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Albania visa requirements for São Tomé & Príncipe citizens

Updated 2026-07-07 · verified against the Passport Index dataset

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e-Visa required
São Tomé & Príncipe citizens need an e-visa, applied for online for Albania.

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Albania admits São Tomé & Príncipe citizens on better terms if they already hold certain visas or residence permits of other countries:

Visa-free · 90 days
🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe passport🇺🇸 US visa (B1/B2 etc.) or 5 more🇦🇱 Albania: visa-free · 90d

Albania: visa-free up to 90 days with a used multiple-entry visa or residence permit of the US, UK or Schengen.

Conditions: multiple-entry visa that has already been used to enter the issuing country
Source: MFA of Albania · verified 2026-07-04

Entry details

Holders of a São Tomé & Príncipe passport need an e-visa, applied for online when visiting Albania. The São Tomé & Príncipe passport currently ranks #142 of 199 worldwide, with 61 destinations reachable visa-free or via visa on arrival / eTA.

Albania is middling in how freely it admits visitors, admitting 93 of the world's 198 other passports without a prior visa; its own passport ranks #92 with 108 open destinations. The arrangement is reciprocal — Albania citizens face the same e-visa required requirement in the other direction.

In the opposite direction, Albania citizens travelling to São Tomé & Príncipe face: e-visa required.

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