What the Bolivia visa rules mean for Timor-Leste travellers
Timor-Leste passport holders need an eVisa to enter Bolivia. You apply online, upload a passport scan and a photo, pay the fee and receive the visa by email. Apply at least one to two weeks before your trip and print the approval — some airlines and border officers ask to see it on paper.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Bolivia applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: Bolivia's Migration Directorate asks for a passport valid for at least 6 months with a tourist stay application. The UK Foreign Office tells British visitors their passport should have an expiry date at least 6 months a…
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: The UK Foreign Office says you must have a yellow fever vaccination certificate to enter Bolivia if you are coming from a country listed as a transmission risk. Bolivia's Migration Directorate lists a yellow fever vacci…
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Bolivia. The UK Foreign Office says you may not be able to access the public health system as it is already overstretched, that private clinics …
Bolivia entry rules compared
Bolivia lets 64 passports in without a visa, offers a visa on arrival to 1, issues eVisas to 6 and requires an embassy visa from 127. Timor-Leste citizens are treated the same way as Macau and Taiwan. Overall the Timor-Leste passport ranks #99 in the world with 56 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Americas? With a Timor-Leste passport you can also visit 5 countries in the region without a visa, including Barbados, Dominica, Ecuador, Haiti and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
In the other direction, Bolivia citizens need visa on arrival to visit Timor-Leste.