No visa needed

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

Citizens of Morocco don’t need a visa for Sao Tome and Principe and can stay up to 15 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 Morocco: the passport opens 42 countries visa-free; Rabat — São Tomé: ≈ 4,000 km, about 5.5 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 15 days

Can I travel to Sao Tome and Principe without a visa on a Morocco passport?

Yes, citizens of Morocco don’t need a visa for Sao Tome and Principe for up to 15 days. A valid passport is enough.

Sao Tome and Principe visa rules at a glance

With a Morocco passport you can visit 42 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 43 with an e-visa; 86 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Morocco passport ranks 116th of 199.
Morocco passport: visa-free access to 42 countries; Sao Tome and Principe passport: 28.
Citizens of Morocco and Sao Tome and Principe can travel together visa-free to 18 countries, for example: Gambia, Benin, Ghana, Palestine, Angola, Rwanda, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Kenya, Zambia, Haiti, Seychelles, Ecuador, and Malaysia.
Citizens of Sao Tome and Principe, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Morocco. Morocco visa for citizens of Sao Tome and Principe

Travelling to Sao Tome and Principe: good to know

Rabat — São Tomé: about 4,000 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 5.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: São Tomé & Príncipe Dobra.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ STN 21.
Sao Tome and Principe is the 74th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Morocco.