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Timor-Leste passport: visa requirements for African countries (2026)
Travelling to Africa on a Timor-Leste passport? You can enter 5 African countries visa-free and 15 with a visa on arrival. 20 offer an e-visa or eTA, and 14 need a visa arranged in advance (January 2025 data).
Data snapshot: January 2025. African countries add and remove e-visa and visa-on-arrival schemes often. Confirm with the destination's embassy or official immigration site before you book.
Visa-free (5)
Visa on arrival (15)
BurundiCabo VerdeComorosDjiboutiEgyptGhanaGuinea-BissauMadagascarMalawiMauritaniaMauritiusMozambiqueRwandaSierra LeoneTanzania
e-Visa (18)
BeninBotswanaBurkina FasoCameroonDR CongoEquatorial GuineaEthiopiaGabonGuineaLesothoLibyaNigeriaSomaliaSouth SudanTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Electronic travel authorisation (eTA) (2)
Visa required in advance (14)
AlgeriaCentral African RepublicChadEritreaLiberiaMaliMoroccoNamibiaNigerRepublic of the CongoSenegalSouth AfricaSudanTunisia
All 54 African countries
| Destination | Entry requirement |
|---|---|
| Algeria | Visa required in advance |
| Angola | Visa-free, up to 30 days |
| Benin | e-Visa |
| Botswana | e-Visa |
| Burkina Faso | e-Visa |
| Burundi | Visa on arrival |
| Cabo Verde | Visa on arrival |
| Cameroon | e-Visa |
| Central African Republic | Visa required in advance |
| Chad | Visa required in advance |
| Comoros | Visa on arrival |
| DR Congo | e-Visa |
| Djibouti | Visa on arrival |
| Egypt | Visa on arrival |
| Equatorial Guinea | e-Visa |
| Eritrea | Visa required in advance |
| Eswatini | Visa-free, up to 30 days |
| Ethiopia | e-Visa |
| Gabon | e-Visa |
| Ghana | Visa on arrival |
| Guinea | e-Visa |
| Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival |
| Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) | Electronic travel authorisation (eTA) |
| Kenya | Electronic travel authorisation (eTA) |
| Lesotho | e-Visa |
| Liberia | Visa required in advance |
| Libya | e-Visa |
| Madagascar | Visa on arrival |
| Malawi | Visa on arrival |
| Mali | Visa required in advance |
| Mauritania | Visa on arrival |
| Mauritius | Visa on arrival |
| Morocco | Visa required in advance |
| Mozambique | Visa on arrival |
| Namibia | Visa required in advance |
| Niger | Visa required in advance |
| Nigeria | e-Visa |
| Republic of the Congo | Visa required in advance |
| Rwanda | Visa on arrival |
| Senegal | Visa required in advance |
| Seychelles | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Sierra Leone | Visa on arrival |
| Somalia | e-Visa |
| South Africa | Visa required in advance |
| South Sudan | e-Visa |
| Sudan | Visa required in advance |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Visa-free |
| Tanzania | Visa on arrival |
| The Gambia | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Togo | e-Visa |
| Tunisia | Visa required in advance |
| Uganda | e-Visa |
| Zambia | e-Visa |
| Zimbabwe | e-Visa |
Going to Sierra Leone?
For Timor-Leste passport holders our data shows: Visa on arrival. We live in Freetown: read the Sierra Leone travel guide, the airport guide and the Lungi airport hotel page.