Sao Tome and Principe
Mexican passportEdit check
e-Visa, stay set by the visa
Before you travel: you need an e-visa (e-VisaST).
How long you may stay is set by your visa.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Source & evidence Read the original words
Official wording
Com excepção dos casos de isenção ou dispensa de vistos previstos na Lei ou em acordos internacionais de … que a República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe … seja parte contratante, todo o estrangeiro que pretenda transitar, entrar ou permanecer no território nacional … deverá ser portador do visto adequado à finalidade da … estada.
Aevamo’s reading
Lei 5/2015 amends article 25 of the aliens law to create the visa-free categories (CPLP, EU, USA, Canada), the 15-day stay for holders of a valid Schengen or US visa, and the delegation under which the Government lists third countries exempt for up to 15 days. It is the instrument that CREATES the visa-free obligation; the SMF article and the 2017 decree/note describe or implement it.
Article 23 of the aliens law states the default: every foreigner must hold a visa to enter, transit or stay except where this law or an international agreement exempts them; none of the issuers on this row appears on the exemption lists held, so the default applies and a visa must be arranged in advance.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
2025-12-04 (the SMF article's own date); Lei 5/2008 of 12 August 2008; Lei 5/2015 of 30 November 2015
Other entry routes 1 alternatives
These routes depend on a different document or additional conditions.
Visa-free, 15 days
The traveller must hold a valid Schengen or US visa and a passport valid more than three months.
What this answer covers Limits & assumptions
Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.
Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.