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Timor-Leste visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 20268 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free27Visa on arrival171
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

27

Visa on arrival

171
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  1. Visa-free

    Covered EU ordinary passports gained Timor-Leste short-stay access

    The reciprocal EU–Timor-Leste agreement is provisionally applied from 2015-05-28 and formally in force from 2022-05-01.

    • The waiver is limited to valid ordinary passports and short stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period.
    • Paid activity is excluded, and ordinary entry conditions and refusal powers continue to apply.
    • Ireland is outside the agreement.
    26 passport nationalities covered

    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

    Official sourcesPublications Office of the European Union: Consolidated Regulation (EU) 2018/1806Official Journal of the European Union: EU–Timor-Leste short-stay visa waiver agreementCouncil of the European Union: Entry into force of the EU–Timor-Leste waiver agreement
  2. Current official routeVisa-free

    United States ordinary passports: tourism visa exemption

    Current official traveller guidance expressly identifies United States nationals as subject to a visa-exemption arrangement when travelling for tourism.

    • The exemption is expressly stated for tourism. It does not establish visa-free business, work, residence, transit, study, media, volunteer, diplomatic, official, service or special-document access.
    • The statement appears in current air-or-sea arrival guidance. It does not independently establish a separate land-border entitlement or remove normal documentary, health, security and individual-admissibility checks.
    • The statutory 30-day tourist-visa duration does not itself specify the stay length of the exemption; comply with the entry permission actually granted and any current Immigration conditions.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    United States

    Official sourcesCustoms Authority, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste: Obtaining a VisaJornal da República, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste: Law No. 11/2017: Immigration and Asylum Act
  3. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Other foreign ordinary passports: Dili airport or seaport visa on arrival

    The current Customs Authority page states that nationals of other countries may apply for a visa on arrival only at Dili International Airport or Dili Sea Port. This residual policy excludes the operative EU–Timor-Leste waiver cohort.

    • For every listed foreign passport not separately exempt, the current ordinary visitor route is a visa application on arrival only at Dili International Airport or Dili Sea Port. This policy is not a nationwide or land-border VOA finding.
    • Indonesian nationals may apply on arrival at any border post, including land crossings, Dili International Airport and Dili Sea Port. All other listed passports arriving at a land border must first obtain a Visa Application Authorization, present it to Immigration, and then receive a visa on payment; this advance-authorisation route is not normalized as eVisa or an unrestricted VOA.
    • The current page requires an arrivals card, genuine tourist or business purpose, sufficient funds, accommodation arrangements, a travel document valid at least six months with an unused visa page, onward/return arrangements, and USD 30 cash. Immigration may refuse applicants who do not meet requirements.
    • The Act gives tourist visas a 30-day validity, single entry, and one equal extension; a trip to or from Oe-Cusse Ambeno permits multiple entries. Tourist visas do not authorize professional activity.
    • Does not decide residence, work, business class II, transit, airport-transit, Oe-Cusse border-pass, visa-support/advance mission procedure, diplomatic, official, service, special-document, citizenship, security, health, criminal-history or case-specific admission treatment.
    171 passport nationalities covered

    Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, Ireland, Norway, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Monaco, Chile, Hong Kong (SAR China), Andorra, Argentina, Brazil, San Marino, Brunei, Israel, Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, The Bahamas, Seychelles, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Uruguay, Mexico, Antigua and Barbuda, Vatican City, Mauritius, Costa Rica, Grenada, Paraguay, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, Macao (SAR China), Ukraine, Dominica, Peru, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Serbia, Solomon Islands, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Samoa, Tonga, Honduras, Marshall Islands, Montenegro, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Tuvalu, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kiribati, Micronesia, Palau Islands, Moldova, Russian Federation, Venezuela, Qatar, Türkiye, South Africa, Belize, Kuwait, Ecuador, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Fiji, Guyana, Vanuatu, Nauru, Jamaica, Kosovo, Oman, Botswana, China, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Bolivia, Belarus, Suriname, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Namibia, eSwatini, Indonesia, Dominican Republic, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Rwanda, Tanzania, Azerbaijan, Ghana, The Gambia, Philippines, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Armenia, Cape Verde Islands, Benin, Mongolia, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Kyrgyzstan, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Uzbekistan, Burkina Faso, Togo, Cuba, Gabon, Madagascar, Algeria, India, Mauritania, Niger, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Tajikistan, Mali, Comoro Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Chad, Liberia, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo (Rep.), Egypt, Vietnam, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Jordan, Bhutan, Haiti, Nigeria, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Djibouti, Laos, Turkmenistan, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Sudan, South Sudan, Libya, Sri Lanka, Iran, Eritrea, Palestinian Territory, Bangladesh, North Korea, Nepal, Somalia, Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan

    Official sourcesCustoms Authority, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste: Obtaining a VisaJornal da República, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste: Law No. 11/2017: Immigration and Asylum Act
  4. Current official routeVisa-free

    EU ordinary passports: reciprocal short-stay visa waiver

    The operative EU–Timor-Leste agreement waives a Timor-Leste visa for ordinary passports of EU Member States except Ireland, and takes precedence over bilateral arrangements within its scope.

    • Valid ordinary passport; stays in Timor-Leste may not exceed 90 days in any 180-day period.
    • Paid activity is excluded. The agreement does not establish work, residence, long-stay, diplomatic, official, service or special-document treatment.
    • The waiver applies regardless of transport mode. Entry and short-stay conditions, individual refusal, and other admissibility requirements remain applicable.
    • The EU agreement takes precedence over bilateral agreements or arrangements on matters it covers; the Customs page's narrower named list does not displace this operative treaty cohort.
    26 passport nationalities covered

    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

    Official sourcesOfficial Journal of the European Union: Agreement between the European Union and Timor-Leste on the short-stay visa waiverOfficial Journal of the European Union: Notice concerning entry into force of the EU–Timor-Leste short-stay visa-waiver agreementCouncil of the European Union: EU–Timor-Leste short-stay visa waiver: treaty status
  5. Current official routeCitizenship

    Timor-Leste: citizenship entry

    The Immigration and Asylum Act expressly regulates the entry and exit conditions of Timor-Leste nationals separately from foreigners, supporting the same-country citizenship classification.

    • This is a nationality/citizenship classification, not foreign visitor-visa evidence.
    • It does not decide passport issuance, dual nationality, exit controls, residence, land-border documents, security, criminal-law or individual-admissibility issues.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Timor-Leste

    Official sourceJornal da República, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste: Law No. 11/2017: Immigration and Asylum Act