Entering São Tomé and Príncipe
What São Tomé and Príncipe asks of each nationality on arrival.
Visa exemptions
A visa or residence permit from one of these countries changes what São Tomé and Príncipe asks of you, whatever your passport says.
- United States visa holders15 daysVisa free
Entry rules by nationality
Visa free86 nationalities
- Åland Islands· 15 days
- American Samoa· 15 days
- Andorra· 15 days
- Angola
- Anguilla· 15 days
- Aruba· 15 days
- Austria· 15 days
- Belgium· 15 days
- Bermuda· 15 days
- Brazil· 15 days
- British Indian Ocean Territory· 15 days
- British Virgin Islands· 15 days
- Bulgaria· 15 days
- Canada· 15 days
- Cape Verde· 15 days
- Cayman Islands· 15 days
- Croatia· 15 days
- Curaçao· 15 days
- Cyprus· 15 days
- Czechia· 15 days
- Denmark· 15 days
- Equatorial Guinea
- Estonia· 15 days
- Falkland Islands· 15 days
- Faroe Islands· 15 days
- Finland· 15 days
- France· 15 days
- French Polynesia· 15 days
- Gabon· 15 days
- Gibraltar· 15 days
- Greece· 15 days
- Greenland· 15 days
- Guam· 15 days
- Guernsey· 15 days
- Guinea-Bissau· 15 days
- Hungary· 15 days
- Iceland· 15 days
- Ireland· 15 days
- Isle of Man· 15 days
- Italy· 15 days
- Japan· 15 days
- Jersey· 15 days
- Kuwait· 15 days
- Latvia· 15 days
- Liechtenstein· 15 days
- Lithuania· 15 days
- Luxembourg· 15 days
- Malta· 15 days
- Monaco· 15 days
- Montserrat· 15 days
- Morocco· 15 days
- Mozambique· 15 days
- Netherlands· 15 days
- New Caledonia· 15 days
- Northern Mariana Islands· 15 days
- Norway· 15 days
- Pitcairn Islands· 15 days
- Poland· 15 days
- Portugal· 15 days
- Puerto Rico· 15 days
- Qatar· 15 days
- Romania· 15 days
- Russia· 15 days
- Rwanda· 3 months
- Saint Barthélemy· 15 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha· 15 days
- Saint Martin· 15 days
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon· 15 days
- San Marino· 15 days
- Sint Maarten· 15 days
- Slovakia· 15 days
- Slovenia· 15 days
- South Korea· 15 days
- Spain· 15 days
- Sweden· 15 days
- Switzerland· 15 days
- Timor-Leste· 15 days
- Türkiye· 15 days
- Turks and Caicos Islands· 15 days
- United Arab Emirates· 15 days
- United Kingdom· 15 days
- United States· 15 days
- United States Virgin Islands· 15 days
- Vatican City· 15 days
- Wallis and Futuna· 15 days
- Western Sahara· 15 days
Visa on arrival3 nationalities
e-Visa144 nationalities
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brunei
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia· 15 days
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Last verified