Trip checklist: Solomon Islands

For South African passport holders. Last checked 5 October 2026.

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Visa requirement

South Africans need to apply online for an e-visa before travel to the Solomon Islands.

Permitted stay

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).

Before you go

• Purpose of visit

  Tourist (leisure and sightseeing), visiting relatives and friends (sponsor letter from family in Solomon Islands needed), business, journalist, and yacht visas are separate categories.

• 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.

• Where South Africans apply

  Online. No Solomon Islands mission in South Africa was found. Questions: immigration.visas@immigration.gov.sb, phone +677 45650.

• Accommodation or invitation

  Visiting relatives and friends visa needs a sponsor letter from family in Solomon Islands. Other requirements not published.

• 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.

• 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.

• Confirm with the embassy

  Rules change. Check the official source before you book.

Where to apply

• Solomon Islands Immigration Division https://immigration.gov.sb/visas/
• Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration, Solomon Islands https://commerce.gov.sb/short-term-visa/

Research sources

1. 1. Solomon Islands Immigration Division (Official, immigration.gov.sb) https://immigration.gov.sb/visas/
2. 2. Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration, Solomon Islands (Official, commerce.gov.sb) https://commerce.gov.sb/short-term-visa/
3. 3. Australian Department of Home Affairs (Official, immi.homeaffairs.gov.au) https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/transit-771/travellers-eligible-to-transit-without-visa
4. 4. Immigration New Zealand (Official, immigration.govt.nz) https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/visas/visa/transit-visa
5. 5. Australian Government Smartraveller (Other government, smartraveller.gov.au) https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations/africa/south-africa
6. 6. Wikipedia (Reference, en.wikipedia.org) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Solomon_Islands
7. 7. The GSA (South African visa agency) (Commercial, thegsa.co.za) https://www.thegsa.co.za/visa-and-country-info/2621-solomon-islands-country-guide

From doineedavisa.co.za/solomon-islands. Always confirm with the embassy before you travel.