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South Africa visa requirements

How holders of every other passport can enter South Africa, and for how long.

UpdatedSep 28, 2026About the data

Visa-free

93of 198 passports

Rank 48 of 199 destinations

Mobility score

120of 198 passports

Visa-free, on arrival or with an eTA · rank 51

Visa needed in advance

78passports

21 by eVisa and 57 through an embassy

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Who can visit South Africa

Each country is coloured by how holders of its passport can enter South Africa.

Every passport

198 passports

The entry rule for South Africa for holders of each passport.
Passport	Region	Entry rule
AfghanistanAFG	Asia	eTA required
AlbaniaALB	Europe	eVisa required
AlgeriaDZA	Africa	eVisa required
AndorraAND	Europe	Visa-free90 days
AngolaAGO	Africa	Visa-free30 days
Antigua & BarbudaATG	Americas	Visa-free30 days
ArgentinaARG	Americas	Visa-free90 days
ArmeniaARM	Asia	eTA required
AustraliaAUS	Oceania	Visa-free90 days
AustriaAUT	Europe	Visa-free90 days
AzerbaijanAZE	Asia	eTA required
BahamasBHS	Americas	Visa-free30 days
BahrainBHR	Asia	eTA required
BangladeshBGD	Asia	Visa required
BarbadosBRB	Americas	Visa-free30 days
BelarusBLR	Europe	eVisa required
BelgiumBEL	Europe	Visa-free90 days
BelizeBLZ	Americas	Visa-free30 days
BeninBEN	Africa	Visa-free30 days
BhutanBTN	Asia	Visa required
BoliviaBOL	Americas	Visa-free30 days
Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH	Europe	Visa required
BotswanaBWA	Africa	Visa-free90 days
BrazilBRA	Americas	Visa-free90 days
BruneiBRN	Asia	Visa required
BulgariaBGR	Europe	Visa-free90 days
Burkina FasoBFA	Africa	Visa required
BurundiBDI	Africa	eTA required
CambodiaKHM	Asia	Visa required
CameroonCMR	Africa	eVisa required
CanadaCAN	Americas	Visa-free90 days
Cape VerdeCPV	Africa	Visa-free30 days
Central African RepublicCAF	Africa	Visa required
ChadTCD	Africa	eTA required
ChileCHL	Americas	Visa-free90 days
ChinaCHN	Asia	eTA required90 days
ColombiaCOL	Americas	Visa required
ComorosCOM	Africa	eTA required
Costa RicaCRI	Americas	Visa-free30 days
Côte d’IvoireCIV	Africa	eVisa required
CroatiaHRV	Europe	Visa-free90 days
CubaCUB	Americas	eVisa required
CyprusCYP	Asia	Visa-free30 days
CzechiaCZE	Europe	Visa-free90 days
DenmarkDNK	Europe	Visa-free90 days
DjiboutiDJI	Africa	Visa required
DominicaDMA	Americas	Visa required
Dominican RepublicDOM	Americas	Visa required
DR CongoCOD	Africa	eVisa required30 days
EcuadorECU	Americas	Visa-free90 days
EgyptEGY	Africa	eVisa required
El SalvadorSLV	Americas	Visa required
Equatorial GuineaGNQ	Africa	Visa required
EritreaERI	Africa	Visa required
EstoniaEST	Europe	Visa-free90 days
EswatiniSWZ	Africa	Visa-free30 days
EthiopiaETH	Africa	eVisa required
FijiFJI	Oceania	eTA required
FinlandFIN	Europe	Visa-free90 days
FranceFRA	Europe	Visa-free90 days
GabonGAB	Africa	Visa-free30 days
GambiaGMB	Africa	Visa required
GeorgiaGEO	Asia	Visa required
GermanyDEU	Europe	Visa-free90 days
GhanaGHA	Africa	Visa-free90 days
GreeceGRC	Europe	Visa-free90 days
GrenadaGRD	Americas	Visa required
GuatemalaGTM	Americas	Visa required
GuineaGIN	Africa	eVisa required
Guinea-BissauGNB	Africa	Visa required
GuyanaGUY	Americas	Visa-free30 days
HaitiHTI	Americas	eTA required
HondurasHND	Americas	Visa required
Hong KongHKG	Asia	Visa-free30 days
HungaryHUN	Europe	Visa-free90 days
IcelandISL	Europe	Visa-free90 days
IndiaIND	Asia	eTA required90 days
IndonesiaIDN	Asia	eTA required90 days
IranIRN	Asia	eVisa required
IraqIRQ	Asia	Visa required
IrelandIRL	Europe	Visa-free
IsraelISR	Asia	Visa-free90 days
ItalyITA	Europe	Visa-free90 days
JamaicaJAM	Americas	Visa-free90 days
JapanJPN	Asia	Visa-free90 days
JordanJOR	Asia	Visa-free30 days
KazakhstanKAZ	Asia	Visa required
KenyaKEN	Africa	Visa-free90 days
KiribatiKIR	Oceania	Visa required
KosovoRKS	Europe	Visa required
