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Vanuatu visa rules for Canada passport holders

Other passports: see the rules for every passport visiting Vanuatu.

The answer

Visa on arrival. Canada passport holders can get a visa on arrival in Vanuatu.

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Visa on arrival
Stay
120 days per entry
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Tourist entry
ONE TIME LIVIN’VISA ONARRIVAL120 DAYS

Our summary of the official rule. Not an official stamp.

Official source

immigration.gov.vuVanuatu Department of Immigration and Passport ServicesChecked 1 Nov 2026

If you are from an exempted country, you can obtain a tourist visa upon arrival in Vanuatu, provided you meet the grant criteria.

Quoted from the source.

Before you go

The conditions that come with this rule, from its official sources.

Conditions from official sources

  • Needs a return ticket and a confirmed accommodation or local address.

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.

Passport validity must be more than 6 months at the time of arrival.

Tourist entry only

These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.

The other way round

What Vanuatu passport holders need to visit Canada.

Vanuatu passport Canada

Visa needed

Visa-required countries or territories Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda (Some citizens of Antigua and Barbuda may be eligible for an electronic travel authorization [eTA] if they meet certain requirements .) Argentina (Some citizens of Argentina may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil (Some citizens of Brazil may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon, Republic of Cabo Verde Central African Republic Chad China, People's Republic of Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Costa Rica, Republic of (Some citizens of Costa Rica may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Cuba Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia (Some citizens of Indonesia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Iran Iraq Israel (Travellers must have a valid Israeli "Travel Document in Lieu of National Passport".) Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Macao Special Administrative Region Madagascar Malawi Malaysia (Some citizens of Malaysia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Maldives Islands Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico (Some citizens of Mexico may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Micronesia, Fed. States Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco (Some citizens of Morocco may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama (Some citizens of Panama may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Paraguay Peru Philippines (Some citizens of the Philippines may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Romania (holder of a non-electronic passport, such as a temporary passport) Russia Rwanda Sao Tomé e Principe Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Senegal Serbia Seychelles (Some citizens of the Seychelles may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis (Some citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) St. Lucia (Some citizens of St. Lucia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) St. Vincent and the Grenadines (St. Vincent) (Some citizens of St. Vincent and the Grenadines may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Sudan Suriname Syria Taiwan (Travellers must have a passport other than an ordinary passport issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan that includes the personal identification number.) Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand (Some citizens of Thailand may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago (Some citizens of Trinidad and Tobago may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine Uruguay (Some citizens of Uruguay may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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Visa-free nearby

Other places Canada passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Port-Vila, nearest first.

  1. New CaledoniaNouméa, about 540 km from Port-VilaVisa-free · 90 days
  2. FijiSuva, about 1,070 km from Port-VilaVisa-free · 4 months
  3. Wallis & FutunaMata-Utu, about 1,730 km from Port-VilaVisa-free · 3 months
  4. SamoaApia, about 2,170 km from Port-VilaVisa-free · 90 days
  5. KiribatiTarawa, about 2,180 km from Port-VilaVisa-free · 90 days

We list only countries whose rules we have reviewed. More appear as we review them.

Weather in Port-Vila

Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Port-Vila, month by month.

  1. JanHigh 31.0°CLow 22.4°CRain 246 mm
  2. FebHigh 31.3°CLow 23.0°CRain 238 mm
  3. MarHigh 30.9°CLow 22.7°CRain 340 mm
  4. AprHigh 29.9°CLow 21.9°CRain 261 mm
  5. MayHigh 28.6°CLow 20.1°CRain 212 mm
  6. JunHigh 27.3°CLow 19.6°CRain 149 mm
  7. JulHigh 26.6°CLow 18.2°CRain 87 mm
  8. AugHigh 26.9°CLow 17.9°CRain 84 mm
  9. SepHigh 27.6°CLow 18.3°CRain 82 mm
  10. OctHigh 28.6°CLow 19.6°CRain 131 mm
  11. NovHigh 29.6°CLow 20.7°CRain 186 mm
  12. DecHigh 30.6°CLow 21.7°CRain 187 mm

Bar and large number: average high, °CSmaller number: average low, °Cmm: average rainfall

Averages of 16 to 28 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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