Solomon Islands: do South Africans need a visa?
South Africans need to apply online for an e-visa before travel to the Solomon Islands.
Tourist visa: 3 months per entry, multiple entries, visa valid up to 1 year. Total stay should not exceed 90 days in any 12-month period (Wikipedia).
Visa needed before travel, applied for online. South Africa is not on the visa-exemption list. The Immigration Division says all short-term visas (visitor, business, transit) must be applied for through the e-visa portal.143
The Solomon Islands is one of 51 countries where South Africans apply online before travelling. See them all.
Before you travel
Length of stay
Purpose of visit
Passport validity
Not published by official sources
How to apply
Online through the Solomon Islands e-visa portal (linked from immigration.gov.sb; the portal itself is at immigration.sig.gov.sb/evisa). Tourist visa fee: USD 50 online fee plus USD 100 visa fee. Business visa: USD 50 plus USD 450. Processing time not published.12
Confirmed on an official government source
Where South Africans apply
Online. No Solomon Islands mission in South Africa was found. Questions: immigration.visas@immigration.gov.sb, phone +677 45650.1
Confirmed on an official government source
Travel insurance
Not published by official sources
Return or onward ticket
Not published by official sources
Proof of funds
Not published by official sources
Accommodation or invitation
Visiting relatives and friends visa needs a sponsor letter from family in Solomon Islands. Other requirements not published.1
Confirmed on an official government source
Vaccinations, including yellow fever on return to South Africa
Solomon Islands rule not checked. South Africa's rule: you need a yellow fever certificate to enter South Africa only if you arrive from or transited a yellow-fever-risk country. Solomon Islands is not a risk country, so a direct return needs none, but a routing through a risk country in Africa or South America would trigger it.7
Not yet confirmed by an official source
Arrival forms
Not published by official sources
Extending your stay and overstaying
Not published by official sources
Transit
Solomon Islands transit visas are applied for through the same e-visa portal. Hub rules: via Australia, South Africans may use Transit Without Visa (air arrival, onward flight to a third country within 8 hours, stay airside); otherwise an Australian Transit (771) or Visitor visa is needed. Via Auckland, South Africans need a New Zealand Transit Visa (from NZD 235, up to 24 hours airside) unless they already hold a NZ visa.156
Confirmed on an official government source
Travelling with children
Not published by official sources
What changed
Sources
Official
The destination's own government
- 1Solomon Islands Immigration Division immigration.gov.sb
- 2Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration, Solomon Islands commerce.gov.sb
- 5Australian Department of Home Affairs immi.homeaffairs.gov.au
- 6Immigration New Zealand immigration.govt.nz
Other government
Official advice from other governments
- 7Australian Government Smartraveller smartraveller.gov.au
Reference
Used to find official sources, never the final word
- 4Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org
Commercial
Visa agencies, law firms and travel companies
- 3The GSA (South African visa agency) thegsa.co.za
Last researched 5 October 2026. Rules change; confirm with the embassy before you book. Spotted something out of date? Report a change.