Timor-Leste · Passport Index 2026
Timor-Leste · Passport Index 2026East Timorese passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #55 in the world, with 87 places you can visit easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
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Visa-free countries for East Timorese passport holders
Just show your passport at the border.
Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the airport when you land. No need to apply in advance.
eVisa and online permits
Apply online before you fly; no embassy visit.
Where the East Timorese passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the East Timorese passport compares
Passports ranked close to it on the Passport Index 2026.
By region of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Europe38 of 46 countries
- Oceania6 of 14 countries
- Africa19 of 54 countries
- Asia16 of 49 countries
- Americas8 of 35 countries
All 198 destinations for East Timorese passport holders
198 of 198 destinations
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- AngolaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean28 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- Cape VerdeVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean21 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia7 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IndonesiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- KosovoVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- LaosVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MoldovaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia60 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa not requiredMiddle Africa15 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EgyptVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- IranVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa60 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- MauritiusVisa on arrivalEastern Africa60 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- SenegalVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia60 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- ArmeniaeVisaWestern Asia120 days
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia60 days
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia30 days
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia60 days
- PhilippineseVisaSouth-Eastern Asia59 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- TürkiyeeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe
- United Arab EmirateseVisaWestern Asia
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- ZambiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- AustraliaVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IsraelVisa requiredWestern Asia
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JapanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- RussiaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SerbiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- South AfricaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- South KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TajikistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa requiredCaribbean
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- United KingdomVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
Questions
How many countries can East Timorese passport holders visit without a visa?
60 countries need no visa at all, and 27 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Timor-Leste passport rank?
#52 of 199 passports, with 85 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can East Timorese passport holders visit visa-free?
Indonesia, Germany, Thailand, France Italy, and 55 more.
Where can East Timorese passport holders get a visa at the airport?
26 countries, including Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran Tanzania, and 22 more.
Which countries let East Timorese passport holders apply online?
50 countries, including India, Pakistan, Nigeria DR Congo, and 46 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for East Timorese passport holders?
62, including China, United States, Brazil Russia, and 58 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can East Timorese passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: visa needed; Canada: visa needed; Australia: visa needed; Japan: visa needed; France: no visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for East Timorese passport holders?
Europe: 83% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can East Timorese passport holders visit easily?
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore Thailand, and 1 more.
Does the Timor-Leste passport work for official or diplomatic travel?
Official and diplomatic passports often have their own rules. Each destination page shows them where they differ from a regular passport.
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