Visa Requirements for Sao Tome and Principe Passport Holders (2026)

A Sao Tome and Principe passport gives visa-free access to 61 of 198 destinations (visa-free, visa on arrival, or eTA). Full breakdown by entry type below.

Visa-free destinations (25)

Angola (30d), Bahamas (90d), Barbados (90d), Benin (90d), Costa Rica (30d), Dominica (21d), Ecuador (90d), El Salvador (180d), Gambia (90d), Guatemala (90d), Haiti (90d), Honduras (90d), Hong Kong (14d), Kosovo (90d), Malaysia (30d), Micronesia (30d), Nicaragua (90d), Palestine, Panama (90d), Philippines (30d), Rwanda (90d), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90d), Seychelles (90d), Singapore (30d), South Africa (90d)

Visa on arrival (34)

Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Jordan, Laos, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Palau, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Zambia, Zimbabwe

eTA required (2)

Ivory Coast, Kenya

e-Visa required (37)

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana, Cameroon, Colombia, Cuba, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Libya, Moldova, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam

Visa required in advance (100)

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican, Venezuela, Yemen

Passports with similar entry access

Zimbabwe · Cuba · Benin · Sierra Leone · Uzbekistan · Kyrgyzstan

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Data source: Passport Index dataset (CC-BY). Retrieved & last verified June 26, 2026. Visa rules change frequently — always confirm with the destination’s embassy or official immigration website before you book. See our methodology.