The beach and hills at Areia Branca, Dili, Timor-Leste

Who needs a visa for Timor-Leste?

South-eastern Asia · Dili

Photo: Philip Nalangan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Of 198 nationalities, 35 enter Timor-Leste with no paperwork at all. The rest: 163 can get a visa at the border.

We have not found a Timor-Leste government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Timor-Leste's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 35

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

Visa on arrival 163

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.

About Timor-Leste

Region
South-Eastern Asia
Capital
Dili
Population
1,418,517 2025 · 153rd of 197
Size
14,874 km² 155th largest of 199
Density
95 per km²
Languages
Portuguese, Tetum
Currency
United States dollar USD
Borders
Indonesia

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.