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Transit Visa

São Tomé and PríncipeTransit

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Which travellers require a transit visa/permission and which officially documented exemptions are important?

Unless exempt by law or international agreement, a foreign national who wants to transit must hold the appropriate visa. A transit visa is not required for a foreign national passing through the country on a continuous journey, meaning one interrupted only for technical stops of the means of transport used. The official source does not state which nationalities are exempt.

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  • Nationality-based exemptions (Art 25) are not detailed for transit.

Can the traveller remain airside, and under what circumstances must immigration control be crossed?

For a traveller on a continuous journey (no transit visa required), the Migration and Borders Service determines the place where the foreigner stays. The official source does not state whether the traveller can remain airside or when immigration control must be crossed.

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  • The law does not state whether the traveller can remain airside or when immigration control must be crossed.

What officially documented baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affect the immigration requirement?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the baggage, terminal-change and self-transfer rules.

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  • Searched Lei 5/2008 Art 23-30 and 43 for baggage collection, terminal change, separate tickets or self-transfer; none addressed.

What maximum transit period, overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules matter?

A transit visa may be granted for one or, exceptionally, two entries, and each transit may not exceed four days. A transit-visa holder may obtain an extension of stay of up to five days. The official source does not state overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules.

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  • Overnight, airport-change and multiple-stop rules are not stated.

If permission is required, what permission is it, where/how is it obtained, and what core onward-travel evidence is required?

The required permission is a transit visa, which allows entry to a person travelling to a destination country where their admission is guaranteed. Visas are granted by embassies and consular posts, subject to the border-post exception of Article 26(2). The official source does not state the documents that prove guaranteed admission or onward travel.

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  • The documents that prove guaranteed admission or onward travel are not specified.

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