What you need to enter Palau with a Botswanan passport

Authorisation system

Tourist visa on arrival

Palau's Division of Immigration issues the tourist or business visa on arrival, within minutes, on presentation of the passport, an onward ticket and sufficient funds. It lasts 30 days and can be extended twice by another 30, applying at least seven days before it expires (50 dollars per extension). Nationals of Bangladesh and Myanmar have to apply before travelling, at a Palauan mission or the Ministry of State. Citizens of the United States, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands need no visa, and citizens of Schengen States enter visa-free for up to 90 days in any 180-day period under the agreement with the EU signed on 7 December 2015.

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Required documents

• Passport valid for at least six months on entry (Spain's Foreign Ministry counts from the planned departure), with two blank pages.
• Palau entry form (palautravel.pw), submitted no more than 72 hours before departure. It generates a QR code shown at check-in and on arrival.
• Return or onward ticket and enough money for the whole stay.
• The 100-dollar Pristine Paradise Environmental Fee, which airlines include in the ticket price.
• Signing the Palau Pledge on arrival, which is stamped in the passport.

Transit rules

Reef-toxic sunscreen is banned: customs confiscates it, and only products based on zinc oxide or titanium dioxide are generally allowed. Firearms are banned, with sentences of over 15 years, and drug sentences range from 15 to 25 years. The legal drinking age is 21. A foreign licence can be used for 30 days; the general speed limit is 40 km/h. A departure and environmental protection tax is paid in cash on leaving.