Temporary employment visa established as a distinct class from the longer E-1 Work Visa.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 1Process & costs: 4Report facts: 4
Official government source: rmicourts.org · checked 2026-07-29
Micronesia · Immigration
Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands sits in Micronesia. Its immigration system runs 15 distinct routes — led by short stays and visits, work and starting a business, each set out in official law. All 15 cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
- Immigration routes
- 15across 9 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 15 of 15cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Short stays and visits4 of the 15 routes — see them under Short stays and visits below
- Region
- Micronesia
- Capital
- Majuro
- Population
- 36,282
- Official language
- English, Marshallese
- Currency
- USD
- Time zone
- UTC+12:00
Source-cited pathways
Immigration routes
All 15 routes, grouped by purpose — 15 of 15 cite an official government source directly.
Work
2 routes
Employment visa linked to authorised employment and the applicable work-permit framework.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 1Process & costs: 4Report facts: 4
Starting a business
2 routes
Business-entry class for a person with an approved Foreign Investment Business License.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 1Process & costs: 4Report facts: 6
Provisional entry for a person seeking to establish or investigate a business before obtaining the full Foreign Investment Business License.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 4Report facts: 6
Official government source: rmicourts.org · checked 2026-07-29
Study
1 route
Student visa for qualifying college-level education in the Marshall Islands.
Eligibility: 3Documents: 1Process & costs: 5Report facts: 5
Family
2 routes
Family visa for a qualifying dependent adult under the Immigration Regulations.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 4Report facts: 8
Official government source: rmicourts.org · checked 2026-07-29
Family visa for the legal spouse or dependent child covered by the General Visa provisions.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 3Report facts: 8
Long-term residence
1 route
Available to a holder of a Certificate of Actual Residence, a naturalized or registered RMI citizen without an RMI passport, or an honorary RMI citizen without an RMI passport.
Report facts: 1
Official government source: rmiimmigration.org · checked 2026-07-25
Free movement
1 route
— No eligibility summary published for this route yet
Report facts: 1
Official government source: rmicourts.org · checked 2026-07-29
Short stays and visits
4 routes
Visa class for a person cruising in the Marshall Islands under the conditions of the Immigration Regulations.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 3Report facts: 7
Official government source: rmicourts.org · checked 2026-07-29
Visa exemption for citizens of the United States, Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia under regulation 5.
Process & costs: 1Report facts: 2
Official government source: rmicourts.org · checked 2026-07-29
Pre-arrival visitor visa for nationals who are neither exempt nor eligible for visa on arrival or waiver.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 3Report facts: 7
Arrival mechanism for citizens of countries with diplomatic relations that are listed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as eligible for VOA or waiver.
Process & costs: 1Report facts: 4
Official government source: rmicourts.org · checked 2026-07-29
Transit
1 route
Transit visa for temporary passage through the Marshall Islands.
Documents: 2Process & costs: 4Report facts: 6
Special cases
1 route
Visa class for qualifying diplomatic entry and official representation under the Immigration Regulations 2009.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 2Process & costs: 3Report facts: 6
Official sources
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