Do I need a visa for Micronesia?
Whether you need a visa for Micronesia depends on the passport you hold. Visa-free stays run to 90 days or 30 days depending on nationality. Find your passport in the table below for the exact rule, the stay length, the passport validity required, and any arrival registration you have to complete separately.
Now pick the passport you travel on.
Entry rules by passport
Select your nationality for the full answer: stay length, passport validity, pre-registration and how to apply.
| Passport | What you need | Max stay |
|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Germany | Visa-free | 90 days |
| United Kingdom | Visa-free | 30 days |
| United States | Visa-free | 30 days |
| France | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Poland | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Netherlands | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Spain | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Italy | Visa-free | 90 days |
| Brazil | Visa-free | 30 days |
| India | Visa-free | 30 days |
| China | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Türkiye | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Nigeria | Visa-free | 30 days |
| South Africa | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Philippines | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Pakistan | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Bangladesh | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Indonesia | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Egypt | Visa-free | 30 days |
| Vietnam | Visa-free | 30 days |
What to do next
The part most visa checkers leave out: what actually needs doing before you fly.
Confirm with the official source
Rules change without notice, and only the immigration authority of Micronesia can tell you where you stand. Search for its official site before you travel.
Check your passport
Passport validity required: 4 months longer than the duration of stay. Renew first if you are close, because this is the most common reason travellers are turned away.
Check the rule for your own passport
What Micronesia asks for depends on the passport you travel on, and the table above differs from row to row. Open your nationality for the stay length, the validity required and whether anything has to be applied for.
Common questions
Entry to Micronesia, answered from the same rules the table shows.
Not on any of the 21 most-checked passports listed above — all 21 are admitted to Micronesia without applying for a visa in advance. Other nationalities can still need one, so check your own passport in the table.
21 of the 21 most-checked passports listed above: Lithuania, Germany, United Kingdom, United States, France, Poland, Netherlands and Spain and 13 more. Nationalities outside that list can still need a visa.
It varies by passport — 90 days or 30 days across the visa-free rules in the table. The limit is per entry, so check the row for the passport you will actually travel on.
4 months longer than the duration of stay. Renew before you travel if you are close to that, because it is one of the most common reasons travellers are refused boarding — by the airline, before they ever reach the border.
Not for any of the 21 most-checked passports listed above. Nationalities outside that list may still be offered one, so check the rule for the passport you hold.
Not for any of the 21 most-checked passports listed above. Nationalities outside that list may still have one available.
No separate arrival registration is listed for Micronesia. Your airline may still ask for advance passenger information, which is not the same thing and is handled at check-in.
Travelling somewhere else?
Check any passport against any destination