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Timor-Leste passport

Rank #58 · Strength 104 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 44.2

Timor-Leste passport

Citizens of Timor-Leste can reach 104 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 77 visa-free, 22 visa on arrival and 5 eTA. Ranked #58 for passport strength worldwide.

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77Visa-free
22Visa on arrival
5eTA
59e-⁠Visa
84Visa required

Timor-Leste passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 51% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 15 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area allows visa-free entry; the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 104 destinations, 59 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 84 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (77)

Albania Andorra Angola Aruba Austria Barbados Belgium Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Bulgaria Cook Islands Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Ecuador Estonia Eswatini Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Germany Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Haiti Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Indonesia Italy Kiribati Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Martinique Mayotte Micronesia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands New Caledonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tuvalu Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (22)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Egypt Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Saint Lucia Tanzania

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (5)

Kenya Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (59)

Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Australia Bahamas Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands Iran Iraq Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Mongolia Mozambique New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Sudan Syria Tajikistan Togo Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Uganda Ukraine Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa required (84)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Anguilla Argentina Azerbaijan Belarus Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Dominican Republic Eritrea Falkland Islands Gambia Georgia Gibraltar Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras India Ireland Isle of Man Israel Jamaica Japan Jersey Kazakhstan Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Mali Mexico Montserrat Morocco Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Russia Saint Helena Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia South Africa South Korea Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Western Sahara Yemen

What the index measures

  • 248 destinations, countries and territories
  • Strength = visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA; e-⁠Visa is not taken into account.
  • Passports with the same score share a rank

Data sources

  • Government portals of each destination.
  • Immigration authorities, foreign ministries, and official e-⁠Visa and eTA portals.
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Method

  • How each entry condition is classified
  • The limits of the data and how to check official sources
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