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Visa requirements for Sao Tomean citizens in 2026

Where a Sao Tomean passport can take you — 51 of 193 destinations need no visa arranged in advance. Pick a destination for its full entry rules, fees and documents.

Visa Not Required
20
Visa On Arrival
31
Electronic Travel Authorization
0
E-Visa
19
Embassy Visa
128
Fiji — Embassy VisaTanzania, United Republic of — Visa On ArrivalWestern SaharaCanada — Embassy VisaUnited States — Embassy VisaKazakhstan — Embassy VisaUzbekistan — Embassy VisaPapua New Guinea — Embassy VisaIndonesia — Visa Not RequiredArgentina — Embassy VisaChile — Embassy VisaCongo, The Democratic Republic of the — Embassy VisaSomalia — Visa On ArrivalKenya — E-VisaSudan — Embassy VisaChad — Embassy VisaHaiti — Visa Not RequiredDominican Republic — Embassy VisaRussian Federation — Embassy VisaBahamas — Visa Not RequiredFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Norway — Embassy VisaGreenlandFrench Southern TerritoriesTimor-Leste — Visa On ArrivalSouth Africa — Visa Not RequiredLesotho — E-VisaMexico — Embassy VisaUruguay — Embassy VisaBrazil — Embassy VisaBolivia, Plurinational State of — Visa On ArrivalPeru — Embassy VisaColombia — Embassy VisaPanama — Visa Not RequiredCosta Rica — Visa Not RequiredNicaragua — Visa Not RequiredHonduras — Visa Not RequiredEl Salvador — Visa Not RequiredGuatemala — Visa Not RequiredBelize — Embassy VisaVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic of — Embassy VisaGuyana — Embassy VisaSuriname — E-VisaFrance — Embassy VisaEcuador — Visa Not RequiredPuerto RicoJamaica — Embassy VisaCuba — Embassy VisaZimbabwe — Visa On ArrivalBotswana — Embassy VisaNamibia — Visa On ArrivalSenegal — Visa On ArrivalMali — Embassy VisaMauritania — Visa On ArrivalBenin — Visa Not RequiredNiger — Embassy VisaNigeria — Embassy VisaCameroon — Embassy VisaTogo — Visa On ArrivalGhana — Visa On ArrivalCôte d'Ivoire — Embassy VisaGuinea — Embassy VisaGuinea-Bissau — Visa On ArrivalLiberia — Embassy VisaSierra Leone — Embassy VisaBurkina Faso — Visa On ArrivalCentral African Republic — Embassy VisaCongo — Embassy VisaGabon — E-VisaEquatorial Guinea — Embassy VisaZambia — Visa On ArrivalMalawi — Visa On ArrivalMozambique — Visa On ArrivalEswatini — Embassy VisaAngola — E-VisaBurundi — Embassy VisaIsrael — Embassy VisaLebanon — Embassy VisaMadagascar — Visa On ArrivalPalestine, State ofGambia — Embassy VisaTunisia — Embassy VisaAlgeria — Embassy VisaJordan — Embassy VisaUnited Arab Emirates — Embassy VisaQatar — E-VisaKuwait — Embassy VisaIraq — Embassy VisaOman — Embassy VisaVanuatu — Embassy VisaCambodia — Visa On ArrivalThailand — Embassy VisaLao People's Democratic Republic — Visa On ArrivalMyanmar — Embassy VisaViet Nam — Embassy VisaKorea, Democratic People's Republic of — Embassy VisaKorea, Republic of — Embassy VisaMongolia — Embassy VisaIndia — Embassy VisaBangladesh — Visa On ArrivalBhutan — Embassy VisaNepal — Visa On ArrivalPakistan — E-VisaAfghanistan — Embassy VisaTajikistan — Embassy VisaKyrgyzstan — E-VisaTurkmenistan — Embassy VisaIran, Islamic Republic of — Visa On ArrivalSyrian Arab Republic — Embassy VisaArmenia — Embassy VisaSweden — Embassy VisaBelarus — Embassy VisaUkraine — Embassy VisaPoland — Embassy VisaAustria — Embassy VisaHungary — Embassy VisaMoldova, Republic of — Embassy VisaRomania — Embassy VisaLithuania — Embassy VisaLatvia — Embassy VisaEstonia — Embassy VisaGermany — Embassy VisaBulgaria — Embassy VisaGreece — Embassy VisaTürkiye — Embassy VisaAlbania — Embassy VisaCroatia — Embassy VisaSwitzerland — Embassy VisaLuxembourg — Embassy VisaBelgium — Embassy VisaNetherlands — Embassy VisaPortugal — Embassy VisaSpain — Embassy VisaIreland — Embassy VisaNew CaledoniaSolomon Islands — Embassy VisaNew Zealand — Embassy VisaAustralia — Embassy VisaSri Lanka — E-VisaChina — Embassy VisaTaiwan, Province of ChinaItaly — Embassy VisaDenmark — Embassy VisaUnited Kingdom — Embassy VisaIceland — Embassy VisaAzerbaijan — Embassy VisaGeorgia — E-VisaPhilippines — Visa Not RequiredMalaysia — Visa Not RequiredBrunei Darussalam — Embassy VisaSlovenia — Embassy VisaFinland — Embassy VisaSlovakia — Embassy VisaCzechia — Embassy VisaEritrea — Embassy VisaJapan — Embassy VisaParaguay — Embassy VisaYemen — Embassy VisaSaudi Arabia — Embassy VisaCyprus — Embassy VisaMorocco — Embassy VisaEgypt — Embassy VisaLibya — Embassy VisaEthiopia — Visa On ArrivalDjibouti — E-VisaUganda — Visa On ArrivalRwanda — Visa Not RequiredBosnia and Herzegovina — Embassy VisaNorth Macedonia — Embassy VisaSerbia — Embassy VisaMontenegro — Embassy VisaTrinidad and Tobago — Embassy VisaSouth Sudan — E-Visa
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Visa Not Required 20
Bahamas
Benin
Costa Rica
Dominica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Indonesia
Malaysia
Micronesia, Federated States of
Nicaragua
Panama
Philippines
Rwanda
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Singapore
South Africa
Visa On Arrival 31
Bangladesh
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Comoros
Ethiopia
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Palau
Saint Lucia
Senegal
Seychelles
Somalia
Tanzania, United Republic of
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tuvalu
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
E-Visa 19
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Cambodia
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Gabon
Georgia
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Lesotho
Madagascar
Pakistan
Qatar
Saint Kitts and Nevis
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Tanzania, United Republic of
Embassy Visa 128
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechia
Côte d'Ivoire
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Fiji
Finland
France
Gambia
Germany
Greece
Grenada
Guinea
Guyana
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Hungary
Iceland
India
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mexico
Moldova, Republic of
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Myanmar
Nauru
Netherlands
New Zealand
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Spain
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Thailand
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Türkiye
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Viet Nam
Yemen
Passport strength
51 / 193

destinations reachable visa-free, with a visa on arrival, or with an eTA.

About Sao Tome and Principe
Official
Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
Capital
São Tomé
Currency
São Tomé and Príncipe dobra
Language
Portuguese
Region
Africa
Entry rules can change at short notice — always confirm on the official portal before booking travel.