Visa requirement
Papua New Guinea visa for Austrian citizens
Official-source answer with stay limit, cost, required documents and last verification date.
Verified answer
Austrian citizens need an eVisa to enter Papua New Guinea.
Last verified: (yesterday)
What this means: An eVisa is a real visa you apply and pay for online before travel; approval arrives before you fly, unlike a visa on arrival.
Confidence: Medium Likely current — confirm details with the official source.
- Papua New Guinea ICSA says all foreign visitors need a visa and lists online visitor classes including Easy Visitor Permit (EVP 60 days), Easy Visitor Permit (EVP 30 days), Tourist (Own Itinerary) and Tourist (tour package). The issued eVisa or visitor visa controls the exact stay.
- Varies — see notes
- Apply online before you fly
Before you travel
- 1 Entry step Apply online before you fly Official route (opens in a new tab)
- 2 Stay limit Papua New Guinea ICSA says all foreign visitors need a visa and lists online visitor classes including Easy Visitor Permit (EVP 60 days), Easy Visitor Permit (EVP 30 days), Tourist (Own Itinerary) and Tourist (tour package). The issued eVisa or visitor visa controls the exact stay.
- 3 Official fee Varies — see notes
- 4 Passport validity passport valid for at least 6 months after arrival; Papua New Guinea ICSA says passports should be valid for at least 6 months from the date of intended travel. Validity source (opens in a new tab)
- 5 Transit airside transit: conditional; landside transit: required; ICSA says transit through Papua New Guinea for less than 7 hours does not require a visa, but a wait over 7 hours requires a visa. The PNG Embassy says transferring through Port Moresby Jackson's International Airport does not require a visa, while spending a night in Port Moresby requires an Easy Visitor Visa online. Transit source (opens in a new tab)
- 6 Freshness Checked 29 Jun 2026; confidence: medium
Shareable verdict: Austrian citizens need an eVisa to enter Papua New Guinea. Checked 29 Jun 2026.
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Cost note
Papua New Guinea ICSA says visa fees are charged in USD and paid online or by card, but the public guide does not expose one stable universal visitor-fee amount for every online visitor class. Confirm the current government fee in the official ICA/eVisa flow before paying.
Passport and transit notes
- Passport validity
- passport valid for at least 6 months after arrival; Papua New Guinea ICSA says passports should be valid for at least 6 months from the date of intended travel.
- Validity source (opens in a new tab) Validity guide
- Transit
- airside transit: conditional; landside transit: required; ICSA says transit through Papua New Guinea for less than 7 hours does not require a visa, but a wait over 7 hours requires a visa. The PNG Embassy says transferring through Port Moresby Jackson's International Airport does not require a visa, while spending a night in Port Moresby requires an Easy Visitor Visa online.
- Transit source (opens in a new tab) Transit guide
What you need
- Austrian ordinary passport valid for at least six months from the date of intended travel
- Approved Papua New Guinea online visitor visa / eVisa before travel
- Application details and supporting documents required by the selected ICA visitor class
- Return or onward ticket and onward-entry documents if requested by carrier or immigration
- Medical, character or police documents if ICSA requests them for the application or stay length
Why this verdict
Austrian citizens are encoded from Papua New Guinea ICSA's official online visitor/eVisa source set (online visitor/eVisa route). This destination-wave matrix record is intentionally conservative: ordinary passport, short visitor travel only. Work, residence, long-term permits, diplomatic/service passports, official missions, group-tour handling, carrier handling, onward-entry documents and Papua New Guinea immigration discretion can change the practical answer. Reconfirm on the official Papua New Guinea Immigration source before booking. The public source set does not support treating ordinary independent tourist travel as a broad visa-on-arrival route for this launched passport; use the official ICA/eVisa flow before travel unless a narrow published VOA exception fits the exact trip.
Conditional rules
- Transit through Papua New Guinea for less than 7 hours without entering the country Visa-free
Up to 1 days. ICSA's visa guide says transit through Papua New Guinea for less than 7 hours does not require a visa.
- Transit wait over 7 hours, spending a night in Port Moresby, or clearing immigration eVisa
ICSA says a transit wait over 7 hours requires a visa, and the PNG Embassy says travellers spending a night in Port Moresby must apply for an Easy Visitor Visa online.
- Work, residence, long-term stay, formal employment, official mission, study or non-visitor purpose Visa required
The ICSA guide lists separate work, residence, special exemption, entertainer, restricted employment and working-resident visa classes outside the ordinary visitor route.
- Relying on visa on arrival instead of an issued online visitor visa Conditional
ICSA says VOA is only available to selected countries. The 2025 PNG Embassy page lists a narrow Pacific/territory VOA set and says all other visitors must apply online through ica.gov.pg.
Frequently asked questions
- Do Austrian citizens need a visa for Papua New Guinea?
- Austrian citizens need an eVisa to enter Papua New Guinea. (eVisa.) Verified 29 Jun 2026 against the official source.
- How long can Austrian passport holders stay in Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea ICSA says all foreign visitors need a visa and lists online visitor classes including Easy Visitor Permit (EVP 60 days), Easy Visitor Permit (EVP 30 days), Tourist (Own Itinerary) and Tourist (tour package). The issued eVisa or visitor visa controls the exact stay.
- How much does the Papua New Guinea entry cost for Austrian citizens?
- The official fee varies — see the official source. This page tracks the official government fee only, not agent markup.