival is currently accessible to citizens of the following countries and territories: … China (Diplomatic, Official and Service Passport only)","explanation":"The VOA page grants visa on arrival to China only for diplomatic, official and service passport holders, and the booklet extends it to ordinary passports held by tourists in registered tour groups; both are conditions the traveller can verify from their own passport and itinerary.","publisher":"Copyright © 2026 Papua New Guinea Immigration & Citizenship Services Authority"}}],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}