Incoming and Departure Cards
To facilitate arrival and departures of all travelling Delegates and Participants incoming and departure passenger cards are required to be filled out on the flights arriving in Honiara and through Immigration on departure at the airport after check-ins.
Immigration entry requirements
To facilitate the smooth entry of Delegates and Participants, the Host Government will issue a Letter to assist with entry of all registered Delegates and Participants.
The Letter will inform the Immigration on arrival that Delegates and Participants for the Meeting will be granted appropriate permits and conditions on arrival for purposes of attending the Meeting.
The Letter will be issued to Delegates and Participants upon an ‘approval’ granted to applications received online from each delegate and participant who have completed the registration process. Each Letter is for an individual entry only.
PLEASE ENSURE A COPY OF THIS LETTER IS ACCESSIBLE OR HAND- CARRIED TO EASE CLEARANCE PROCESS.
Citizens of the United States and most Commonwealth and European Union countries do not need a visa. If you have a valid passport (minimum 6 months validity from planned date of entry) and a return or onward ticket, you can acquire a visitor’s visa valid for three months on arrival. Tourist visas are usually issued for 30 days on arrival. There are some exceptions, so do check with the Solomon Islands Immigration Service on (677) 22179, 22194 or 22199.
Transit Visa arrangements will be the responsibility of all Delegates and Participants.
Incoming and Departure Cards
To facilitate arrival and departures of all travelling Delegates and Participants incoming and departure passenger cards are required to be filled out on the flights arriving in Honiara and through Immigration on departure at the airport after check-ins.
Entry Formalities
The Department of Immigration will facilitate a visa for entry upon confirmation of registration.
Please see below the list of countries that the Solomon Islands has concessional visa arrangements with:
| OCEANIA | ASIA | CARRIBEAN | AMERICAS | WESTERN EUROPE | EASTERN EUROPE | OTHER STATES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSM | BRUNEI | ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA | CANADA | ANDORA (EU) | BULGARIA (EU) | AUSTRALIA |
| FIJI | JAPAN | BAHAMAS | USA | FRANCE (EU) | CROATIA (EU) | NORFOLK ISLANDS (AUS) |
| KIRIBATI | MALAYSIA | BARBADOS | AMERICAN SAMOA (US) | FRENCH POLYNESIA (FRANCE) | CZECH REPUBLIC BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (EU) | NEW ZEALAND |
| NAURU | ROC (TAIWAN) | DOMINICA | NORTHERN MARIANAS (US) | NEW CALEDONIA (FRANCE) | ESTONIA (EU) | COOK ISLANDS (NZ) |
| PALAU | SINGAPORE | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | GUAM (US) | WALLIS FUTUNA (FRANCE) | LATVIA (EU) | NIUE (NZ) |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA | REPUBLIC OF KOREA | GRENADA | PUERTO RICO (US) | GUADELOUPE (FRANCE) | LITHUANIA (EU) | |
| MARSHALL ISLANDS | THAILAND | ST KITTS AND NELVIS | MARTINIQUE (FRANCE) | POLAND (EU) | ||
| SAMOA | MALDIVES | ST LUCIA | AUSTRIA (EU) | ROMANIA (EU) | ||
| TONGA | KUWAIT | ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | BELGIUM (EU) | HUNGARY (EU) | ||
| TUVALU | UAE | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | CYPRUS (EU) | SLOVENIA (EU) | ||
| VANUATU | ISRAEL | BELIZE | DENMARK (EU) | |||
| FINLAND (EU) | ||||||
| GERMANY(EU) | ||||||
| ICELAND (EU) | ||||||
| IRELAND (EU) | ||||||
| ITALY (EU) | ||||||
| LIECHTENSTEIN (EU) | ||||||
| LUXEMBOURGE (EU) | ||||||
| MALTA (EU) | ||||||
| MONACO (EU) | ||||||
| NETHERLANDS (EU) | ||||||
| ARUBA (DUTCH) | ||||||
| SABA (DUTCH) | ||||||
| CURACAO (DUTCH) | ||||||
| NORWAY | ||||||
| PORTUGAL (EU) | ||||||
| SAN MARINO | ||||||
| SPAIN (EU) | ||||||
| SWEDEN (EU) | ||||||
| SWITZERLAND | ||||||
| GREECE (EU) | ||||||
| UNITED KINGDOM (UK) | ||||||
| ANGUILLA (UK) | ||||||
| BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (UK) | ||||||
| CAYMAN ISLAND (UK) | ||||||
| MONTSERRAT (UK) |
Customs Border Currency Reporting
Visitors who arrive into Solomon Islands carrying more than SBD$50,000 or foreign currency equivalent to or more than SBD$50,000 will be required to declare the currency in the passenger arrival declaration form and complete a border currency report (BCR) form on arrival that is integral to the Incoming Passenger Card.
Biosecurity
Solomon Islands Biosecurity requires that declaration must be made on items that may post any form of risks through the Incoming Passenger Card you are given on your flight arriving into Honiara. As the Card is a legal document, once you fail to declare anything requiring declaration in the Card, once caught, you could be prosecuted and fined up to SBD1,000,000 and risk up to 5 years jail and have a criminal record in Solomon Islands.