KuwaitKWT	Asia	eTA required
KyrgyzstanKGZ	Asia	Visa required
LaosLAO	Asia	Visa required
LatviaLVA	Europe	Visa-free90 days
LebanonLBN	Asia	eTA required
LesothoLSO	Africa	Visa-free30 days
LiberiaLBR	Africa	eVisa required
LibyaLBY	Africa	Visa required
LiechtensteinLIE	Europe	Visa-free90 days
LithuaniaLTU	Europe	Visa-free90 days
LuxembourgLUX	Europe	Visa-free90 days
MacaoMAC	Asia	Visa-free30 days
MadagascarMDG	Africa	Visa-free90 days
MalawiMWI	Africa	Visa-free30 days
MalaysiaMYS	Asia	Visa-free90 days
MaldivesMDV	Asia	Visa-free30 days
MaliMLI	Africa	eVisa required30 days
MaltaMLT	Europe	Visa-free90 days
Marshall IslandsMHL	Oceania	Visa required
MauritaniaMRT	Africa	Visa required
MauritiusMUS	Africa	Visa-free30 days
MexicoMEX	Americas	eTA required90 days
MicronesiaFSM	Oceania	eTA required
MoldovaMDA	Europe	Visa required
MonacoMCO	Europe	Visa-free90 days
MongoliaMNG	Asia	eTA required
MontenegroMNE	Europe	Visa required
MoroccoMAR	Africa	eVisa required
MozambiqueMOZ	Africa	Visa-free30 days
Myanmar (Burma)MMR	Asia	Visa required
NamibiaNAM	Africa	Visa-free90 days
NauruNRU	Oceania	Visa required
NepalNPL	Asia	Visa required
NetherlandsNLD	Europe	Visa-free90 days
New ZealandNZL	Oceania	Visa-free90 days
NicaraguaNIC	Americas	eTA required
NigerNER	Africa	eVisa required
NigeriaNGA	Africa	eVisa required
North KoreaPRK	Asia	Visa required
North MacedoniaMKD	Europe	Visa required
NorwayNOR	Europe	Visa-free90 days
OmanOMN	Asia	eVisa required30 days
PakistanPAK	Asia	eVisa required
PalauPLW	Oceania	Visa required
PalestinePSE	Asia	eTA required90 days
PanamaPAN	Americas	Visa-free90 days
Papua New GuineaPNG	Oceania	Visa required
ParaguayPRY	Americas	Visa-free90 days
PeruPER	Americas	Visa-free30 days
PhilippinesPHL	Asia	eVisa required
PolandPOL	Europe	Visa-free30 days
PortugalPRT	Europe	Visa-free90 days
QatarQAT	Asia	Visa-free90 days
Republic of the CongoCOG	Africa	eTA required
RomaniaROU	Europe	Visa-free90 days
RussiaRUS	Europe	Visa-free90 days
RwandaRWA	Africa	Visa required
SamoaWSM	Oceania	Visa required
San MarinoSMR	Europe	Visa-free90 days
São Tomé & PríncipeSTP	Africa	Visa-free90 days
Saudi ArabiaSAU	Asia	Visa-free90 days
SenegalSEN	Africa	eVisa required
SerbiaSRB	Europe	Visa required
SeychellesSYC	Africa	Visa-free30 days
Sierra LeoneSLE	Africa	Visa required
SingaporeSGP	Asia	Visa-free90 days
SlovakiaSVK	Europe	Visa-free90 days
SloveniaSVN	Europe	Visa-free90 days
Solomon IslandsSLB	Oceania	Visa required
SomaliaSOM	Africa	Visa required
South KoreaKOR	Asia	Visa-free30 days
South SudanSSD	Africa	Visa required
SpainESP	Europe	Visa-free90 days
Sri LankaLKA	Asia	Visa required
St. Kitts & NevisKNA	Americas	Visa required
St. LuciaLCA	Americas	Visa required
St. Vincent & GrenadinesVCT	Americas	Visa-free90 days
SudanSDN	Africa	eTA required
SurinameSUR	Americas	Visa required
SwedenSWE	Europe	Visa-free90 days
SwitzerlandCHE	Europe	Visa-free90 days
SyriaSYR	Asia	eTA required
TaiwanTWN	Asia	Visa required
TajikistanTJK	Asia	eTA required
TanzaniaTZA	Africa	Visa-free90 days
ThailandTHA	Asia	Visa-free30 days
Timor-LesteTLS	Asia	Visa required
TogoTGO	Africa	Visa required
TongaTON	Oceania	Visa required
Trinidad & TobagoTTO	Americas	Visa-free90 days
TunisiaTUN	Africa	Visa-free90 days
TürkiyeTUR	Asia	Visa-free30 days
TurkmenistanTKM	Asia	eTA required
TuvaluTUV	Oceania	Visa required
UgandaUGA	Africa	eVisa required
UkraineUKR	Europe	eTA required90 days
United Arab EmiratesARE	Asia	Visa-free90 days
United KingdomGBR	Europe	Visa-free90 days
United StatesUSA	Americas	Visa-free90 days
UruguayURY	Americas	Visa-free90 days
UzbekistanUZB	Asia	eTA required
VanuatuVUT	Oceania	Visa required
Vatican CityVAT	Europe	Visa required
VenezuelaVEN	Americas	Visa-free90 days
VietnamVNM	Asia	Visa required
YemenYEM	Asia	eTA required
ZambiaZMB	Africa	Visa-free90 days
ZimbabweZWE	Africa	Visa-free90 days

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