Visa on arrival

Timor-Leste visa for citizens of Sao Tome and Principe

Citizens of Sao Tome and Principe 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 Sao Tome and Principe: the passport opens 28 countries visa-free; São Tomé — Dili: ≈ 13,180 km, about 17 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 Sao Tome and Principe passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Sao Tome and Principe 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 Sao Tome and Principe passport you can visit 28 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 45 with an e-visa; 96 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Sao Tome and Principe passport ranks 150th of 199.
Sao Tome and Principe passport: visa-free access to 28 countries; Timor-Leste passport: 55.
Citizens of Sao Tome and Principe and Timor-Leste can travel together visa-free to 13 countries, for example: Angola, Palestine, Kosovo, Seychelles, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Haiti, Ecuador, Malaysia, Singapore, Micronesia, and Hong Kong.
A language both countries share: Portuguese.
Citizens of Timor-Leste, in turn, don’t need a visa for Sao Tome and Principe. Sao Tome and Principe visa for citizens of Timor-Leste

Travelling to Timor-Leste: good to know

São Tomé — Dili: about 13,180 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 17 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +9 hours.
Local time: São Tomé 12:00 — Dili 21:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: Portuguese and Tetum.
Timor-Leste is the 182nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Sao Tome and Principe.