Sao Tome and Principe 
Norway
Sao Tome and Principe passport holders need a visa for Norway, 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 2 Oct 2026
Norway visa options for Sao Tome and Principe citizensUnder the Schengen Visa Code as amended by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1415, children from six and below 12 pay EUR 45, and children under six are exempt.
Official application site →Sao Tome and Principe citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Norway. 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, Norway applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
Norway 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, Norway citizens can visit Sao Tome and Principe visa-free for up to 15 days.
Entry requirements for NorwayThe UK government tells British nationals that Norway follows Schengen area rules: their passport must have a date of issue less than 10 years before the date they arrive and an expiry date at least 3 months after the day they plan to leave the Schengen area.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Norway travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Under the Schengen Visa Code, visa applicants must hold travel medical insurance valid throughout the territory of the Member States and covering the entire period of the intended stay; the minimum coverage is EUR 30,000. No official source we could read states an insurance requirement for visa-exempt visitors.
Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states that a return or onward ticket is required. The UK government tells British travellers that at Norwegian border control they may need to show a return or onward ticket, proof of accommodation and proof of travel insurance, and prove they have enough money for their stay.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Norway travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
The European Commission's table of reference amounts says Norway assesses sufficient means on a case-by-case basis: NOK 300 per day with hosted or prepaid accommodation, NOK 1,300 per day without proof of accommodation, and at least NOK 1,000 per person per day when more than one person travels. The UK government tells British travellers they may need to prove they have enough money for their stay.
European Commission — Reference amounts required for the crossing of the external border, fixed by national authorities✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
The UK Foreign Office says that when you travel into the Schengen area for short stays you may need to register your biometric details, such as fingerprints and a photo, that on your first visit you may be asked to do so at a special booth before the immigration desk, that there is no cost for EES registration, and that you do not need to take any action before you arrive at the border.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Norway travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
The EU's ETIAS site says an ETIAS travel authorisation is an entry requirement for visa-exempt nationals travelling to any of the 30 European countries concerned, but that ETIAS is currently not in operation, no applications are collected, and the EU will announce the start date several months before launch. The official site is travel-europe.europa.eu.
ETIAS — Official EU website✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
A foreigner who intends to stay in Norway for more than three months without working must hold a residence permit; stays in other Schengen countries count as stays in Norway. Breaching § 55 first or second paragraph is punishable by a fine, up to six months' imprisonment, or both. A foreigner may be expelled for serious or repeated breaches of the Act or of the Border Act, for knowingly or grossly negligently giving materially false or clearly misleading information, or for evading a decision imposing a duty to leave. Expulsion bars later entry to Norway and the Schengen and EU area, permanently or for a limited period of at least one year. An entry ban given under § 66 first paragraph (a), (d) or (f) or second paragraph may be for one, two or five years, and for more than five years where public order or fundamental national interests make it necessary.
Lovdata — Immigration Act (utlendingsloven) of 15 May 2008 no. 35, § 108 Penalties✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026
Norwegian Customs says that if you are bringing currency with a value corresponding to more than NOK 25,000 to or from Norway, you must notify Norwegian Customs; the rule applies to Norwegian and foreign notes, coins and other means of payment.
Norwegian Customs (Tolletaten) — Currency✓ 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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