Visa on arrival

Timor-Leste visa for citizens of Vanuatu

Citizens of Vanuatu 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 Vanuatu: the passport opens 46 countries visa-free; Port Vila — Dili: ≈ 4,730 km, about 6.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

99% of the applications we submit are approved

How we achieve this

After payment, a manager will contact you.

Choose your visa

Document check and supportWe check your passport and documents and tell you what to bring to the border$19

The visa fee is paid at the border.

Apply in 10 minutes

Can I travel to Timor-Leste without a visa on a Vanuatu passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Vanuatu get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

Apply for a visa

Timor-Leste visa rules at a glance

With a Vanuatu passport you can visit 46 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 45 with an e-visa; 77 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Vanuatu passport ranks 108th of 199.
Vanuatu passport: visa-free access to 46 countries; Timor-Leste passport: 55.
Citizens of Vanuatu and Timor-Leste can travel together visa-free to 17 countries, for example: Kiribati, Micronesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Seychelles, Ecuador, Eswatini, Haiti, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Barbados, Palestine, Moldova, Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Citizens of Timor-Leste, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Vanuatu. Vanuatu visa for citizens of Timor-Leste

Travelling to Timor-Leste: good to know

Port Vila — Dili: about 4,730 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Port Vila 12:00 — Dili 10:00.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: Portuguese and Tetum.
Timor-Leste is the 14th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Vanuatu.