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Samoa visa for citizens of Timor-Leste

Citizens of Timor-Leste get a Samoa 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 — Apia: ≈ 6,840 km, about 9 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Samoa 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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Samoa 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; Samoa passport: 82.
Citizens of Timor-Leste and Samoa can travel together visa-free to 51 countries, for example: Singapore, Malaysia, Micronesia, Kiribati, Seychelles, Eswatini, Palestine, Cyprus, Moldova, Finland, Romania, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Greece.
Citizens of Samoa, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste visa for citizens of Samoa

Travelling to Samoa: good to know

Dili — Apia: about 6,840 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 9 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +4 hours.
Local time: Dili 12:00 — Apia 16:00.
Local currency: Samoan Tala.
Languages: English and Samoan.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ WST 2.73.
Samoa is the 37th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Timor-Leste.