Visa on arrival

Cape Verde visa for citizens of Timor-Leste

Citizens of Timor-Leste get a Cape Verde visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Timor-Leste: the passport opens 55 countries visa-free; Dili — Praia: ≈ 16,580 km, about 21 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Cape Verde without a visa on a Timor-Leste passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Timor-Leste get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Cape Verde visa rules at a glance

With a Timor-Leste passport you can visit 55 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 53 with an e-visa; 63 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Timor-Leste passport ranks 99th of 199.
Timor-Leste passport: visa-free access to 55 countries; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Timor-Leste and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 13 countries, for example: Singapore, Malaysia, Micronesia, Seychelles, Palestine, Angola, Sao Tome and Principe, Ecuador, Haiti, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, and Hong Kong.
A language both countries share: Portuguese.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, don’t need a visa for Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Dili — Praia: about 16,580 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 21 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −10 hours.
Local time: Dili 12:00 — Praia 02:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 174th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Timor-Leste.