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San Marino → Tuvalu: Short-stay tourist

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Required documents

7 items

Identity

  • Passport valid for 6 months

    Required

    Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months from your date of arrival in Tuvalu.

    Source: Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the United Nations, Consular Services

  • Visitors Permit (issued on arrival)

    Required

    Tuvalu doesn't require you to arrange a visa in advance. Instead, the Principal Immigration Officer issues every visitor a Visitors Permit on arrival, for a maximum stay of 30 days. The permit doesn't allow employment, business, study, or proselytising, if you intend business or employment, see the special endorsement below. You'll also complete an Arrival Card when you land and a Departure Card when you leave, as required of everyone arriving or departing by air or sea (except commercial crew).

    Source: Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the United Nations, Immigration Regulations 2014

Financial

  • Evidence of sufficient funds

    Required

    You need to be able to show you have sufficient funds to support your stay when you arrive.

    Source: Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the United Nations, Consular Services

  • Visitors Permit fee

    Required

    A $100 fee applies unless your nationality is listed in Schedule 1 of the Immigration Regulations 2014 (42 countries and territories, including Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Korea, check the current Schedule 1 directly, since it determines what you pay, not whether you need the permit) or the Minister waives it. The source states this as a plain dollar figure without a currency code; Tuvalu's currency in practice is the Australian dollar.

    Source: Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the United Nations, Immigration Regulations 2014

Accommodation

Employment

  • Special endorsement for business or employment

    If you intend to conduct business or take up employment in Tuvalu, including attending a conference or training session, or performing professional services, the Principal Immigration Officer can issue your Visitors Permit with a special business endorsement instead, for the same maximum 30-day stay, on payment of a further $100 on top of the standard permit fee.

    Source: Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the United Nations, Immigration Regulations 2014

Travel

Why applications on this route get refused

  • Not enough money to support your stay

    The Immigration Regulations let the Minister cancel a Visitors Permit if its holder is 'without sufficient lawful means of support', and the Permanent Mission's own guidance lists sufficient funds as a condition for the entry permit issued on arrival in the first place.

    How to avoid it: Carry evidence of enough funds for your stay, cash, cards, or a bank statement, and be ready to show it on arrival.

  • No return or onward ticket

    The Permanent Mission's guidance lists a return or onward ticket as a condition for the entry permit issued on arrival.

    How to avoid it: Book, or be ready to show, a confirmed ticket out of Tuvalu before you travel.

  • Working or doing business without the special endorsement

    An ordinary Visitors Permit doesn't allow employment or business activity, and the Regulations let the Minister cancel a permit if its holder has undertaken unauthorised employment or acted inconsistently with their stated purpose for being in Tuvalu.

    How to avoid it: If you intend any business or employment activity, however brief, get the special business endorsement (and pay its extra fee) instead of entering as an ordinary tourist.

Sources

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