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South Africa passport: visa requirements for 198 destinations

Where South African citizens can travel visa-free, with an e-Visa, an ETA or a visa on arrival — and where a visa is required. Data refreshed 24 Oct 2026.

DestinationRequirement
AfghanistanVisa required
Albaniae-Visa
AlgeriaVisa required
AndorraVisa required
AngolaVisa-free · 30 days
Antigua and BarbudaVisa-free · 180 days
ArgentinaVisa-free · 90 days
ArmeniaVisa on arrival
Australiae-Visa
AustriaVisa required
Azerbaijane-Visa
BahamasVisa-free · 90 days
Bahraine-Visa
BangladeshVisa required
BarbadosVisa-free · 180 days
BelarusVisa required
BelgiumVisa required
BelizeVisa-free
BeninVisa-free · 90 days
Bhutane-Visa
BoliviaVisa on arrival
Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa required
BotswanaVisa-free · 90 days
BrazilVisa-free · 90 days
BruneiVisa required
BulgariaVisa required
Burkina Fasoe-Visa
BurundiVisa on arrival
CambodiaVisa on arrival
Cameroone-Visa
CanadaVisa required
Cape VerdeVisa on arrival
Central African RepublicVisa required
ChadVisa required
ChileVisa-free · 90 days
ChinaVisa required
Colombiae-Visa
ComorosVisa on arrival
CongoVisa required
Costa RicaVisa-free · 180 days
CroatiaVisa required
Cubae-Visa
CyprusVisa required
CzechiaVisa required
DenmarkVisa required
DjiboutiVisa on arrival
DominicaVisa-free · 180 days
Dominican RepublicVisa-free
DR Congoe-Visa
EcuadorVisa-free · 90 days
EgyptVisa on arrival
El SalvadorVisa-free · 180 days
Equatorial Guineae-Visa
EritreaVisa required
EstoniaVisa required
EswatiniVisa-free · 30 days
EthiopiaVisa on arrival
FijiVisa-free · 120 days
FinlandVisa required
FranceVisa required
GabonVisa-free · 30 days
GambiaVisa-free · 90 days
GeorgiaVisa-free · 360 days
GermanyVisa required
GhanaVisa-free · 90 days
GreeceVisa required
GrenadaVisa-free · 90 days
GuatemalaVisa-free · 90 days
Guineae-Visa
Guinea-BissauVisa on arrival
GuyanaVisa-free · 30 days
HaitiVisa-free · 90 days
HondurasVisa-free · 90 days
Hong KongVisa-free · 30 days
HungaryVisa required
IcelandVisa required
Indiae-Visa
IndonesiaVisa on arrival
IranVisa on arrival
Iraqe-Visa
IrelandVisa required
IsraelVisa-free · 90 days
ItalyVisa required
Ivory CoastETA required
JamaicaVisa-free
Japane-Visa
JordanVisa on arrival
Kazakhstane-Visa
KenyaETA required
KiribatiVisa-free · 90 days
KosovoVisa required
KuwaitVisa required
KyrgyzstanVisa on arrival
LaosVisa on arrival
LatviaVisa required
LebanonVisa required
LesothoVisa-free
LiberiaVisa required
Libyae-Visa
LiechtensteinVisa required
LithuaniaVisa required
LuxembourgVisa required
MacauVisa-free · 30 days
MadagascarVisa on arrival
MalawiVisa-free · 90 days
MalaysiaVisa-free · 90 days
MaldivesVisa on arrival
MaliVisa required
MaltaVisa required
Marshall IslandsVisa on arrival
MauritaniaVisa on arrival
MauritiusVisa-free · 90 days
MexicoVisa required
MicronesiaVisa-free · 30 days
Moldovae-Visa
MonacoVisa required
Mongoliae-Visa
MontenegroVisa required
MoroccoVisa required
MozambiqueVisa-free
Myanmare-Visa
NamibiaVisa-free · 90 days
NauruVisa required
NepalVisa on arrival
NetherlandsVisa required
New ZealandVisa required
NicaraguaVisa-free · 90 days
NigerVisa required
NigeriaVisa on arrival
North KoreaVisa required
North MacedoniaVisa required
NorwayVisa required
OmanVisa on arrival
PakistanETA required
PalauVisa on arrival
PalestineVisa-free
PanamaVisa-free · 90 days
Papua New GuineaETA required
ParaguayVisa-free · 90 days
PeruVisa-free · 180 days
PhilippinesVisa-free · 30 days
PolandVisa required
PortugalVisa required
QatarVisa on arrival
RomaniaVisa required
RussiaVisa-free · 90 days
RwandaVisa-free · 30 days
Saint Kitts and NevisVisa-free · 90 days
Saint LuciaVisa-free · 42 days
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa-free · 90 days
SamoaVisa on arrival
San MarinoVisa required
São Tomé and Príncipee-Visa
Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrival
SenegalVisa on arrival
SerbiaVisa required
SeychellesVisa-free · 90 days
Sierra LeoneVisa on arrival
SingaporeVisa-free · 30 days
SlovakiaVisa required
SloveniaVisa required
Solomon IslandsVisa required
SomaliaVisa on arrival
South KoreaETA required
South Sudane-Visa
SpainVisa required
Sri LankaVisa on arrival
SudanVisa required
Surinamee-Visa
SwedenVisa required
SwitzerlandVisa required
Syriae-Visa
TaiwanVisa required
TajikistanVisa on arrival
TanzaniaVisa-free · 90 days
ThailandVisa-free · 60 days
Timor-LesteVisa on arrival
Togoe-Visa
TongaVisa required
Trinidad and TobagoVisa-free · 90 days
TunisiaVisa-free · 90 days
Türkiyee-Visa
TurkmenistanVisa required
TuvaluVisa on arrival
Ugandae-Visa
UkraineVisa required
United Arab Emiratese-Visa
United KingdomVisa required
United StatesVisa required
UruguayVisa-free · 90 days
UzbekistanVisa required
VanuatuVisa-free · 120 days
Vatican CityVisa required
VenezuelaVisa-free · 90 days
Vietname-Visa
YemenVisa required
ZambiaVisa-free · 90 days
ZimbabweVisa-free · 90 days

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