Sao Tome and Principe

Who needs a visa for Sao Tome and Principe?

Of 198 nationalities, 57 enter Sao Tome and Principe with no paperwork at all. The rest: 1 can get a visa at the border and 140 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Sao Tome and Principe government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none โ€” a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Sao Tome and Principe's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 57

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 140

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

Visa on arrival 1

Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.