{"id":210,"date":"2026-09-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.ws\/?p=210"},"modified":"2026-11-02T22:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T22:52:40","slug":"check-your-passport-validity-before-travelling-to-samoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.ws\/sm\/check-your-passport-validity-before-travelling-to-samoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Check your passport validity before travelling to Samoa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before you travel, check the expiry date on your passport. To get a Visitor Permit on arrival, your passport must be valid for <strong>at least 6 months after the date you plan to leave Samoa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You also need:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a return or onward ticket<\/li><li>a valid visa or permit for the country you&#8217;re travelling to next<\/li><li>details of where you&#8217;ll be staying<\/li><li>evidence of enough money to support yourself, usually a copy of a bank statement<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See the full entry requirements on our <a href=\"\/sm\/?page_id=142\">Border services<\/a> page.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months after the date you plan to leave Samoa.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.ws\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.ws\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.ws\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.ws\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.ws\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.ws\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.ws\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.ws\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.ws\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.gov.ws\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}