No visa needed

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

Citizens of Singapore 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 Singapore: the passport opens 129 countries visa-free; Singapore — Dili: ≈ 2,650 km, about 4 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 Singapore passport?

Yes, citizens of Singapore 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 Singapore passport you can visit 129 countries visa-free, 26 with a visa on arrival and 28 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Singapore passport ranks 1st of 199.
Singapore passport: visa-free access to 129 countries; Timor-Leste passport: 55.
Citizens of Singapore and Timor-Leste can travel together visa-free to 53 countries, for example: Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Seychelles, Micronesia, Kiribati, Palestine, Cyprus, Eswatini, Moldova, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Lithuania, and Latvia.
Citizens of Timor-Leste, in turn, don’t need a visa for Singapore. Singapore visa for citizens of Timor-Leste

Travelling to Timor-Leste: good to know

Singapore — Dili: about 2,650 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Singapore 12:00 — Dili 13:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: Portuguese and Tetum.
Timor-Leste is the 11th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Singapore.