South Africa Visa Free Countries

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Traveling to South Africa? Wonderful! If your citizenship is from any of these South Africa visa free countries, you’re good to travel without a visa.

To enter South Africa, (or any other country,) you need a passport. If you are from any of the visa-exempt countries below, you’re good to travel visa-free for a limited time.

The following information is taken from the South African visa site. According to South Africa’s Home Affairs, this information is subject to change, without notice.

Citizens of the following countries can enter South Africa without a visa, for up to 90 days.

Andorra
Argentina

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Botswana

Brazil
Canada
Chile
Czech Republic

Denmark
Ecuador
Finland
France

Germany
Greece
Iceland
Ireland

Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan

Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco

Mozambique
Namibia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway

Panama
Paraguay
Portugal
Qatar
Russia

St Vincent & the Grenadines
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Spain

Sweden
Switzerland
Tanzania
Trinidad & Tobago
United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Zambia

Zimbabwe

Citizens of the following countries can enter South Africa without a visa, for up to 30 days.

Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas

Barbados
Belize
Benin
Bolivia
Cape Verde

Costa Rica
Cyprus
Eswatini
Gabon
Guyana

Hong Kong
Hungary
Jordan
Lesotho
Macau

Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mauritius
Peru

Poland
Seychelles
South Korea
Thailand
Turkey

If your country of citizenship is not on the above list, you will need a visa to enter South Africa.

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria

Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus

Bermuda
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brunei
Bulgaria

Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic

Chad
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo

Côte d’Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Djibouti
Dominican Republic

DR of Congo
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea

Estonia
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands
Fiji
French Guiana

Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greenland

Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Honduras
Indonesia

Iran
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kosovo

Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos

Latvia

Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Macedonia

Madagascar
Mali
Mauritania
Mexico
Moldova

Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Myanmar
Nepal

Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
Oman

Pakistan
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Romania
Rwanda

Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Slovakia

Slovenia
Somalia
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan

Suriname
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Timor-Leste

Togo
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine

Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen

To get a South African visa, you can apply in person for a visa at a South African embassy or consulate. For your visa application, you will need to provide biometric data. Here are the South African visa requirements.

South Africa has recently launched a new online system for visa applications. At the time of this writing, (Oct 2020), it has not been finalized. If you’d like to apply for your visa online, you can apply for an e-visa here.

Visa requirements for entry into South Africa

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