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Palau for Cypriot passport holders: Visa on arrival

Your circumstances

Passport:
🇨🇾 Cypriot
Lives in:
Not specified (general rule)
Going to:
🇵🇼 Palau
Purpose:
Holiday

Route summary

Visa on arrival

Visa on arrival (30 days)

Cypriot visitors get a tourist visa on arrival in Palau, valid 30 days and extendable twice by 30 days.

Conditions

  • Passport valid 6 months
  • Onward/return ticket
  • Palau Entry Form (QR) within 72 hours before departure
  • USD 100 PPEF environmental fee, usually in the ticket

About this route

Route type
Visa on arrival: the visa is issued when you arrive.
Documents
Document list not published by the official source.
Fee
Fee not published by the official source.
Processing
Processing time not published by the official source.

Next step

Steps not published by the official source — use the official link to start.

Official sourcebcbp.pw ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Last checked 2 Nov 2026 against bcbp.pw · Palau Bureau of Customs and Border Protection Immigration page and Official Public Notice on flagged countries (effective 2026-03-30), read 2026-10-16

Documents

Document list not published by the official source.

Fees

Fee not published by the official source.

Processing and validity

Processing time
Not published by the official source
Validity
Not published by the official source
Maximum stay
30 days

Quick answers

Do Cypriot passport holders need a visa for Palau?

Visa on arrival (30 days). Cypriot visitors get a tourist visa on arrival in Palau, valid 30 days and extendable twice by 30 days. Source: https://bcbp.pw/?page_id=165

Business, work or just passing through?

The rules above are for a holiday: tourism and visiting family and friends. Business visits, paid work and transit are covered separately below.

Business visits to Palau

Not verified yet (not yet covered). We haven't verified the business rules for Cypriot passport holders, and we don't publish rules we haven't checked against an official source. A rule that is awaiting verification or not yet covered is not a negative visa decision: it only means we haven't confirmed it on an official source yet. Until then, see bcbp.pw.

Working in Palau

⚠ Not from an official source: items marked below come from secondary sources (law firms, employer-of-record guides, IOM, Wikipedia), not the destination government. They are not verified and may be out of date; confirm with the embassy or immigration authority.

Main work visa routes for Palau

These are the main routes and what they require. Whether you qualify depends on your circumstances; the official page decides.

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Requirements, fees and thresholds change; confirm on the official page before applying.

Your work travel report

We only create the PDF report from rules checked against an official government source.

Transit through Palau

Option 1
Visa-freeTransit (changing flights)

Airside transit generally without a visa (not from an official source)

Unofficial source – not verified

This rule is not from an official Palau government source. It is based on a secondary reference source (dict.dyimin.com). Confirm with the embassy or the official immigration authority before you travel.

Not from an official Palau government source: based on the World Visa Encyclopedia (dict.dyimin.com, an unofficial reference site), a single unofficial source. Not verified - conditions vary by airline and airport; confirm with your airline and the embassy before travel. The site says: “Transit / Transfer According to the regulations of the Palau Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP), travelers transiting through Palau to a third country do not require a separate transit visa.”

Conditions

  • Stay in the international transit area (airside); do not pass immigration.
  • Check your airline allows it (through ticket and checked-through baggage).
Government fee
Fee not officially published
Processing
Not verified yet
Validity
Not verified yet
Max stay
Not verified yet
Steps, documents & where to apply

How to apply

Steps not verified yet — follow the official source below.

Documents checklist

Document list not verified yet — check the official source.

✓ Secondary_research

Official wording

“World Visa Encyclopedia (dict.dyimin.com), 'Palau' chapter 14 Transit / Transfer: “Transit / Transfer According to the regulations of the Palau Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP), travelers transiting through Palau to a third country do not require a separate transit visa.””

Your transit travel report

We only create the PDF report from rules checked against an official government source.

Alert me if this route changes

Get an email when we update the guidance for Cypriot passport holders going to Palau, after we've checked the change against the official source. Nothing else.

Tell me about changes to

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Before you go to Palau

Customs cash limits and the scams official travel advice warns about in Palau.

Common tourist traps

  1. Card skimming

    How it works: Credit card fraud has increased, including skimming devices.

    How to avoid it: Take care when paying by card or using ATMs.

Emergency numbers in Palau

Paraphrased from official travel advice: gov.uk · FCDO page updated 19 Oct 2026 · Last checked 24 Oct 2026.

Explore Palau

Planning more than the paperwork? Our Palau guide picks out places to visit, with a source for every tip.

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Read the full Palau guide

Cypriot passport: of the 156 destinations with a rule verified from an official source, 110 visa-free, 15 visa on arrival, 27 eVisa or travel authorisation, 4 embassy visa.

Palau: rules verified from an official source for 188 of 198 passports. Palau guide and every passport →

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