China → Samoa
Under the China-Samoa visa-waiver agreement effective 2025-04-02, Chinese ordinary passport holders may stay visa-free for up to 30 days per entry, with a cumulative limit of 90 days in any 180 days.
Passport must be valid. For stays beyond the waiver limits, or for work, study, residence, journalism or other activities requiring prior approval by Samoa, apply for the appropriate visa before entry. Samoa's general entry requirements also include return/onward ticket, valid visa or permit for the next destination, accommodation arrangements, evidence of sufficient funds, no deportation record, no health risk to Samoa, no criminal charges resulting in at least a one-year sentence, and not being on alert/warning lists.
Based on passport-specific data. · as of 2026-06-18
Official source ↗Common questions
The U.S. visa does not change the Samoa rule; the Chinese ordinary passport itself is covered by the China-Samoa visa-waiver agreement. From 2025-04-02, stays are visa-free for up to 30 days per entry and 90 days cumulatively in any 180 days.
Under Samoa's official guidance, foreign passport holders are issued a gratis 90-day Visitor's Permit on arrival; this is treated here as an arrival permit/visa-on-arrival outcome, not an advance-visa requirement.
No waiver changing the Samoa outcome was sourced. The APEC Business Travel Card scheme applies to APEC member economies, and Samoa is not listed among participating ABTC economies. A Japanese passport holder remains under Samoa's foreign-passport rule: gratis 90-day Visitor's Permit on arrival.
Usually no advance visa is required; Samoa's official guidance says foreign passport holders receive a gratis 90-day Visitor's Permit on arrival. U.S. Nationals of American Samoa are an exception.
Verify with official sources
Visa policy changes without notice and this page is reference information that may contain errors. Before travel, verify via the official sources below or contact the destination country's embassy / consulate / immigration authority directly; final admission is at the destination government's discretion.