No visa needed

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

Citizens of Timor-Leste don’t need a visa for Indonesia 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 Timor-Leste: the passport opens 55 countries visa-free; Dili — Jakarta: ≈ 2,080 km, about 3 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 Indonesia without a visa on a Timor-Leste passport?

Yes, citizens of Timor-Leste don’t need a visa for Indonesia for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Indonesia visa rules at a glance

With a Timor-Leste passport you can visit 55 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 53 with an e-visa; 63 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Timor-Leste passport ranks 99th of 199.
Timor-Leste passport: visa-free access to 55 countries; Indonesia passport: 43.
Citizens of Timor-Leste and Indonesia can travel together visa-free to 14 countries, for example: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Micronesia, Kiribati, Seychelles, Palestine, Angola, Ecuador, Haiti, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, and Hong Kong.
Timor-Leste and Indonesia share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Indonesia, in turn, don’t need a visa for Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste visa for citizens of Indonesia

Travelling to Indonesia: good to know

Dili — Jakarta: about 2,080 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Dili 12:00 — Jakarta 10:00.
Local currency: Indonesian Rupiah.
Languages: Indonesian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ IDR 17,902.
Indonesia is the 3rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Timor-Leste.