What the Indonesia visa rules mean for Timor-Leste travellers
Timor-Leste citizens can enter Indonesia without a visa and stay for up to 30 days. You only need a valid Timor-Leste passport at the border; immigration officers may still ask for a return or onward ticket, proof of accommodation and enough money for your stay. The 30-day limit usually counts calendar days from your arrival, so book your return flight inside that window.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Indonesia applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: The UK government says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive and at least 2 blank pages. The immigration directorate's visa-free page asks for a passport still valid for at l…
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: WHO says Indonesia requires proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 9 months or over arriving from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission.
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for entry to Indonesia. Canada's travel advice tells travellers to get insurance that covers medical evacuation and hospital stays.
Indonesia entry rules compared
Indonesia lets 19 passports in without a visa, offers a visa on arrival to 79, issues eVisas to 94 and requires an embassy visa from 6. Timor-Leste citizens are treated the same way as Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan and Laos. Overall the Timor-Leste passport ranks #99 in the world with 56 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Asia? With a Timor-Leste passport you can also visit 4 countries in the region without a visa, including Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
In the other direction, Indonesia citizens can visit Timor-Leste visa-free for up to 30 days.