Visa requirement
Solomon Islands visa for Chinese citizens
Official-source answer with stay limit, cost, required documents and last verification date.
Do Chinese citizens need a visa for the Solomon Islands?
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Chinese citizens do not need a visa for the Solomon Islands for up to 30 days.
Last verified:
Confidence: Medium Likely current — confirm details with the official source.
This answer is for ordinary Chinese passport holders travelling as citizens of that passport. Residence permits, long-stay visas or living in another country can change which embassy or rule applies.
Visa types at a glance
| Visa type | Availability | Stay |
|---|---|---|
| Tourist visa-free? | Yes | Up to 30 days. |
| eVisa? | No | No eVisa route is stored for this corridor. |
| Visa on arrival? | No | No visa-on-arrival route is stored for this corridor. |
- 30 days
- Free
- Nothing required before departure
Before you travel
- 1 Entry step Nothing required before departure Official route (opens in a new tab)
- 2 Stay limit 30 days
- 3 Official fee Free
- 4 Passport validity 6-month validity after arrival. Full note below. See full note
- 5 Transit airside: conditional; landside: not required. Full note below. See full note
- 6 Freshness Checked 23 Jul 2026; confidence: medium
Shareable verdict: Chinese citizens do not need a visa for the Solomon Islands for up to 30 days. Checked 23 Jul 2026.
Open SVG cardCost note
Solomon Islands Immigration lists the relevant mutual exemption fee as exempted.
Passport and transit notes
- Passport validity
- passport valid for at least 6 months after arrival; Solomon Islands Immigration says travellers may not be allowed into Solomon Islands if passport validity is less than 6 months.
- Validity source (opens in a new tab) Validity guide
- Transit
- airside transit: conditional; landside transit: not required; Solomon Islands Immigration publishes a specific commercial maritime vessel transit visa for crew/personnel and does not publish a universal ordinary-passenger airside transit waiver in this source set. Entering Solomon Islands during transit follows the applicable visitor, mutual-exemption, conditional or tourist-visa route.
- Transit source (opens in a new tab) Transit guide
What you need
- Chinese ordinary passport valid for at least six months
- Passport biopage copy
- Return air ticket or onward travel evidence
- Evidence of sufficient funds if requested
- Genuine visitor/tourist purpose and no work activity
- Mutual visa exemption / travel arrangement evidence if requested
Why this verdict
Chinese citizens' entry guidance is based on Solomon Islands Immigration's official China mutual visa exemption. Solomon Islands Immigration says PRC ordinary passport holders can travel visa-free for up to 30 days per visit under the 2025 mutual exemption agreement; the same page also lists a 90-day accumulative validity field. This guidance is intentionally conservative: ordinary passport, short visitor travel only. Work, business activity, study, residence, commercial-vessel crew transit, extensions, online-payment availability, carrier handling, onward-entry documents and Solomon Islands Immigration discretion can change the practical answer. Reconfirm on the official Solomon Islands Immigration source before booking.
Conditional rules
- Work, paid activity, employment, business, study or residence Visa required
The visitor/tourist and mutual-exemption routes are short-stay routes and do not permit work; use the relevant Solomon Islands visa category for employment, business, study, residence or other non-tourist purposes.
- Stay beyond the initial visitor period Conditional
Solomon Islands Immigration says extensions/renewals must be applied for before the current visa or permit expires, and extra fees can apply.
- Commercial maritime vessel crew transit Visa required
Up to 14 days. Solomon Islands Immigration publishes a separate commercial maritime vessel transit visa for crew/personnel arriving on international flights and boarding commercial vessels.
- Passport validity below six months, missing return ticket, insufficient funds, character concerns or non-genuine visitor purpose Conditional
Solomon Islands Immigration warns that entry may be refused if passport validity is below six months or if visitor, funds, return-ticket or character requirements are not met.
Frequently asked questions
Do Chinese citizens need a visa for the Solomon Islands?
Chinese citizens do not need a visa for the Solomon Islands for up to 30 days. (Visa-free.) Verified 23 Jul 2026 against the official source.
How long can Chinese passport holders stay in the Solomon Islands?
Up to 30 days.
How much does entry to the Solomon Islands cost for Chinese citizens?
It is free. This page tracks the official government fee only, not agent markup.