{"question":{"passport":"VUT","destination":"TUV","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Visa on arrival, 30 days","requirement":{"kind":"none","message":"No advance visa, you get one on arrival."},"stay":{"kind":"DAYS","maxDays":30,"ruleType":"RESETS_ON_EXIT","phrasing":"You may stay up to 30 days."},"conditions":[{"kind":"PROCEDURE","text":"a visitor who is a citizen of a country listed in Schedule 1 shall not pay a fee"},{"kind":"PURPOSE","text":"the conditions of a visitor permit shall be: (a) no employment or conduct of business activities permitted; (b) no study permitted; and (c) no proselytising permitted"},{"kind":"JOURNEY_LIMIT","text":"has not been in Tuvalu for a period or periods which aggregate to more than 3 months in the 12 months immediately preceding the date when such visitor's permit or such extension of a visitor's permit if granted would come into effect"}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"immigration-regs-2022","url":"http://tuvalu-legislation.tv/cms/images/LEGISLATION/SUBORDINATE/2014/2014-0003/2014-0003_2.pdf","passage":"The Principal Immigration Officer may issue to any visitor a visitors permit for a maximum stay of 30 days under section 9 of the Act on such terms and conditions as the Principal Immigration Officer thinks fit, provided that: (a) a visitor who is a citizen of a country listed in Schedule 1 shall not pay a fee; (b) a visitor who is a citizen of a country not listed in Schedule 1 shall pay a fee of $100, unless the payment of such a fee is waived by the Minister. … SCHEDULE 1 … LIST OF COUNTRIES WHO ARE NOT LIABLE TO PAY VISITORS PERMIT FEES … Antigua and Barbuda Nauru Bahamas Belize New Caledonia Cayman Islands Niue Cook Islands Northern Mariana Island Denmark Norway Fiji American Samoa Gambia Samoa Gibraltar St Kitt-Nevis Grenada St Lucia Hong Kong St Vincent and the Grenadines Iceland Sweden Jamaica Switzerland Kenya Tanzania Kiribati Tonga Republic of Korea Trinidad & Tobago Leeward Islands Uganda Lesotho United Kingdom Malawi Vanuatu Malaysia Zambia Maldives Mauritius Montserrat","explanation":"Regulation 2(1) empowers the Principal Immigration Officer to issue any visitor a visitors permit for a maximum stay of 30 days under section 9 of the Act, and paragraph (a) exempts citizens of countries listed in Schedule 1 from the fee; the quoted Schedule 1 entries name each issuer on this row, so they receive the 30-day permit on arrival without paying the fee.","publisher":"IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS … 2022 REVISED EDITION … CAP 24.15.1 … MADE UNDER SECTION 18 OF THE IMMIGRATION ACT … Commencement [30 May 2014]"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-29","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"}}