Visa requirements for Santomean citizens and São Tomé & Príncipe passport holders
Santomean citizens can enter 21 destinations visa-free, 19 with visa on arrival, 4 with an eTA and 26 with an eVisa; 108 require a visa in advance.
#145 Mobility ranking Rank 145 of 199 passports
São Tomé & Príncipe: 70 of 198 destinations without an embassy or consulate visa (visa-free, eTA, eVisa or visa on arrival).
Passports with similar mobility: Sierra Leone #143 · 71 · Jordan #145 · 70 · Tajikistan #145 · 70 · Bhutan #148 · 69
| Destination | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | No verified data |
| Albania | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Algeria | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Andorra | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Angola | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Antigua & Barbuda | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Argentina | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Armenia | eVisa ✓ |
| Australia | eVisa ✓ |
| Austria | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Azerbaijan | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Bahamas | Visa-free ✓ |
| Bahrain | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| Bangladesh | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Barbados | Visa-free ✓ |
| Belarus | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Belgium | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Belize | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Benin | Visa-free ✓ |
| Bhutan | eVisa ✓ |
| Bolivia | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Botswana | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Brazil | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Brunei | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Bulgaria | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Burkina Faso | eVisa ✓ |
| Burundi | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Cambodia | eVisa ✓ |
| Cameroon | eVisa ✓ |
| Canada | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Cape Verde | Electronic travel authorization (eTA/ETA) |
| Central African Republic | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Chad | eVisa ✓ |
| Chile | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| China | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Colombia | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Comoros | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| Congo - Brazzaville | No verified data |
| Congo - Kinshasa | No verified data |
| Costa Rica | Visa-free ✓ |
| Côte d’Ivoire | No verified data |
| Croatia | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Cuba | No verified data |
| Cyprus | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Czechia | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Denmark | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Djibouti | eVisa ✓ |
| Dominica | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Dominican Republic | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Ecuador | Visa-free ✓ |
| Egypt | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| El Salvador | Visa-free ✓ |
| Equatorial Guinea | No verified data |
| Eritrea | No verified data |
| Estonia | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Eswatini | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Ethiopia | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| Fiji | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Finland | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| France | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Gabon | eVisa ✓ |
| Gambia | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Georgia | eVisa ✓ |
| Germany | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Ghana | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| Greece | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Grenada | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Guatemala | Visa-free ✓ |
| Guinea | eVisa ✓ |
| Guinea-Bissau | No verified data |
| Guyana | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Haiti | No verified data |
| Honduras | No verified data |
| Hong Kong SAR China | Visa-free ✓ |
| Hungary | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Iceland | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| India | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Indonesia | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Iran | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Iraq | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Ireland | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Israel | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Italy | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Jamaica | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Japan | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Jordan | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| Kazakhstan | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Kenya | Visa-free ✓ |
| Kiribati | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Kosovo | Visa-free ✓ |
| Kuwait | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Kyrgyzstan | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Laos | eVisa ✓ |
| Latvia | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Lebanon | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Lesotho | eVisa ✓ |
| Liberia | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Libya | eVisa ✓ |
| Liechtenstein | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Lithuania | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Luxembourg | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Macao SAR China | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| Madagascar | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| Malawi | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| Malaysia | Visa-free ✓ |
| Maldives | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| Mali | No verified data |
| Malta | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Marshall Islands | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Mauritania | eVisa ✓ |
| Mauritius | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| Mexico | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Micronesia | Visa-free ✓ |
| Moldova | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Monaco | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Mongolia | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Montenegro | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Morocco | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Mozambique | Visa-free ✓ |
| Myanmar (Burma) | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Namibia | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| Nauru | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Nepal | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| Netherlands | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| New Zealand | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Nicaragua | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Niger | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Nigeria | eVisa ✓ |
| North Korea | No verified data |
| North Macedonia | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Norway | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Oman | eVisa ✓ |
| Pakistan | eVisa ✓ |
| Palau | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| Palestinian Territories | No verified data |
| Panama | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Papua New Guinea | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Paraguay | No verified data |
| Peru | No verified data |
| Philippines | Visa-free ✓ |
| Poland | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Portugal | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Qatar | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Romania | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Russia | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Rwanda | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| Samoa | Visa-free ✓ |
| San Marino | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Saudi Arabia | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Senegal | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Serbia | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Seychelles | Electronic travel authorization (eTA/ETA) ✓ |
| Sierra Leone | eVisa ✓ |
| Singapore | Visa-free ✓ |
| Slovakia | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Slovenia | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Solomon Islands | eVisa ✓ |
| Somalia | Electronic travel authorization (eTA/ETA) ✓ |
| South Africa | Visa-free ✓ |
| South Korea | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| South Sudan | No verified data |
| Spain | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Sri Lanka | Electronic travel authorization (eTA/ETA) ✓ |
| St. Kitts & Nevis | eVisa ✓ |
| St. Lucia | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines | Visa-free ✓ |
| Sudan | No verified data |
| Suriname | Visa-free ✓ |
| Sweden | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Switzerland | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Syria | No verified data |
| Taiwan | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Tajikistan | eVisa ✓ |
| Tanzania | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| Thailand | eVisa ✓ |
| Timor-Leste | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| Togo | Visa-free ✓ |
| Tonga | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Trinidad & Tobago | eVisa ✓ |
| Tunisia | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Türkiye | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Turkmenistan | No verified data |
| Tuvalu | Visa on arrival ✓ |
| Uganda | eVisa ✓ |
| Ukraine | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| United Arab Emirates | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| United Kingdom | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| United States | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Uruguay | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Uzbekistan | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Vanuatu | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Vatican City | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Venezuela | Visa required (embassy/consulate) ✓ |
| Vietnam | eVisa ✓ |
| Yemen | No verified data |
| Zambia | Visa-free ✓ |
| Zimbabwe | Visa on arrival ✓ |
Frequently asked questions
São Tomé & Príncipe passport: where can you travel visa-free?
To 21 of 198 destinations: Bahamas, Barbados, Benin, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hong Kong SAR China, Kenya, Kosovo, Malaysia, Micronesia and 9 more (see the table).
São Tomé & Príncipe passport: where is an online eTA or eVisa enough?
In 30 destinations: Armenia, Australia, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea and 18 more (see the table).
São Tomé & Príncipe passport: where can you get a visa on arrival?
In 19 destinations: Bahrain, Comoros, Ethiopia, Ghana, Jordan, Macao SAR China, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritius, Namibia, Nepal and 7 more (see the table).
São Tomé & Príncipe passport: which destinations require a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate?
108 destinations: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize and 96 more (see the table).
Where does this data come from?
From the official government source of each destination. Each destination page links to that source and shows the date it was checked. Rules can change: always confirm before you travel.