Visa guide · ZA
South Africa visa requirements by passport
Visa rules for South Africa for 189 passports: 93 can visit visa-free, 24 can get an eTA, eVisa or visa on arrival and 72 must apply in person or give biometrics.
Last checked . Policies change. Confirm with the embassy or official visa portal before you travel.
93
Visa-free
4
eTA
20
eVisa
72
Embassy / VFS
Visa-free
No visa needed — just go- Andorra30 days
- Angola30 days
- Antigua and Barbuda180 days
- Argentina90 days
- Australia90 days
- Austria90 days
- Bahamas30 days
- Barbados90 days
- Belgium90 days
- Belize30 days
- Benin30 days
- Bolivia90 days
- Botswana90 days
- Brazil30 days
- Bulgaria90 days
- Canada90 days
- Cape Verde30 days
- Chile90 days
- Costa Rica90 days
- Croatia90 days
- Cyprus90 days
- Czech Republic90 days
- Denmark90 days
- Ecuador30 days
- Estonia90 days
- Eswatini90 days
- Finland90 days
- France90 days
- Gabon90 days
- Germany90 days
- Ghana90 days
- Greece90 days
- Guyana30 days
- Hong Kong30 days
- Hungary90 days
- Iceland90 days
- Ireland
- Israel90 days
- Italy90 days
- Jamaica30 days
- Japan90 days
- Jordan90 days
- Kenya90 days
- Latvia90 days
- Lesotho30 days
- Liechtenstein90 days
- Lithuania90 days
- Luxembourg90 days
- Macau30 days
- Madagascar90 days
- Malawi30 days
- Malaysia30 days
- Maldives30 days
- Malta90 days
- Mauritius30 days
- Monaco90 days
- Mozambique30 days
- Namibia90 days
- Netherlands90 days
- New Zealand90 days
- Norway90 days
- Panama90 days
- Paraguay90 days
- Peru30 days
- Poland90 days
- Portugal90 days
- Qatar30 days
- Romania90 days
- Russia90 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines30 days
- San Marino30 days
- São Tomé and Príncipe30 days
- Saudi Arabia90 days
- Seychelles30 days
- Singapore90 days
- Slovakia90 days
- Slovenia90 days
- South Korea30 days
- Spain90 days
- Sweden90 days
- Switzerland90 days
- Tanzania30 days
- Thailand30 days
- Trinidad and Tobago90 days
- Tunisia90 days
- Türkiye30 days
- United Arab Emirates90 days
- United Kingdom90 days
- United States90 days
- Uruguay90 days
- Venezuela90 days
- Zambia90 days
- Zimbabwe90 days
eTA
Electronic travel authorization (online)eVisa
Fully online — no office visitEmbassy / VFS
In-person at an embassy or visa center- Afghanistan90 days
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan30 days
- Bahrain30 days
- Bangladesh90 days
- Bhutan30 days
- Brunei90 days
- Burkina Faso90 days
- Burundi30 days
- Cambodia90 days
- Central African Republic90 days
- Chad90 days
- Colombia90 days
- Djibouti90 days
- Dominica90 days
- Dominican Republic30 days
- El Salvador90 days
- Equatorial Guinea90 days
- Eritrea90 days
- Fiji30 days
- Georgia90 days
- Grenada30 days
- Guatemala90 days
- Guinea-Bissau30 days
- Honduras90 days
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati30 days
- Kosovo
- Kuwait30 days
- Kyrgyzstan30 days
- Laos90 days
- Lebanon30 days
- Libya30 days
- Mauritania90 days
- Micronesia90 days
- Moldova90 days
- Mongolia
- Montenegro90 days
- Myanmar30 days
- Nauru90 days
- Nepal90 days
- Nicaragua90 days
- North Korea90 days
- Palau
- Palestine90 days
- Papua New Guinea30 days
- Republic of the Congo30 days
- Rwanda30 days
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia90 days
- Samoa30 days
- Serbia90 days
- Sierra Leone90 days
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia30 days
- South Sudan30 days
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan30 days
- Suriname90 days
- Taiwan30 days
- Tajikistan90 days
- Timor-Leste90 days
- Togo90 days
- Tonga
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu90 days
- Ukraine30 days
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu90 days
- Vatican City30 days
- Vietnam30 days
- Yemen
What the categories mean
- Visa-freeNo visa needed — just go
- eTAElectronic travel authorization (online)
- eVisaFully online — no office visit
- Embassy / VFSIn-person at an embassy or visa center
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