Visa on arrival

Rwanda visa for citizens of Timor-Leste

Citizens of Timor-Leste get a Rwanda 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 Timor-Leste: the passport opens 55 countries visa-free; Dili — Kigali: ≈ 10,580 km, about 13.5 hours of flying.

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

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

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

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Rwanda 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; Rwanda passport: 29.
Citizens of Timor-Leste and Rwanda can travel together visa-free to 12 countries, for example: Singapore, Micronesia, Kiribati, Seychelles, Palestine, Angola, Sao Tome and Principe, Ecuador, Haiti, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Barbados.
Citizens of Rwanda, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste visa for citizens of Rwanda

Travelling to Rwanda: good to know

Dili — Kigali: about 10,580 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 13.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −7 hours.
Local time: Dili 12:00 — Kigali 05:00.
Local currency: Rwandan Franc.
Languages: English, French, and Kinyarwanda.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ RWF 1,479.
Rwanda is the 83rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Timor-Leste.