Middle Africa
Middle AfricaSão Tomé and Príncipe visa requirements
Travellers from 59 of 198 countries can visit São Tomé and Príncipe easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit São Tomé and Príncipe
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed57 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Visa on arrival2 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- eVisa137 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed2 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of São Tomé and Príncipe visa
- Tourist entry6 optionsVisitors can enter visa-free, with an e-Visa, or with a visa on arrival, depending on their passport and other travel documents.
- Airport transit1 optionsAirport transit is described for passengers connecting to a third country on the same calendar day. A separate transit visa requirement is not stated.
- e-Visa1 optionsTravellers who need a visa can apply online through the e-VisaST system. Processing takes up to 7 working days.
- Visa on arrival1 optionsHolders of ordinary Chinese passports can obtain a visa on arrival for 15 days.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe15 days
- AngolaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe15 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe15 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America15 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe15 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America15 days
- Cape VerdeVisa not requiredWestern Africa15 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe15 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe15 days
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe15 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe15 days
- Equatorial GuineaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe15 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe15 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe15 days
- GabonVisa not requiredMiddle Africa15 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe15 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe15 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa not requiredWestern Africa15 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia15 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe15 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe15 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe15 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe15 days
- JapanVisa not requiredEastern Asia15 days
- KuwaitVisa not requiredWestern Asia15 days
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe15 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe15 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe15 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe15 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe15 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe15 days
- MoroccoVisa not requiredNorthern Africa15 days
- MozambiqueVisa not requiredEastern Africa15 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe15 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe15 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe15 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe15 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia15 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe15 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe15 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa15 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not requiredCaribbean
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe15 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe15 days
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia15 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe15 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe15 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe15 days
- Timor-LesteVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia15 days
- TogoVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia15 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia15 days
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe15 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America15 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe15 days
- ChinaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia15 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia15 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- AlgeriaeVisaNorthern Africa
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- ArgentinaeVisaSouth America15 days
- ArmeniaeVisaWestern Asia
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia
- BangladesheVisaSouthern Asia
- BarbadoseVisaCaribbean
- BelaruseVisaEastern Europe
- BelizeeVisaCentral America
- BenineVisaWestern Africa
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia15 days
- BoliviaeVisaSouth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa
- BruneieVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- BurundieVisaEastern Africa
- CambodiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- Central African RepubliceVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ChileeVisaSouth America
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- ComoroseVisaEastern Africa
- CongoeVisaMiddle Africa15 days
- Costa RicaeVisaCentral America15 days
- CubaeVisaCaribbean
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa15 days
- DominicaeVisaCaribbean
- Dominican RepubliceVisaCaribbean
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America
- EgypteVisaNorthern Africa
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America
- EritreaeVisaEastern Africa
- EswatinieVisaSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa15 days
- FijieVisaMelanesia
- GambiaeVisaWestern Africa
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia
- GhanaeVisaWestern Africa
- GrenadaeVisaCaribbean
- GuatemalaeVisaCentral America
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa
- GuyanaeVisaSouth America
- HaitieVisaCaribbean
- HonduraseVisaCentral America
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia
- IndonesiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- IsraeleVisaWestern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa
- JamaicaeVisaCaribbean
- JordaneVisaWestern Asia
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia
- KenyaeVisaEastern Africa
- KiribatieVisaMicronesia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LaoseVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- LebanoneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MadagascareVisaEastern Africa
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa
- MalaysiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- MaldiveseVisaSouthern Asia
- MalieVisaWestern Africa
- Marshall IslandseVisaMicronesia15 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MauritiuseVisaEastern Africa
- MexicoeVisaNorth America
- MicronesiaeVisaMicronesia15 days
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia
- MontenegroeVisaSoutheast Europe
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa
- NaurueVisaMicronesia
- NepaleVisaSouthern Asia
- New ZealandeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- NicaraguaeVisaCentral America
- NigereVisaWestern Africa15 days
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- North KoreaeVisaEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- OmaneVisaWestern Asia
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- PalaueVisaMicronesia15 days
- PalestineeVisaWestern Asia15 days
- PanamaeVisaCentral America
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia15 days
- ParaguayeVisaSouth America15 days
- PerueVisaSouth America
- PhilippineseVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- Saint LuciaeVisaCaribbean
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadineseVisaCaribbean
- SamoaeVisaPolynesia
- Saudi ArabiaeVisaWestern Asia
- SenegaleVisaWestern Africa
- SerbiaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- SeychelleseVisaEastern Africa
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa
- SingaporeeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- SlovakiaeVisaCentral Europe15 days
- Solomon IslandseVisaMelanesia
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa
- South AfricaeVisaSouthern Africa
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- Sri LankaeVisaSouthern Asia
- SudaneVisaNorthern Africa15 days
- SurinameeVisaSouth America
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TaiwaneVisaEastern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia
- TanzaniaeVisaEastern Africa15 days
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- TongaeVisaPolynesia
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean
- TunisiaeVisaNorthern Africa
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia
- TuvalueVisaPolynesia
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe
- UruguayeVisaSouth America
- UzbekistaneVisaCentral Asia
- VanuatueVisaMelanesia
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- YemeneVisaWestern Asia
- ZambiaeVisaEastern Africa7 days
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
Who can visit easily, by part 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.
- Europe36 of 46 countries
- Asia10 of 50 countries
- Africa9 of 53 countries
- Americas4 of 35 countries
- Oceania0 of 14 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter São Tomé and Príncipe without a visa?
59 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for São Tomé and Príncipe?
eVisa: it applies to 137 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for São Tomé and Príncipe?
2 passports, including Afghanistan and Kosovo.
Do India passport holders need a visa for São Tomé and Príncipe?
eVisa.
Do China passport holders need a visa for São Tomé and Príncipe?
Visa on arrival, for up to 15 days.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for São Tomé and Príncipe?
No visa needed, for up to 15 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for São Tomé and Príncipe?
eVisa, for up to 15 days.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for São Tomé and Príncipe?
eVisa.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for São Tomé and Príncipe?
No visa needed, for up to 15 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to São Tomé and Príncipe?
Europe: 36 of 46 passports enter without applying first.
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