Sao Tome and Principe 
Malta
Sao Tome and Principe passport holders need a visa for Malta, issued by an embassy or consulate before travel.
Source: Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 listing visa-required and visa-exempt nationalities, consolidated text — EUR-Lex · checked 3 Oct 2026
Malta visa options for Sao Tome and Principe citizensChildren aged six to under 12: €45; under six: waived.
Official application site →Sao Tome and Principe citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Malta. Start the application several weeks before departure: you will typically need a passport valid for six months with blank pages, a completed application form, passport photos, a travel itinerary, proof of accommodation and of sufficient funds, and sometimes an invitation letter or bank statements.
The main option is the Schengen short-stay visa, which costs 90 EUR with a processing time of —.
Whatever your visa status, Malta applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
Malta lets 93 passports in without a visa and requires an embassy visa from 105. Sao Tome and Principe citizens are treated the same way as Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana and Burkina Faso. Overall the Sao Tome and Principe passport ranks #155 in the world with 26 visa-free destinations.
Planning a longer trip in Europe? With a Sao Tome and Principe passport you can also visit 1 country in the region without a visa, including Kosovo.
In the other direction, Malta citizens can visit Sao Tome and Principe visa-free.
Entry requirements for MaltaUnder the Schengen Borders Code (Article 6(1)(a)), a third-country national's travel document must be valid for at least three months after the intended date of departure from the Schengen Area (this may be waived in a justified case of emergency) and must have been issued within the previous 10 years.
Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (Schengen Borders Code), consolidated text 10 July 2024 — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 9 Oct 2026
Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
EU Visa Code — Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 (consolidated)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
WHO lists Malta as requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged nine months and over arriving from countries determined by WHO to be at risk for yellow fever transmission, including travellers who transited more than 12 hours through the airport of such a country.
WHO, International Travel and Health, Annex 1 — countries requiring proof of vaccination against yellow fever✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Schengen visa applicants must prove they hold adequate and valid travel medical insurance, valid throughout the Schengen Area for the whole intended stay, with minimum coverage of €30,000. No official source we could read requires it of visa-exempt visitors.
Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
No official source we could read makes a return or onward ticket a condition of entry in itself. The UK government tells British travellers that at Maltese border control they may also need to show a return or onward ticket.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Malta entry requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
The European Commission's table of reference amounts fixed by national authorities for crossing the external border gives Malta's minimum amount per day and per person as EUR 48.
European Commission — Reference amounts required for the crossing of the external border, fixed by national authorities✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
On a first crossing since the EU Entry/Exit System started, passport control officers take a photo of your face and/or scan your fingerprints, and your passport is not stamped. On later crossings the data is already recorded and officers only verify it, which takes less time. The UK government's travel advice says there is no cost for EES registration.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Malta travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
Malta is among the 30 European countries that will require visa-exempt travellers to have an ETIAS travel authorisation. ETIAS is currently not in operation and no applications are being collected; the EU will announce the start date several months before launch.
ETIAS — Official EU website✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
A person who landed with leave becomes a prohibited immigrant if they fail or cease to comply with any condition of their leave to land or remain. The Principal Immigration Officer may then issue a return decision. If a removal order accompanies it, the person may be detained until removed. The return decision tells the person that they may apply for a voluntary-departure period of 7 to 30 days. An entry ban accompanies the return decision when no voluntary-departure period is granted or the person does not leave within it. The length of the entry ban depends on the circumstances of the case and does not exceed five years.
Legislation Malta — S.L. 217.12 Common Standards and Procedures for Returning Illegally Staying Third-Country Nationals Regulations✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026
Cash of €10,000 or more (or its equivalent in other currencies) must be declared to customs when entering or leaving the EU.
Your Europe (EU) — travelling with cash✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0). Entry rules can change — confirm with official sources before travel.
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