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Timor-Leste visa for citizens of Benin

Citizens of Benin get a Timor-Leste 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 Benin: the passport opens 34 countries visa-free; Porto-Novo — Dili: ≈ 13,730 km, about 17.5 hours of flying.

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

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

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Timor-Leste visa rules at a glance

With a Benin passport you can visit 34 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 44 with an e-visa; 96 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Benin passport ranks 134th of 199.
Benin passport: visa-free access to 34 countries; Timor-Leste passport: 55.
Citizens of Benin and Timor-Leste can travel together visa-free to 10 countries, for example: Seychelles, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Haiti, Ecuador, Malaysia, Singapore, Micronesia, and Hong Kong.
Citizens of Timor-Leste, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Benin. Benin visa for citizens of Timor-Leste

Travelling to Timor-Leste: good to know

Porto-Novo — Dili: about 13,730 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 17.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +8 hours.
Local time: Porto-Novo 12:00 — Dili 20:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: Portuguese and Tetum.
Timor-Leste is the 183rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Benin.