Visa requirements for citizens of the Marshall Islands

Citizens of the Marshall Islands can enter all 29 Schengen states without a visa, for up to 90 days in any 180-day period across the whole area.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, the Marshall Islands and 76 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

34 countries ask holders of the passport of the Marshall Islands for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter the Marshall Islands without one: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil and 29 others.

The reverse holds for 34 countries: holders of the passport of the Marshall Islands get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for the Marshall Islands (Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Burundi and 29 others).

42 countries ask holders of the passport of the Marshall Islands for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 1 of them has an embassy or consulate on record in the Marshall Islands.

41 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in the Marshall Islands, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country.

The United States refused 36% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of the Marshall Islands in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 108 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 88 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the passport of the Marshall Islands

By continent, the passport of the Marshall Islands is visa-free in 39 countries in Europe, 20 countries in the Americas, 8 countries in Asia, 5 countries in Oceania and 3 countries in Africa. The longest visa-free stays for citizens of the Marshall Islands are allowed in Micronesia (360 days), Palau (360 days), Antigua and Barbuda (180 days), Mexico (180 days), Peru (180 days) and El Salvador (180 days).

Visa on arrival

Citizens of the Marshall Islands can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt and 24 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how citizens of the Marshall Islands enter Albania, Armenia, Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia and 39 others. Israel, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Suriname and the United Kingdom ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

How the passport compares

Of the 198 passports in the data, 32 can enter visa-free, 78 get a visa on arrival and 88 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for the Marshall Islands.