What the France visa rules mean for Solomon Islands travellers
Solomon Islands citizens can enter France without a visa and stay for up to 90 days. You only need a valid Solomon Islands passport at the border; immigration officers may still ask for a return or onward ticket, proof of accommodation and enough money for your stay. The 90-day limit usually counts calendar days from your arrival, so book your return flight inside that window.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, France applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: Service-Public says a foreigner must have a passport issued less than 10 years ago and valid for at least 3 months beyond the planned date of departure.
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
- Travel insurance: Service-Public lists, among the conditions a foreigner must all meet when crossing the border, insurance covering medical and hospital costs for care you might receive in France, with minimum cover of €30,000. The EU Vi…
- Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read makes a return or onward ticket a condition of entry in itself. Under the Schengen Borders Code (Annex I), the supporting documents for journeys for tourism or private reasons include, a…
France entry rules compared
France lets 93 passports in without a visa and requires an embassy visa from 105. Solomon Islands citizens are treated the same way as Australia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia and New Zealand. Overall the Solomon Islands passport ranks #71 in the world with 86 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Europe? With a Solomon Islands passport you can also visit 39 countries in the region without a visa, including Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland and Cyprus.
In the other direction, France citizens need evisa to visit Solomon Islands.