South Africa visa exemption. Visa requirement to travel to South Africa

Visa requirement to travel to South Africa

Border of South Africa summary

Border of South Africa is ranked 133 worlwide according to our open border index. Nationals of 106 countries can travel to South Africa without visa, 0 countries with visa on arrival and 1 countries with e-visa. Borders of South Africa are moderately open for travellers with a Border Openess Index of 48. Currency used in South Africa is Rand ( 1 ZAR = 0.06 USD ).

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Statistics for border of South Africa

  • 106

    Visa free

  • 0

    On arrival

  • 1

    Online visa

  • 112

    Required

  • 3

    Refused

Visa Free Countries


Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Ireland

Ireland Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days

β„Ή Additional info : Extension of stay possible for an additional 90 days.:


Israel

Israel Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Jamaica

Jamaica Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Japan

Japan Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Jordan

Jordan Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Argentina

Argentina Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Lesotho

Lesotho Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Luxembourg

Luxembourg Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Macau

Macau Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Madagascar

Madagascar Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days

β„Ή Additional info : 90 days within any year period:


Malawi

Malawi Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Malaysia

Malaysia Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Maldives

Maldives Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Malta

Malta Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Mauritius

Mauritius Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Monaco

Monaco Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Australia

Australia Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Mozambique

Mozambique Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Namibia

Namibia Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Netherlands

Netherlands Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Austria

Austria Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


New Zealand

New Zealand Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Norway

Norway Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Panama

Panama Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Paraguay

Paraguay Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Peru

Peru Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Poland

Poland Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Portugal

Portugal Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Bahamas

Bahamas Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Qatar

Qatar Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Russia

Russia Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days

β„Ή Additional info : Extension of stay possible for an additional 90 days.:


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


San Marino

San Marino Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Seychelles

Seychelles Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Singapore

Singapore Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Barbados

Barbados Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Spain

Spain Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Eswatini

Eswatini Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Sweden

Sweden Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Switzerland

Switzerland Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Tanzania

Tanzania Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Thailand

Thailand Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days

β„Ή Additional info : Must have two blank passport pages available


Tunisia

Tunisia Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Turkey

Turkey Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Belgium

Belgium Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


UAE

UAE Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 Days


UK

UK Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


USA

USA Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days

β„Ή Additional info : Holders of passports without 2 blank pages may be refused entry.:


Uruguay

Uruguay Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Venezuela

Venezuela Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Belize

Belize Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Zambia

Zambia Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Benin

Benin Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Bolivia

Bolivia Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Botswana

Botswana Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Brazil

Brazil Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Cape Verde

Cape Verde Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Canada

Canada Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Chile

Chile Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Costa Rica

Costa Rica Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Cyprus

Cyprus Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Czechia

Czechia Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Denmark

Denmark Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Andorra

Andorra Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Ecuador

Ecuador Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Angola

Angola Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days

β„Ή Additional info : 30 days per visit, up to 90 days per year.:


Finland

Finland Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


France

France Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Gabon

Gabon Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Germany

Germany Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Ghana

Ghana Visa Free


Greece

Greece Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Guyana

Guyana Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Hong Kong

Hong Kong Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Hungary

Hungary Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 30 days


Iceland

Iceland Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


Iran

Iran Visa Free

🏨 Maximum stay : 90 days


American Samoa

American Samoa Visa Free


Anguilla

Anguilla Visa Free


Aruba

Aruba Visa Free


Bermuda

Bermuda Visa Free


Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands Visa Free


Curacao

Curacao Visa Free


Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands Visa Free


Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands Visa Free


French Polynesia

French Polynesia Visa Free


Gibraltar

Gibraltar Visa Free


Greenland

Greenland Visa Free


Guam

Guam Visa Free


Montserrat

Montserrat Visa Free


New Caledonia

New Caledonia Visa Free


Northern Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana Islands Visa Free


Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Visa Free


Saint Barthelemy

Saint Barthelemy Visa Free


Saint Martin

Saint Martin Visa Free


Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Pierre and Miquelon Visa Free


Turks and Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands Visa Free


British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands Visa Free


US Virgin Islands

US Virgin Islands Visa Free


Wallis and Futuna

Wallis and Futuna Visa Free

Visa Online Countries


India

India Visa Online

β„Ή Additional info : Visa fee waived for regular or ordinary Indian passport holders.:

Visa Required Countries


Afghanistan

Afghanistan Visa Required


Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Visa Required


Kenya

Kenya Visa Required

β„Ή Additional info : Effective 01 December 2018, short-term visas for Kenyans will be scrapped with business people and students receiving ten-year multiple-entry visas and frequent visitors eligible to receive three-year multiple entry visas.:


