No visa needed

Do citizens of Cape Verde need a visa for Timor-Leste?

Citizens of Cape Verde don’t need a visa for Timor-Leste and can stay up to 30 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Cape Verde: the passport opens 39 countries visa-free; Praia — Dili: ≈ 16,580 km, about 21 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

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

Yes, citizens of Cape Verde don’t need a visa for Timor-Leste for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Timor-Leste visa rules at a glance

With a Cape Verde passport you can visit 39 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 43 with an e-visa; 92 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Cape Verde passport ranks 125th of 199.
Cape Verde passport: visa-free access to 39 countries; Timor-Leste passport: 55.
Citizens of Cape Verde and Timor-Leste can travel together visa-free to 13 countries, for example: Sao Tome and Principe, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Angola, Haiti, Palestine, Ecuador, Seychelles, Malaysia, Singapore, Micronesia, and Hong Kong.
A language both countries share: Portuguese.
Citizens of Timor-Leste, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Cape Verde. Cape Verde visa for citizens of Timor-Leste

Travelling to Timor-Leste: good to know

Praia — Dili: 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: Praia 12:00 — Dili 22:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: Portuguese and Tetum.
Timor-Leste is the 184th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Cape Verde.