No visa needed

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

Citizens of Malta 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 Malta: the passport opens 123 countries visa-free; Valletta — Dili: ≈ 12,460 km, about 16 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 Malta passport?

Yes, citizens of Malta 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 Malta passport you can visit 123 countries visa-free, 25 with a visa on arrival and 36 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Malta passport ranks 3rd of 199.
Malta passport: visa-free access to 123 countries; Timor-Leste passport: 55.
Citizens of Malta and Timor-Leste can travel together visa-free to 53 countries, for example: Italy, Vatican City, Montenegro, Greece, San Marino, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Monaco, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Hungary, and Switzerland.
Citizens of Timor-Leste, in turn, don’t need a visa for Malta. Malta visa for citizens of Timor-Leste

Travelling to Timor-Leste: good to know

Valletta — Dili: about 12,460 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 16 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +7 hours.
Local time: Valletta 12:00 — Dili 19:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: Portuguese and Tetum.
Timor-Leste is the 184th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Malta.