Temporary employment visa established as a distinct class from the longer E-1 Work Visa.
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 stay & visit, work and business & self-employment, 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 stay & visit4 of the 15 routes — see them under Short stay & visit 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.
Business & self-employment
2 routes
Business-entry class for a person with an approved Foreign Investment Business License.
Provisional entry for a person seeking to establish or investigate a business before obtaining the full Foreign Investment Business License.
Official government source: rmicourts.org · checked 2026-07-29
Study
1 route
Student visa for qualifying college-level education in the Marshall Islands.
Family
2 routes
Family visa for a qualifying dependent adult under the Immigration Regulations.
Can bring: dependants, children, parents, parents-in-law
Official government source: rmicourts.org · checked 2026-07-29
Family visa for the legal spouse or dependent child covered by the General Visa provisions.
Can bring: spouse, dependants, children
Residence-based status
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.
Official government source: rmiimmigration.org · checked 2026-07-25
Free movement
1 route
— No eligibility summary published for this route yet
Official government source: rmicourts.org · checked 2026-07-29
Short stay & visit
4 routes
Visa class for a person cruising in the Marshall Islands under the conditions of the Immigration Regulations.
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.
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.
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.
Official government source: rmicourts.org · checked 2026-07-29
Transit
1 route
Transit visa for temporary passage through the Marshall Islands.
Other & special
1 route
Visa class for qualifying diplomatic entry and official representation under the Immigration Regulations 2009.
Official sources
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