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Sao Tome and Principe visa for citizens of Sierra Leone

Citizens of Sierra Leone need an e-visa to travel to Sao Tome and Principe. It is issued online, with no embassy visit. Official processing time is not published. Visago fills in and submits the application for you; the all-in price starts at $29, government fee included.

For citizens of Sierra Leone: the passport opens 39 countries visa-free; Freetown — São Tomé: ≈ 2,390 km, about 3.5 hours of flying.

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

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How much does a Sao Tome and Principe visa cost for citizens of Sierra Leone?

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

No: citizens of Sierra Leone need a visa. But you can get it quickly and at a low price — online with us, from $29, with no embassy visit.

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Sao Tome and Principe visa rules at a glance

With a Sierra Leone passport you can visit 39 countries visa-free, 18 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 99 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Sierra Leone passport ranks 125th of 199.
Sierra Leone passport: visa-free access to 39 countries; Sao Tome and Principe passport: 28.
Citizens of Sierra Leone and Sao Tome and Principe can travel together visa-free to 14 countries, for example: Gambia, Ghana, Benin, Rwanda, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Kenya, Haiti, Bahamas, Seychelles, Malaysia, Singapore, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Sao Tome and Principe, in turn, get a visa on arrival in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone visa for citizens of Sao Tome and Principe

Travelling to Sao Tome and Principe: good to know

Freetown — São Tomé: about 2,390 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 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 16th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Sierra Leone.