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Visa requirements for South African citizens in 2026

Where a South African passport can take you — 89 of 193 destinations need no visa arranged in advance. Pick a destination for its full entry rules, fees and documents.

Visa Not Required
59
Visa On Arrival
26
Electronic Travel Authorization
5
E-Visa
52
Embassy Visa
68
Fiji — Visa Not RequiredTanzania, United Republic of — Visa Not RequiredWestern SaharaCanada — Embassy VisaUnited States — Embassy VisaKazakhstan — Visa Not RequiredUzbekistan — Embassy VisaPapua New Guinea — E-VisaIndonesia — Visa On ArrivalArgentina — Visa Not RequiredChile — Visa Not RequiredCongo, The Democratic Republic of the — E-VisaSomalia — E-VisaKenya — Visa Not RequiredSudan — Embassy VisaChad — E-VisaHaiti — Visa Not RequiredDominican Republic — Visa Not RequiredRussian Federation — Visa Not RequiredBahamas — Visa Not RequiredFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Norway — Embassy VisaGreenlandFrench Southern TerritoriesTimor-Leste — Visa On ArrivalSouth AfricaLesotho — Visa Not RequiredMexico — Embassy VisaUruguay — Visa Not RequiredBrazil — Visa Not RequiredBolivia, Plurinational State of — Visa Not RequiredPeru — Visa Not RequiredColombia — E-VisaPanama — Visa Not RequiredCosta Rica — Visa Not RequiredNicaragua — Visa Not RequiredHonduras — Visa Not RequiredEl Salvador — Visa Not RequiredGuatemala — Visa Not RequiredBelize — Visa Not RequiredVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic of — Visa Not RequiredGuyana — Visa Not RequiredSuriname — E-VisaFrance — Embassy VisaEcuador — Visa Not RequiredPuerto RicoJamaica — Visa Not RequiredCuba — E-VisaZimbabwe — Visa Not RequiredBotswana — Visa Not RequiredNamibia — Visa Not RequiredSenegal — Visa On ArrivalMali — Embassy VisaMauritania — E-VisaBenin — Visa Not RequiredNiger — Embassy VisaNigeria — E-VisaCameroon — E-VisaTogo — E-VisaGhana — Visa Not RequiredCôte d'Ivoire — E-VisaGuinea — E-VisaGuinea-Bissau — Visa On ArrivalLiberia — Embassy VisaSierra Leone — Visa On ArrivalBurkina Faso — E-VisaCentral African Republic — Embassy VisaCongo — Embassy VisaGabon — Visa Not RequiredEquatorial Guinea — E-VisaZambia — Visa Not RequiredMalawi — Visa Not RequiredMozambique — Visa Not RequiredEswatini — Visa Not RequiredAngola — Visa Not RequiredBurundi — Visa On ArrivalIsrael — Electronic Travel AuthorizationLebanon — Embassy VisaMadagascar — Visa On ArrivalPalestine, State ofGambia — Visa Not RequiredTunisia — Visa Not RequiredAlgeria — Embassy VisaJordan — Visa On ArrivalUnited Arab Emirates — Embassy VisaQatar — Visa Not RequiredKuwait — Embassy VisaIraq — E-VisaOman — Visa Not RequiredVanuatu — Visa Not RequiredCambodia — Visa On ArrivalThailand — Visa Not RequiredLao People's Democratic Republic — Visa On ArrivalMyanmar — E-VisaViet Nam — E-VisaKorea, Democratic People's Republic of — Embassy VisaKorea, Republic of — Electronic Travel AuthorizationMongolia — E-VisaIndia — E-VisaBangladesh — Embassy VisaBhutan — E-VisaNepal — Visa On ArrivalPakistan — E-VisaAfghanistan — E-VisaTajikistan — Visa On ArrivalKyrgyzstan — Visa On ArrivalTurkmenistan — Embassy VisaIran, Islamic Republic of — E-VisaSyrian Arab Republic — E-VisaArmenia — Visa On ArrivalSweden — Embassy VisaBelarus — Embassy VisaUkraine — E-VisaPoland — Embassy VisaAustria — Embassy VisaHungary — Embassy VisaMoldova, Republic of — Embassy VisaRomania — Embassy VisaLithuania — Embassy VisaLatvia — Embassy VisaEstonia — Embassy VisaGermany — Embassy VisaBulgaria — Embassy VisaGreece — Embassy VisaTürkiye — E-VisaAlbania — E-VisaCroatia — Embassy VisaSwitzerland — Embassy VisaLuxembourg — Embassy VisaBelgium — Embassy VisaNetherlands — Embassy VisaPortugal — Embassy VisaSpain — Embassy VisaIreland — Embassy VisaNew CaledoniaSolomon Islands — Embassy VisaNew Zealand — Embassy VisaAustralia — Embassy VisaSri Lanka — Visa On ArrivalChina — Embassy VisaTaiwan, Province of ChinaItaly — Embassy VisaDenmark — Embassy VisaUnited Kingdom — Embassy VisaIceland — Embassy VisaAzerbaijan — E-VisaGeorgia — Visa Not RequiredPhilippines — Visa Not RequiredMalaysia — Visa Not RequiredBrunei Darussalam — Embassy VisaSlovenia — Embassy VisaFinland — Embassy VisaSlovakia — Embassy VisaCzechia — Embassy VisaEritrea — Embassy VisaJapan — E-VisaParaguay — Visa Not RequiredYemen — Embassy VisaSaudi Arabia — Visa On ArrivalCyprus — Embassy VisaMorocco — Embassy VisaEgypt — Visa On ArrivalLibya — E-VisaEthiopia — Visa On ArrivalDjibouti — E-VisaUganda — E-VisaRwanda — Visa Not RequiredBosnia and Herzegovina — Embassy VisaNorth Macedonia — Embassy VisaSerbia — E-VisaMontenegro — Embassy VisaTrinidad and Tobago — Visa Not RequiredSouth Sudan — E-Visa
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Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Benin
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Botswana
Brazil
Chile
Costa Rica
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Eswatini
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho
Malawi
Malaysia
Mauritius
Micronesia, Federated States of
Mozambique
Namibia
Nicaragua
Oman
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Qatar
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Singapore
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Visa On Arrival 26
Armenia
Bahrain
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Comoros
Egypt
Ethiopia
Guinea-Bissau
Indonesia
Jordan
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Madagascar
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Nepal
Palau
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Timor-Leste
Tuvalu
Electronic Travel Authorization 5
Israel
Korea, Republic of
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Seychelles
Sri Lanka
E-Visa 52
Afghanistan
Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bhutan
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Chad
Colombia
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Cuba
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Guinea
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Japan
Jordan
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Libya
Madagascar
Mauritania
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Sudan
Suriname
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Togo
Türkiye
Uganda
Ukraine
Viet Nam
Embassy Visa 68
Algeria
Andorra
Australia
Austria
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Canada
Central African Republic
China
Congo
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Eritrea
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Mali
Malta
Mexico
Moldova, Republic of
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Nauru
Netherlands
New Zealand
Niger
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Spain
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Tonga
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uzbekistan
Yemen
Passport strength
89 / 193

destinations reachable visa-free, with a visa on arrival, or with an eTA.

About South Africa
Official
Republic of South Africa
Capital
Pretoria
Currency
South African rand
Language
Afrikaans
Region
Africa
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