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The majority of travellers planning to visit will need a visa for Nauru. Unless you are from one of the 15 lucky countries with a free visa on arrival.
Free visa for Nauru on arrival is available to 15 nationalities: Fiji, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Tonga, Tuvalu, and the United Arab Emirates.
66 other nationalities can apply for a visa with simplified procedures (view this list for more details).
Other nationalities must also submit a criminal record and certificate of medical fitness.
For all Nauru visa applications, send an email request to the Nauru consulate in Brisbane Australia. Please email the immigration office, the right contact as of March 2023 is Mr Cramer Cain at [email protected]. You will receive an email back, stating what is required to apply.
Before 2020, most travellers obtained visas directly from Nauru Immigration, but as of 2023 more travellers reported using the Nauru Consulate in Brisbane. You will not need to personally visit the consulate in Brisaben Australia everything is done via email.
Details of the Nauru consulate in Brisbane for Visa to Nauru: Nauru Consulate General, Level 3, 99 Creek St, Brisbane Qld 4000. Tel +61 7 3220 3040, Fax: +61 7 3220 3048. Mobile no +61 417 611 730
You will receive an email back stating what is required to apply.
To apply for your visa to Nauru, you will need the following:
Email all documents to the Nauru Consulate in Brisbane ahead of time for your visit.
Once they receive the above-mentioned documents, they will review the documents first. Once approved, they will provide you with an invoice for the visa fee payment
The cost of a visa for Nauru is AUD 50 for a one-month single entry visa. The bank details for the money transfer will be available on the invoice.
The Nauru Consulate then sends it off to Nauru Immigration for final approval. The Nauru Immigration Department has a new director. Her name is Darlene Dabana and her email is [email protected].
The processing time after receiving complete documents is around 1 week. However, most travellers reported it takes 2-4 weeks so apply early. Some visitors got their visas only a few days before entry to Nauru.
The best way to pay, (unless you have an Australian bank account) is to use Wise.
Just an FYI, the fee for journalists is AUD$ 8,000. The official Nauru immigration website says, “The Media visa application fee is non-refundable should your application be unsuccessful.”
Once you email your proof of payment for the visa, you should receive the visa grant notification letter within 24 hours. You are ready to go!
Upon arrival in Nauru, your visa will be stamped into your passport.
For more information on how to get other tricky visas, check out our Visa page.
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Hi there. FYI Rajeev is no longer the immigration director and its radio silence whenever you email immigration. Any thoughts or updates to enlighten travellers regarding this procedure? Nauru is the only country in the world I have not seen.
Hi Stephen, I would then recomend to get the visa at the Nauru Consulate in Brisbane Australia ([email protected]). This is what you’ll need:
Put together and send completed visa application form, copy of passport, flight booking, accommodation reservation and visa fee AUD $50 bank transfer confirmation to:
Trent Dabwido, Consular Assistant,
Nauru Consulate General,
Level 3, 99 Creek St,
Brisbane Qld 4000.
Tel +61 7 3220 3040
Email: [email protected]
Once recieved an approved you will get a confirmation from Trent and they will then submit your applciation with the Imigration Department in Nauru. This might take any amount of time, but up to 4 weeks was the norm for the last traveller.
Be patient and if you don’t hear back, email Darlene or Amuson.
The Nauru Imigration Department is Darlene Dabana and email [email protected] or you can try to email staff Amuson Bern – [email protected].
Please note the only airline currently flying is Nauru Airlines and they can sometimes help with visas too. Good luck!
Thanks I will try that
Hey Nomads, where there’s a will there’s a way. I made it to Nauru all by myself, facilitating the visa through Cramer at the consulate in Brisbane. In so doing, I have now been to every country in the world. Thanks so much for your advice. The wind really changed direction in January and I reached my milestone on March 27, 2023.
Cheers and Happy Trails
Stephen Fenech
Wow! Huge congratulations to you, Stephen! It’s such an incredible achievement. Welcome to the club, and we hope to meet you out there on the road one day 🙂 Happy Travels – Rach & Marty
Hi
Did you cancel your hotel reservation before or after the visa was approved/granted. I have tried looking at Airb&B but nothing comes up for Nauru, unless i’m not doing it correctly (i type in nauru in search bar). I definitely dont want to be tied down to the overpriced, substandard hotels on the immigration list!!!
Hi Mel,
We cancelled the hotel reservation after we had our visa granted. We’ve just checked Airbnb and we can’t find the host here that usually accommodates visitors to the island. Whether this is temporary or long-term, we’re unsure. Our suggestion is to email the Menen Hotel or Ewa Lodge directly for rates and availability.
Hi
Great info
I was looking into this as well as the hotel prices are ridiculous. It appears at the moment that there is only one flight a week so minimum stay will be 7 nights at 200+$ . Did you update your accommodation with immigration after your visa was granted, or did you not bother telling them? I might camp in someones back garden instead. Just worried if I cancel when approved, that my visa might get cancelled if the hotel I cancel the reservation with informs immigration. Did you lose any deposit/payment when you cancelled?
Thanks
Steve
Yes, we agree that Nauru is a very expensive destination to visit. Not many options to work with at all. We didn’t notify immigration that we’d changed our accommodation after our visa was granted or incur any cancellation costs at the original hotel we had booked. Hope you have a good stay 🙂