Visa guide for South African passport holders

Popular destinations from South Africa

• United KingdomVisa required
• United StatesVisa required
• CanadaVisa required
• Australiae-Visa
• GermanyVisa required
• FranceVisa required
• ItalyVisa required
• SpainVisa required
• NetherlandsVisa required
• SwitzerlandVisa required
• United Arab Emiratese-Visa
• Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrival
• QatarVisa on arrival
• Türkiyee-Visa
• Japane-Visa
• South KoreaETA required
• SingaporeVisa-free · 30 days
• ThailandVisa-free · 60 days
• MalaysiaVisa-free · 90 days
• ChinaVisa required
• Indiae-Visa
• New ZealandVisa required
• IrelandVisa required
• PortugalVisa required
• GreeceVisa required
• EgyptVisa on arrival
• IndonesiaVisa on arrival
• Vietname-Visa
• MexicoVisa required

Easiest places to visit

• Albania e-Visa
• Angola Visa-free · 30 days
• Antigua and Barbuda Visa-free · 180 days
• Argentina Visa-free · 90 days
• Armenia Visa on arrival
• Australia e-Visa
• Azerbaijan e-Visa
• Bahamas Visa-free · 90 days
• Bahrain e-Visa
• Barbados Visa-free · 180 days
• Belize Visa-free
• Benin Visa-free · 90 days
• Bhutan e-Visa
• Bolivia Visa on arrival
• Botswana Visa-free · 90 days
• Brazil Visa-free · 90 days
• Burkina Faso e-Visa
• Burundi Visa on arrival
• Cambodia Visa on arrival
• Cameroon e-Visa
• Cape Verde Visa on arrival
• Chile Visa-free · 90 days
• Colombia e-Visa
• Comoros Visa on arrival
• Costa Rica Visa-free · 180 days
• Cuba e-Visa
• Djibouti Visa on arrival
• Dominica Visa-free · 180 days
• Dominican Republic Visa-free
• DR Congo e-Visa
• Ecuador Visa-free · 90 days
• Egypt Visa on arrival
• El Salvador Visa-free · 180 days
• Equatorial Guinea e-Visa
• Eswatini Visa-free · 30 days
• Ethiopia Visa on arrival
• Fiji Visa-free · 120 days
• Gabon Visa-free · 30 days
• Gambia Visa-free · 90 days
• Georgia Visa-free · 360 days
• Ghana Visa-free · 90 days
• Grenada Visa-free · 90 days
• Guatemala Visa-free · 90 days
• Guinea e-Visa
• Guinea-Bissau Visa on arrival
• Guyana Visa-free · 30 days
• Haiti Visa-free · 90 days
• Honduras Visa-free · 90 days
• Hong Kong Visa-free · 30 days
• India e-Visa
• Indonesia Visa on arrival
• Iran Visa on arrival
• Iraq e-Visa
• Israel Visa-free · 90 days
• Ivory Coast ETA required
• Jamaica Visa-free
• Japan e-Visa
• Jordan Visa on arrival
• Kazakhstan e-Visa
• Kenya ETA required
• Kiribati Visa-free · 90 days
• Kyrgyzstan Visa on arrival
• Laos Visa on arrival
• Lesotho Visa-free
• Libya e-Visa
• Macau Visa-free · 30 days
• Madagascar Visa on arrival
• Malawi Visa-free · 90 days
• Malaysia Visa-free · 90 days
• Maldives Visa on arrival
• Marshall Islands Visa on arrival
• Mauritania Visa on arrival
• Mauritius Visa-free · 90 days
• Micronesia Visa-free · 30 days
• Moldova e-Visa
• Mongolia e-Visa
• Mozambique Visa-free
• Myanmar e-Visa
• Namibia Visa-free · 90 days
• Nepal Visa on arrival
• Nicaragua Visa-free · 90 days
• Nigeria Visa on arrival
• Oman Visa on arrival
• Pakistan ETA required
• Palau Visa on arrival
• Palestine Visa-free
• Panama Visa-free · 90 days
• Papua New Guinea ETA required
• Paraguay Visa-free · 90 days
• Peru Visa-free · 180 days
• Philippines Visa-free · 30 days
• Qatar Visa on arrival
• Russia Visa-free · 90 days
• Rwanda Visa-free · 30 days
• Saint Kitts and Nevis Visa-free · 90 days
• Saint Lucia Visa-free · 42 days
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Visa-free · 90 days
• Samoa Visa on arrival
• São Tomé and Príncipe e-Visa
• Saudi Arabia Visa on arrival
• Senegal Visa on arrival
• Seychelles Visa-free · 90 days
• Sierra Leone Visa on arrival
• Singapore Visa-free · 30 days
• Somalia Visa on arrival
• South Korea ETA required
• South Sudan e-Visa
• Sri Lanka Visa on arrival
• Suriname e-Visa
• Syria e-Visa
• Tajikistan Visa on arrival
• Tanzania Visa-free · 90 days
• Thailand Visa-free · 60 days
• Timor-Leste Visa on arrival
• Togo e-Visa
• Trinidad and Tobago Visa-free · 90 days
• Tunisia Visa-free · 90 days
• Türkiye e-Visa
• Tuvalu Visa on arrival
• Uganda e-Visa
• United Arab Emirates e-Visa
• Uruguay Visa-free · 90 days
• Vanuatu Visa-free · 120 days
• Venezuela Visa-free · 90 days
• Vietnam e-Visa
• Zambia Visa-free · 90 days
• Zimbabwe Visa-free · 90 days

Where to apply in South Africa

Embassies and high commissions of popular destinations located in South Africa.

British High Commission Pretoria255 Hill Street, ArcadiaOfficial website ↗

Embassy of the United States, Pretoria877 Pretorius StreetTel: +27-12-431-4000Official website ↗

high commission of Canada in South Africa1103 Arcadia StreetOfficial website ↗

Australian high commission in South Africa292 Orient StreetOfficial website ↗

Embassy of Germany, Pretoria201 Florence Ribeiro AvenueTel: +27-12-4278900Official website ↗

Embassy of France, Pretoria250 Melk StreetOfficial website ↗

embassy of Italy in South Africa796 George AvenueOfficial website ↗

Embassy of Spain in South AfricaLord Charles Complex, 337 Brooklyn RoadOfficial website ↗

Embassy of the Netherlands in South Africa210 Florence Ribeiro Avenue

embassy of Switzerland in South Africa225 Veale StreetOfficial website ↗

Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, Pretoria992 Arcadia St, Arcadia 0083 Pretoria RSATel: +27-12-342-7736Official website ↗

Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Pretoria711 Jan Shoba StreetOfficial website ↗

Embassy data from Wikidata (CC0). Many countries use visa application centres — check the embassy website for where to submit.