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Timor-Leste visa for citizens of Ethiopia

Citizens of Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia: the passport opens 12 countries visa-free; Addis Ababa — Dili: ≈ 9,810 km, about 13 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 Ethiopia passport?

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

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Timor-Leste visa rules at a glance

With a Ethiopia passport you can visit 12 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 53 with an e-visa; 105 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Ethiopia passport ranks 189th of 199.
Ethiopia passport: visa-free access to 12 countries; Timor-Leste passport: 55.
Citizens of Ethiopia and Timor-Leste can travel together visa-free to 7 countries, for example: Seychelles, Singapore, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Timor-Leste, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Ethiopia. Ethiopia visa for citizens of Timor-Leste

Travelling to Timor-Leste: good to know

Addis Ababa — Dili: about 9,810 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 13 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +6 hours.
Local time: Addis Ababa 12:00 — Dili 18:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: Portuguese and Tetum.
Timor-Leste is the 147th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Ethiopia.