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South Africa visa requirements in 2026

What South Africa's border demands, by nationality — 102 of the 202 nationalities we track can enter without a visa arranged in advance. Pick your passport below for your exact rules, fees and documents.

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Who can enter South Africa

Fiji — Embassy VisaTanzania, United Republic of — Visa Not RequiredWestern SaharaCanada — Visa Not RequiredUnited States — Visa Not RequiredKazakhstan — Embassy VisaUzbekistan — Embassy VisaPapua New Guinea — Embassy VisaIndonesia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationArgentina — Visa Not RequiredChile — Visa Not RequiredCongo, The Democratic Republic of the — E-VisaSomalia — Embassy VisaKenya — Visa Not RequiredSudan — Embassy VisaChad — Embassy VisaHaiti — Embassy VisaDominican Republic — Embassy VisaRussian Federation — Visa Not RequiredBahamas — Visa Not RequiredFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Norway — Visa Not RequiredGreenland — Visa Not RequiredFrench Southern Territories — Visa Not RequiredTimor-Leste — Embassy VisaSouth AfricaLesotho — Visa Not RequiredMexico — Electronic Travel AuthorizationUruguay — Visa Not RequiredBrazil — Visa Not RequiredBolivia, Plurinational State of — Visa Not RequiredPeru — Visa Not RequiredColombia — Embassy VisaPanama — Visa Not RequiredCosta Rica — Visa Not RequiredNicaragua — Embassy VisaHonduras — Embassy VisaEl Salvador — Embassy VisaGuatemala — Embassy VisaBelize — Visa Not RequiredVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic of — Visa Not RequiredGuyana — Visa Not RequiredSuriname — Embassy VisaFrance — Visa Not RequiredEcuador — Visa Not RequiredPuerto RicoJamaica — Visa Not RequiredCuba — E-VisaZimbabwe — Visa Not RequiredBotswana — Visa Not RequiredNamibia — Visa Not RequiredSenegal — E-VisaMali — E-VisaMauritania — Embassy VisaBenin — Visa Not RequiredNiger — E-VisaNigeria — E-VisaCameroon — E-VisaTogo — Embassy VisaGhana — Visa Not RequiredCôte d'Ivoire — E-VisaGuinea — E-VisaGuinea-Bissau — Embassy VisaLiberia — E-VisaSierra Leone — Embassy VisaBurkina Faso — Embassy VisaCentral African Republic — Embassy VisaCongo — Embassy VisaGabon — Visa Not RequiredEquatorial Guinea — Embassy VisaZambia — Visa Not RequiredMalawi — Visa Not RequiredMozambique — Visa Not RequiredEswatini — Visa Not RequiredAngola — Visa Not RequiredBurundi — Embassy VisaIsrael — Visa Not RequiredLebanon — Embassy VisaMadagascar — Visa Not RequiredPalestine, State of — Embassy VisaGambia — Embassy VisaTunisia — Visa Not RequiredAlgeria — E-VisaJordan — Visa Not RequiredUnited Arab Emirates — Visa Not RequiredQatar — Visa Not RequiredKuwait — Embassy VisaIraq — Embassy VisaOman — E-VisaVanuatu — Embassy VisaCambodia — Embassy VisaThailand — Visa Not RequiredLao People's Democratic Republic — Embassy VisaMyanmar — Embassy VisaViet Nam — Embassy VisaKorea, Democratic People's Republic of — Embassy VisaKorea, Republic of — Visa Not RequiredMongolia — Embassy VisaIndia — Electronic Travel AuthorizationBangladesh — Embassy VisaBhutan — Embassy VisaNepal — Embassy VisaPakistan — E-VisaAfghanistan — Embassy VisaTajikistan — Embassy VisaKyrgyzstan — Embassy VisaTurkmenistan — Embassy VisaIran, Islamic Republic of — E-VisaSyrian Arab Republic — Embassy VisaArmenia — Embassy VisaSweden — Visa Not RequiredBelarus — E-VisaUkraine — Embassy VisaPoland — Visa Not RequiredAustria — Visa Not RequiredHungary — Visa Not RequiredMoldova, Republic of — Embassy VisaRomania — Visa Not RequiredLithuania — Visa Not RequiredLatvia — Visa Not RequiredEstonia — Visa Not RequiredGermany — Visa Not RequiredBulgaria — Visa Not RequiredGreece — Visa Not RequiredTürkiye — Visa Not RequiredAlbania — E-VisaCroatia — Visa Not RequiredSwitzerland — Visa Not RequiredLuxembourg — Visa Not RequiredBelgium — Visa Not RequiredNetherlands — Visa Not RequiredPortugal — Visa Not RequiredSpain — Visa Not RequiredIreland — Visa Not RequiredNew CaledoniaSolomon Islands — Embassy VisaNew Zealand — Visa Not RequiredAustralia — Visa Not RequiredSri Lanka — Embassy VisaChina — Electronic Travel AuthorizationTaiwan, Province of China — Embassy VisaItaly — Visa Not RequiredDenmark — Visa Not RequiredUnited Kingdom — Visa Not RequiredIceland — Visa Not RequiredAzerbaijan — Embassy VisaGeorgia — Embassy VisaPhilippines — E-VisaMalaysia — Visa Not RequiredBrunei Darussalam — Embassy VisaSlovenia — Visa Not RequiredFinland — Visa Not RequiredSlovakia — Visa Not RequiredCzechia — Visa Not RequiredEritrea — Embassy VisaJapan — Visa Not RequiredParaguay — Visa Not RequiredYemen — Embassy VisaSaudi Arabia — Visa Not RequiredCyprus — Visa Not RequiredMorocco — E-VisaEgypt — E-VisaLibya — Embassy VisaEthiopia — E-VisaDjibouti — Embassy VisaUganda — E-VisaRwanda — Embassy VisaBosnia and Herzegovina — Embassy VisaNorth Macedonia — Embassy VisaSerbia — Embassy VisaMontenegro — Embassy VisaTrinidad and Tobago — Visa Not RequiredSouth Sudan — Embassy Visa
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Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Botswana
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
Bulgaria
Cabo Verde
Canada
Chile
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Ecuador
Estonia
Eswatini
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
French Southern Territories
Gabon
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Greenland
Guyana
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Korea, Republic of
Latvia
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mauritius
Monaco
Mozambique
Namibia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
Singapore
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Türkiye
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Electronic Travel Authorization 4
China
India
Indonesia
Mexico
E-Visa 22
Albania
Algeria
Belarus
Cameroon
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Cuba
Côte d'Ivoire
Egypt
Ethiopia
Guinea
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Liberia
Mali
Mexico
Morocco
Niger
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Senegal
Uganda
Embassy Visa 79
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Central African Republic
Chad
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Fiji
Gambia
Georgia
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Honduras
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lebanon
Libya
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova, Republic of
Mongolia
Montenegro
Myanmar
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
North Macedonia
Palau
Palestine, State of
Papua New Guinea
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Syrian Arab Republic
Taiwan, Province of China
Tajikistan
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Viet Nam
Yemen
Compiled from official government sources and kept under continuous re-verification. Entry rules can change at short notice — always confirm with the official source before you travel.