What the Solomon Islands visa rules mean for China travellers
China passport holders need an eVisa to enter Solomon Islands. You apply online, upload a passport scan and a photo, pay the fee and receive the visa by email; it allows stays of up to 30 days. Apply at least one to two weeks before your trip and print the approval — some airlines and border officers ask to see it on paper.
The main option is the Mutual Visa Exemption, which costs Free.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Solomon Islands applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: Solomon Islands Immigration says you may not be allowed into Solomon Islands if your passport validity is less than 6 months. The UK government says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the dat…
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: WHO's Annex 1 lists Solomon Islands as requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 9 months or over arriving from countries at risk of yellow fever transmission.
- Vaccinations: Malaria prevention: The US CDC recommends that travellers going to the Solomon Islands take prescription medicine to prevent malaria.
Solomon Islands entry rules compared
Solomon Islands does not grant visa-free entry to any passport, issues eVisas to 198. China citizens are treated the same way as Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Brunei. Overall the China passport ranks #115 in the world with 43 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Oceania? With a China passport you can also visit 7 countries in the region without a visa, including Fiji, Micronesia, Kiribati, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa.
In the other direction, Solomon Islands citizens can visit China visa-free for up to 30 days.