Timor-Leste entry requirements for British passport holders (2026): visa and passport validity
Passport validity (FCDO rule): At least 6 months after the day you arrive
Visa (FCDO): You need a visa to visit Timor-Leste for tourism. Official visa text
Official source: GOV.UK – Timor-Leste travel advice, Entry requirements (FCDO) · page last updated 10 December 2025 · checked on 17 October 2026
Whether you need a visa and how long your British passport must be valid to enter Timor-Leste, as published by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), quoted word for word, with a checker for your dates.
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Do I need a visa for Timor-Leste with a British passport?
In short: You need a visa to visit Timor-Leste for tourism.
Our one-line summary of the first FCDO sentence below, which matches a wording we recognise. It applies to British citizen passport holders; read the full official text, which may add conditions.
You must have a visa to visit Timor-Leste for tourism.
You will be issued a single-entry tourism visa, valid for up to 30 days, when you arrive at Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport in Dili, or Dili seaport. The visa costs 30 US dollars, payable only in cash.
More from the FCDO visa section (extensions, border checks and other cases)
Travelling to Oecussi overland
If you plan to travel overland, rather than by ferry, to the exclave of Oecussi, you will need to apply for a separate visa on arrival. This visa is available at the Wini border checkpoint. Alternatively, you can apply for a visa for Oecussi in advance. To do this, you must show your round-trip ticket and complete the required forms at your nearest Timor-Leste embassy or consulate, or at the Office of the Ministry of the Interior in Dili, before you travel.
Entering at the Atambua-Batugade border crossing
If you’re entering Timor-Leste through Indonesia at the Atambua-Batugade border crossing, you can purchase a visa on entry. Alternatively, you can purchase a tourism visa in advance from a Timor-Leste embassy or consulate in either Denpasar or Kupang. These visas are usually single-entry and last for 30 days.
See travel advice for Indonesia for more information.
Extending your tourism visa
You can apply to extend a tourism visa for 30 days. If possible, apply at least 15 days in advance of the tourist visa’s expiry date.
Official source: GOV.UK – Timor-Leste travel advice, Entry requirements (FCDO), section “Visa requirements” · page last updated 10 December 2025 · checked on 17 October 2026
Passport validity: official text “Passport validity requirements”
To enter Timor-Leste, your passport must have an ‘expiry date’ at least 6 months after the date you arrive and have 2 blank pages.
Official source: GOV.UK – Timor-Leste travel advice, Entry requirements (FCDO) · page last updated 10 December 2025 · checked on 17 October 2026
Check your passport for Timor-Leste
Schengen rules count your whole trip in the Schengen area: if you visit several Schengen countries, enter the day you first enter the area and the day you leave the last Schengen country.
The check runs in your browser: your dates are not sent anywhere. It applies the FCDO sentence literally (for example “6 months” is counted as the same day of the month 6 months later).
For British passport holders only. These are the rules published by the UK government (FCDO) for British citizens. If you hold another passport, check your own government's advice. The airline and the border officials of the destination decide whether you can travel or enter: this site is information, not legal advice.
Blank pages: the official text says “…have 2 blank pages…”. The checker does not count pages.
Recent FCDO updates to the entry requirements
- 10 December 2025: “New information about dual nationals returning to the UK (‘Entry requirements’ page).”
- 9 August 2024: “Addition of information on visas, using unmetered taxis, access to credit card facilities, swimming safely, and health risks ('Entry requirements', 'Safety and security' and 'Health' pages).”
- 14 April 2022: “The FCDO no longer advises against all but essential travel to the whole of Timor-Leste based on the current assessment of COVID-19 risks. Updated information on entry and quarantine requirements ('Coronavirus', 'Entry requirements' and 'Health' pages)”
- 23 December 2021: “Update on Timor-Leste's state of emergency and revised entry and quarantine requirements ('Coronavirus' and 'Entry requirements' pages)”
- 27 August 2021: “Updated information on the extension of the State of Emergency until 29 September ('Coronavirus' and 'Entry requirements' pages); the implementation of mandatory confinement in Dili from 27 August – 2 September and sanitary fence in some municipalities, see Travel in Timor-Leste ('Coronavirus' pages)”
Read the full FCDO travel advice for Timor-Leste (safety, visas, health) before you travel.
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