No visa needed

Do citizens of Finland need a visa for Timor-Leste?

Citizens of Finland don’t need a visa for Timor-Leste and can stay up to 90 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 Finland: the passport opens 122 countries visa-free; Helsinki — Dili: ≈ 11,420 km, about 15 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

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

Yes, citizens of Finland don’t need a visa for Timor-Leste for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Timor-Leste visa rules at a glance

With a Finland passport you can visit 122 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Finland passport ranks 6th of 199.
Finland passport: visa-free access to 122 countries; Timor-Leste passport: 55.
Citizens of Finland and Timor-Leste can travel together visa-free to 53 countries, for example: Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, Lithuania, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Moldova, Netherlands, and Belgium.
Citizens of Timor-Leste, in turn, don’t need a visa for Finland. Finland visa for citizens of Timor-Leste

Travelling to Timor-Leste: good to know

Helsinki — Dili: about 11,420 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 15 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +6 hours.
Local time: Helsinki 12:00 — Dili 18:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: Portuguese and Tetum.
Timor-Leste is the 178th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Finland.