No visa needed

Do citizens of Sao Tome and Principe need a visa for Haiti?

Citizens of Sao Tome and Principe don’t need a visa for Haiti 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 Sao Tome and Principe: the passport opens 28 countries visa-free; São Tomé — Port-au-Prince: ≈ 8,840 km, about 11.5 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 Haiti without a visa on a Sao Tome and Principe passport?

Yes, citizens of Sao Tome and Principe don’t need a visa for Haiti for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Haiti 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; Haiti passport: 13.
Citizens of Sao Tome and Principe and Haiti can travel together visa-free to 10 countries, for example: Benin, Angola, Rwanda, Palestine, Seychelles, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Micronesia, and Hong Kong.
Citizens of Haiti, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Sao Tome and Principe. Sao Tome and Principe visa for citizens of Haiti

Travelling to Haiti: good to know

São Tomé — Port-au-Prince: about 8,840 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 11.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −4 hours.
Local time: São Tomé 12:00 — Port-au-Prince 08:00.
Local currency: Haitian Gourde.
Languages: French and Haitian Creole.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ HTG 131.
Haiti is the 145th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Sao Tome and Principe.