South Africa Passport Visa Requirements
Holders of a South Africa passport can visit 60 destinations visa-free, 64 with visa on arrival or an eVisa, 4 with an eTA, while 69 require a visa in advance. Browse the full breakdown below and open any destination for its budget travel costs, safety and internet data.
Visa Free60 destinations
- Angola (30 days)
- Antigua and Barbuda (180 days)
- Argentina (90 days)
- Bahamas (90 days)
- Barbados (180 days)
- Belize
- Benin (90 days)
- Bolivia (90 days)
- Botswana (90 days)
- Brazil (90 days)
- Chile (90 days)
- Costa Rica (180 days)
- Dominica (180 days)
- Dominican Republic (30 days)
- Ecuador (90 days)
- El Salvador (180 days)
- Eswatini (30 days)
- Fiji (120 days)
- Gabon (30 days)
- Gambia (90 days)
- Georgia (360 days)
- Ghana (90 days)
- Grenada (90 days)
- Guatemala (90 days)
- Guyana (30 days)
- Haiti (90 days)
- Honduras (90 days)
- Hong Kong (30 days)
- Jamaica
- Kenya (90 days)
- Kiribati (90 days)
- Lesotho
- Macau (30 days)
- Malawi (90 days)
- Malaysia (90 days)
- Mauritius (90 days)
- Micronesia (30 days)
- Mozambique
- Namibia (90 days)
- Nicaragua (90 days)
- Palestine
- Panama (90 days)
- Paraguay (90 days)
- Peru (180 days)
- Philippines (30 days)
- Russia (90 days)
- Rwanda (30 days)
- Saint Lucia (42 days)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90 days)
- Seychelles (90 days)
- Singapore (30 days)
- Tanzania (90 days)
- Thailand (60 days)
- Trinidad and Tobago (90 days)
- Tunisia (90 days)
- Uruguay (90 days)
- Vanuatu (120 days)
- Venezuela (90 days)
- Zambia (90 days)
- Zimbabwe (90 days)
Visa on Arrival / eVisa64 destinations
- Albania
- Armenia
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bhutan
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Chad
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Cuba
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Qatar
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Turkey
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Vietnam
eTA4 destinations
- Ivory Coast
- Papua New Guinea
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- South Korea
Visa Required69 destinations
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Austria
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- China
- Congo
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mali
- Malta
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Nauru
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Niger
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tonga
- Turkmenistan
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan
- Vatican City
- Yemen
Visa requirements can change at any time. Always verify with official government sources before booking travel. Data sourced from Passport Index.