Kiribati

Kiribati Visa Required


North Korea

North Korea Visa Required


Kuwait

Kuwait Visa Required

🏨 Maximum stay : 1 Month


Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan Visa Required


Laos

Laos Visa Required


Latvia

Latvia Visa Required


Lebanon

Lebanon Visa Required

β„Ή Additional info : Holders of passports without 2 blank visa pages may be refused entry:Visa Free Access announced. Dates to be confirmed. :


Liberia

Liberia Visa Required


Armenia

Armenia Visa Required


Libya

Libya Visa Required


Lithuania

Lithuania Visa Required


North Macedonia

North Macedonia Visa Required


Mali

Mali Visa Required


Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands Visa Required


Mauritania

Mauritania Visa Required


Mexico

Mexico Visa Required


Micronesia

Micronesia Visa Required


Moldova

Moldova Visa Required


Mongolia

Mongolia Visa Required


Montenegro

Montenegro Visa Required


Morocco

Morocco Visa Required


Myanmar

Myanmar Visa Required


Nauru

Nauru Visa Required


Nepal

Nepal Visa Required


Nicaragua

Nicaragua Visa Required


Niger

Niger Visa Required


Nigeria

Nigeria Visa Required


Oman

Oman Visa Required


Pakistan

Pakistan Visa Required


Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Visa Required


Palau

Palau Visa Required


Palestine

Palestine Visa Required

β„Ή Additional info : Visa is given for no Fees:


Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Visa Required


Philippines

Philippines Visa Required


Romania

Romania Visa Required


Rwanda

Rwanda Visa Required


Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis Visa Required


Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia Visa Required


Bahrain

Bahrain Visa Required


Samoa

Samoa Visa Required


Senegal

Senegal Visa Required


Serbia

Serbia Visa Required


Bangladesh

Bangladesh Visa Required


Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Visa Required


Slovakia

Slovakia Visa Required


Slovenia

Slovenia Visa Required


Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands Visa Required


Somalia

Somalia Visa Required


Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Visa Required


Sudan

Sudan Visa Required


Suriname

Suriname Visa Required


Syria

Syria Visa Required


Taiwan

Taiwan Visa Required


Tajikistan

Tajikistan Visa Required


Belarus

Belarus Visa Required


East Timor

East Timor Visa Required


Togo

Togo Visa Required


Tonga

Tonga Visa Required


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan Visa Required


Uganda

Uganda Visa Required


Ukraine

Ukraine Visa Required


Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Visa Required


Vanuatu

Vanuatu Visa Required


Vietnam

Vietnam Visa Required


Yemen

Yemen Visa Required


Tuvalu

Tuvalu Visa Required


Bhutan

Bhutan Visa Required


Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina Visa Required


Albania

Albania Visa Required


Brunei

Brunei Visa Required


Bulgaria

Bulgaria Visa Required


Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso Visa Required


Burundi

Burundi Visa Required


Cambodia

Cambodia Visa Required


Cameroon

Cameroon Visa Required


Algeria

Algeria Visa Required


Central African Republic

Central African Republic Visa Required


Chad

Chad Visa Required


Colombia

Colombia Visa Required


Comoros

Comoros Visa Required


Congo

Congo Visa Required


Democratic Republic of Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo Visa Required


Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast Visa Required


Croatia

Croatia Visa Required


Cuba

Cuba Visa Required


Djibouti

Djibouti Visa Required


Dominica

Dominica Visa Required


Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic Visa Required


Egypt

Egypt Visa Required

β„Ή Additional info : Visa Free Access announced. Dates to be confirmed. :


El Salvador

El Salvador Visa Required


Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea Visa Required


Eritrea

Eritrea Visa Required


Estonia

Estonia Visa Required


Ethiopia

Ethiopia Visa Required


Fiji

Fiji Visa Required


Gambia

Gambia Visa Required


Georgia

Georgia Visa Required

β„Ή Additional info : Visa Free Access announced. Dates to be confirmed.


Grenada

Grenada Visa Required


Guatemala

Guatemala Visa Required


Guinea

Guinea Visa Required


Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau Visa Required


Haiti

Haiti Visa Required


Vatican City

Vatican City Visa Required


Honduras

Honduras Visa Required


Indonesia

Indonesia Visa Required


Iraq

Iraq Visa Required

β„Ή Additional info : SOUTH AFRICA does not have an Embassy in Iraq:Iraqi Citizens can apply for visa at the SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY IN AMMAN :


Cook Islands

Cook Islands Visa Required


Niue

Niue Visa Required

Entry Refused Countries


Italy

Italy Entry refused

β„Ή Additional info : Admission refused due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Italy.:


South Korea

South Korea Entry refused

β„Ή Additional info : Admission refused due to the outbreak of 2019-nCoV in South Korea.:


China

China Entry refused

β„Ή Additional info : Admission refused due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in China.:

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