{"question":{"passport":"PLW","destination":"PRI","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"allowed","headline":"Visa-free","requirement":{"kind":"none","message":"You can travel without arranging a visa."},"stay":{"kind":"NO_LIMIT","phrasing":"Free movement. No limit under this regime."},"conditions":[],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"palau-compact","url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-100/pdf/STATUTE-100-Pg3672.pdf","passage":"Any person in the following categories may enter into, lawfully\n                 engage in occupations, and establish residence as a nonimmigrant in\n                 the United States and its territories and possessions without regard\n                 to paragraphs (14), (20), and (26) of section 212(a) of the Immigration\n                 and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(a) (14), (20), and (26):\n                         (1) a person who, on the day preceding the effective date of\n                       this Compact, is a citizen of Trust Territory of the Pacific\n                       Islands, as defined in Title 53 of the Trust Territory Code in\n                       force on January 1, 1979, and has become a citizen of Palau;\n                         (2) a person who acquires the citizenship of Palau, at birth, on","explanation":"Section 141 of the Palau Compact is the grant 8 CFR 212.1(d) never recites — that is the fact the controlling regulation cannot contain, because it was never updated to name Palau. The parentheticals (14), (20), and (26) are historic INA 212(a) paragraph numbers, not footnotes.","publisher":"PUBLIC LAW 99-658—NOV. 14, 1986"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-20","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"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"}}