Visa requirement
Tuvalu visa for Norwegian citizens
Official-source answer with stay limit, cost, required documents and last verification date.
Verified answer
Norwegian citizens do not need a visa for Tuvalu for up to 30 days.
Last verified: (yesterday)
Confidence: Medium Likely current — confirm details with the official source.
- 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 The official Tuvalu Act/Regulations source set used for this wave requires a passport or travel document and outward travel, but does not publish a universal six-month passport-validity rule for ordinary visitor permits. Validity source (opens in a new tab)
- 5 Transit airside transit: conditional; landside transit: conditional; The Act defines entry by air as leaving the precincts of the authorised aerodrome. The official source set does not publish a separate universal airside-transit waiver; entering Tuvalu or clearing immigration uses the visitor-permit route. Transit source (opens in a new tab)
- 6 Freshness Checked 29 Jun 2026; confidence: medium
Shareable verdict: Norwegian citizens do not need a visa for Tuvalu for up to 30 days. Checked 29 Jun 2026.
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Cost note
Tuvalu's Schedule 1 says this nationality is not liable to pay visitor-permit fees.
Passport and transit notes
- Passport validity
- The official Tuvalu Act/Regulations source set used for this wave requires a passport or travel document and outward travel, but does not publish a universal six-month passport-validity rule for ordinary visitor permits.
- Validity source (opens in a new tab) Validity guide
- Transit
- airside transit: conditional; landside transit: conditional; The Act defines entry by air as leaving the precincts of the authorised aerodrome. The official source set does not publish a separate universal airside-transit waiver; entering Tuvalu or clearing immigration uses the visitor-permit route.
- Transit source (opens in a new tab) Transit guide
What you need
- Norwegian ordinary passport or travel document
- Visitor permit issued by Tuvalu immigration
- Valid ticket or other means of travel from Tuvalu to a country the traveller can enter
- Arrival card if arriving by air or sea
- Evidence supporting visitor purpose and ability to comply with permit conditions if requested
- Schedule 1 visitor-permit fee waiver
Why this verdict
Norwegian citizens are encoded from Tuvalu's official Norway fee-free visitor-permit route. Tuvalu's Schedule 1 lists this nationality as not liable to pay visitor-permit fees. A visitor permit is still issued by Tuvalu immigration. This destination-wave matrix record is intentionally conservative: ordinary passport, short visitor travel only. Work, business activity, study, residence, proselytising, repeated stays, extensions, carrier handling, outward-ticket checks, health/character issues and Tuvalu immigration discretion can change the practical answer. Reconfirm on the official Tuvalu legislation source before booking.
Conditional rules
- Work, business activity, study or proselytising Visa required
Tuvalu's ordinary visitor-permit conditions prohibit employment/business activity, study and proselytising unless the traveller has a different permit or special endorsement.
- Business or employment special endorsement Conditional
Up to 30 days. The regulations allow a visitor permit with a special endorsement for business or employment on terms set by the Principal Immigration Officer and with an additional fee.
- Extension of a visitor permit Conditional
Up to 30 days. The regulations allow extension of a visitor permit for up to 30 days, subject to the applicable extension fee and conditions.
- Repeated stays in Tuvalu Conditional
The Act says a visitor permit may be issued only if the traveller has not been in Tuvalu for periods aggregating more than three months in the previous twelve months, unless a ministerial instruction applies.
- No valid outward travel to a country the traveller may enter Conditional
The Act requires a valid ticket or other means of travelling from Tuvalu to a country the traveller will be able to enter.
Frequently asked questions
- Do Norwegian citizens need a visa for Tuvalu?
- Norwegian citizens do not need a visa for Tuvalu for up to 30 days. (Visa-free.) Verified 29 Jun 2026 against the official source.
- How long can Norwegian passport holders stay in Tuvalu?
- Up to 30 days.
- How much does the Tuvalu entry cost for Norwegian citizens?
- It is free. This page tracks the official government fee only, not agent markup.