What the Sudan visa rules mean for Sao Tome and Principe travellers
Sao Tome and Principe citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Sudan. 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 Tourist visa, which costs 80 EUR with a processing time of 10 business days.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Sudan 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 in Sudan. Sudan's embassy in Berlin asks visa applicants for a passport valid for at least 6 months, with 3 empty…
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 3 blank pages.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: Sudan's embassy in Washington says yellow fever and cholera vaccinations are not required but recommended.
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states whether travel insurance is required to enter Sudan. The UK government says the conflict has severely affected health services, that medical evacuation is likely to be necessary f…
Sudan entry rules compared
Sudan lets 4 passports in without a visa, offers a visa on arrival to 3 and requires an embassy visa from 191. 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.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Africa? With a Sao Tome and Principe passport you can also visit 8 countries in the region without a visa, including Angola, Benin, Cape Verde, Kenya, Mozambique, Togo, South Africa and Zambia.
In the other direction, Sudan citizens need evisa to visit Sao Tome and Principe.