No visa needed

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

Citizens of Indonesia 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 Indonesia: the passport opens 43 countries visa-free; Jakarta — Dili: ≈ 2,080 km, about 3 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 Indonesia passport?

Yes, citizens of Indonesia 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 Indonesia passport you can visit 43 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 81 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Indonesia passport ranks 111th of 199.
Indonesia passport: visa-free access to 43 countries; Timor-Leste passport: 55.
Citizens of Indonesia and Timor-Leste can travel together visa-free to 14 countries, for example: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Seychelles, Micronesia, Kiribati, Palestine, Angola, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Ecuador, and Hong Kong.
Indonesia and Timor-Leste share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Timor-Leste, in turn, don’t need a visa for Indonesia. Indonesia visa for citizens of Timor-Leste

Travelling to Timor-Leste: good to know

Jakarta — Dili: about 2,080 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +2 hours.
Local time: Jakarta 12:00 — Dili 14:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: Portuguese and Tetum.
Timor-Leste is the 5th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Indonesia.