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Sao Tome and Principe visa requirements in 2026

What Sao Tome and Principe's border demands, by nationality — 64 of the 202 nationalities we track can enter without a visa arranged in advance. Pick your passport below for your exact rules, fees and documents.

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Entry rules for everyone

These apply whichever passport you carry and however you enter.

Passport validity 3 months beyond the intended date of departure
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Who can enter Sao Tome and Principe

Fiji — E-VisaTanzania, United Republic of — E-VisaWestern SaharaCanada — Visa Not RequiredUnited States — Visa Not RequiredKazakhstan — E-VisaUzbekistan — E-VisaPapua New Guinea — E-VisaIndonesia — E-VisaArgentina — E-VisaChile — E-VisaCongo, The Democratic Republic of the — E-VisaSomalia — E-VisaKenya — E-VisaSudan — E-VisaChad — E-VisaHaiti — E-VisaDominican Republic — E-VisaRussian Federation — Visa Not RequiredBahamas — E-VisaFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Norway — Visa Not RequiredGreenland — Visa Not RequiredFrench Southern Territories — Visa Not RequiredTimor-Leste — Visa Not RequiredSouth Africa — E-VisaLesotho — E-VisaMexico — E-VisaUruguay — E-VisaBrazil — Visa Not RequiredBolivia, Plurinational State of — E-VisaPeru — E-VisaColombia — E-VisaPanama — E-VisaCosta Rica — E-VisaNicaragua — E-VisaHonduras — E-VisaEl Salvador — E-VisaGuatemala — E-VisaBelize — E-VisaVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic of — E-VisaGuyana — E-VisaSuriname — E-VisaFrance — Visa Not RequiredEcuador — E-VisaPuerto RicoJamaica — E-VisaCuba — E-VisaZimbabwe — E-VisaBotswana — E-VisaNamibia — E-VisaSenegal — E-VisaMali — E-VisaMauritania — E-VisaBenin — E-VisaNiger — E-VisaNigeria — E-VisaCameroon — E-VisaTogo — Visa Not RequiredGhana — E-VisaCôte d'Ivoire — E-VisaGuinea — E-VisaGuinea-Bissau — Visa Not RequiredLiberia — E-VisaSierra Leone — E-VisaBurkina Faso — E-VisaCentral African Republic — E-VisaCongo — E-VisaGabon — Visa Not RequiredEquatorial Guinea — Visa Not RequiredZambia — E-VisaMalawi — E-VisaMozambique — Visa Not RequiredEswatini — E-VisaAngola — Visa Not RequiredBurundi — E-VisaIsrael — E-VisaLebanon — E-VisaMadagascar — E-VisaPalestine, State of — E-VisaGambia — E-VisaTunisia — E-VisaAlgeria — E-VisaJordan — E-VisaUnited Arab Emirates — Visa Not RequiredQatar — Visa Not RequiredKuwait — Visa Not RequiredIraq — E-VisaOman — E-VisaVanuatu — E-VisaCambodia — E-VisaThailand — E-VisaLao People's Democratic Republic — E-VisaMyanmar — E-VisaViet Nam — E-VisaKorea, Democratic People's Republic of — E-VisaKorea, Republic of — Visa Not RequiredMongolia — E-VisaIndia — E-VisaBangladesh — E-VisaBhutan — E-VisaNepal — E-VisaPakistan — E-VisaAfghanistan — Embassy VisaTajikistan — E-VisaKyrgyzstan — E-VisaTurkmenistan — E-VisaIran, Islamic Republic of — E-VisaSyrian Arab Republic — E-VisaArmenia — E-VisaSweden — Visa Not RequiredBelarus — E-VisaUkraine — E-VisaPoland — Visa Not RequiredAustria — Visa Not RequiredHungary — Visa Not RequiredMoldova, Republic of — E-VisaRomania — Visa Not RequiredLithuania — Visa Not RequiredLatvia — Visa Not RequiredEstonia — Visa Not RequiredGermany — Visa Not RequiredBulgaria — Visa Not RequiredGreece — Visa Not RequiredTürkiye — Visa Not RequiredAlbania — E-VisaCroatia — Visa Not RequiredSwitzerland — Visa Not RequiredLuxembourg — Visa Not RequiredBelgium — Visa Not RequiredNetherlands — Visa Not RequiredPortugal — Visa Not RequiredSpain — Visa Not RequiredIreland — Visa Not RequiredNew CaledoniaSolomon Islands — E-VisaNew Zealand — E-VisaAustralia — E-VisaSri Lanka — E-VisaChina — Visa On ArrivalTaiwan, Province of China — E-VisaItaly — Visa Not RequiredDenmark — Visa Not RequiredUnited Kingdom — Visa Not RequiredIceland — Visa Not RequiredAzerbaijan — E-VisaGeorgia — E-VisaPhilippines — E-VisaMalaysia — E-VisaBrunei Darussalam — E-VisaSlovenia — Visa Not RequiredFinland — Visa Not RequiredSlovakia — E-VisaCzechia — Visa Not RequiredEritrea — E-VisaJapan — Visa Not RequiredParaguay — E-VisaYemen — E-VisaSaudi Arabia — E-VisaCyprus — Visa Not RequiredMorocco — Visa Not RequiredEgypt — E-VisaLibya — E-VisaEthiopia — E-VisaDjibouti — E-VisaUganda — E-VisaRwanda — Visa Not RequiredBosnia and Herzegovina — E-VisaNorth Macedonia — E-VisaSerbia — E-VisaMontenegro — E-VisaTrinidad and Tobago — E-VisaSouth Sudan — E-Visa
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Andorra
Angola
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
Bulgaria
Cabo Verde
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Equatorial Guinea
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
French Southern Territories
Gabon
Germany
Greece
Greenland
Guinea-Bissau
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Morocco
Mozambique
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
San Marino
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Timor-Leste
Togo
Türkiye
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Visa On Arrival 2
China
Macao
E-Visa 139
Albania
Algeria
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Costa Rica
Cuba
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Israel
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Macao
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova, Republic of
Mongolia
Montenegro
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine, State of
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Syrian Arab Republic
Taiwan, Province of China
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Embassy Visa 1
Afghanistan
Sao Tome and Principe's entry routes
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Terms are the destination's own, extracted from official pages. Your exact requirement depends on your passport — use the picker above.

Compiled from official government sources and kept under continuous re-verification. Entry rules can change at short notice — always confirm with the official source before you travel.