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Timor-Leste visa for citizens of the Maldives

Citizens of the Maldives 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 the Maldives: the passport opens 54 countries visa-free; Malé — Dili: ≈ 5,940 km, about 8 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 Maldives passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of the Maldives 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 Maldives passport you can visit 54 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 75 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Maldives passport ranks 101st of 199.
Maldives passport: visa-free access to 54 countries; Timor-Leste passport: 55.
Citizens of the Maldives and Timor-Leste can travel together visa-free to 15 countries, for example: Seychelles, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Palestine, Eswatini, Kosovo, Micronesia, Kiribati, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Ecuador, and Hong Kong.
Citizens of Timor-Leste, in turn, get a visa on arrival in the Maldives. Maldives visa for citizens of Timor-Leste

Travelling to Timor-Leste: good to know

Malé — Dili: about 5,940 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 8 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +4 hours.
Local time: Malé 12:00 — Dili 16:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: Portuguese and Tetum.
Timor-Leste is the 68th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Maldives.