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- No visa needed 63
- Visa on arrival 19
- Electronic travel authorisation needed 5
- E-visa needed 39
- Visa needed 72
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No visa needed · 63
- Angolaup to 30 days
- Antigua & Barbudaup to 180 days
- Argentinaup to 90 days✓
- Bahamasup to 90 days
- Barbadosup to 180 days
- Belize
- Beninup to 90 days✓
- Boliviaup to 90 days
- Botswanaup to 90 days
- Brazilup to 90 days✓
- Cape Verdeup to 30 days
- Chileup to 90 days
- Costa Ricaup to 180 days✓
- Dominicaup to 180 days
- Dominican Republicup to 30 days
- Ecuadorup to 90 days
- El Salvadorup to 90 days
- Eswatiniup to 30 days
- Fijiup to 120 days
- Gabonup to 30 days
- Gambiaup to 90 days
- Georgiaup to 365 days✓
- Ghanaup to 90 days
- Grenadaup to 90 days
- Guatemalaup to 90 days
- Guyanaup to 30 days
- Haitiup to 90 days
- Hondurasup to 90 days
- Hong Kongup to 30 days✓
- Jamaica✓
- Kenya✓
- Kiribatiup to 90 days
- Lesotho
- Macaoup to 30 days
- Malawiup to 90 days
- Malaysiaup to 90 days✓
- Mauritiusup to 90 days
- Micronesiaup to 30 days
- Mozambique
- Namibiaup to 90 days
- Nicaraguaup to 90 days
- Omanup to 14 days✓
- Palestine
- Panamaup to 90 days
- Paraguayup to 90 days
- Peruup to 90 days
- Philippinesup to 30 days✓
- Qatar✓
- Russiaup to 90 days
- Rwandaup to 30 days
- Singaporeup to 30 days✓
- St. Luciaup to 42 days
- St. Vincent & Grenadinesup to 90 days
- Tanzania
- Thailandup to 30 days✓
- Togoup to 30 days
- Trinidad & Tobagoup to 90 days
- Tunisiaup to 90 days✓
- Uruguayup to 90 days
- Vanuatuup to 120 days
- Venezuelaup to 90 days
- Zambiaup to 90 days
- Zimbabweup to 90 days
Electronic travel authorisation needed · 5
- Israelup to 90 days✓
- Seychellesup to 90 days✓
- South Koreaup to 30 days✓
- Sri Lankaup to 30 days✓
- St. Kitts & Nevis
Visa on arrival · 19
- Burundi
- Cambodiaup to 30 days
- Comoros
- Ethiopia
- Guinea-Bissau
- Indonesiaup to 30 days✓
- Jordan
- Laosup to 30 days
- Madagascar
- Maldivesup to 30 days✓
- Marshall Islands
- Nepalup to 90 days✓
- Palau
- Samoa
- Senegal✓
- Sierra Leone
- Tajikistan
- Timor-Leste
- Tuvalu
E-visa needed · 39
- Albania✓
- Armenia✓
- Australia✓
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bhutan
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Egyptup to 30 days✓
- Equatorial Guinea
- Guinea
- India✓
- Iran
- Iraq
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan✓
- Libya
- Mauritania
- Mongolia
- Myanmar (Burma)
- New Zealand✓
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- São Tomé & Príncipe
- Saudi Arabiaup to 90 days✓
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates✓
- Vietnamup to 90 days✓
Visa needed · 72
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Andorra✓
- Austria✓
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium✓
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brunei
- Bulgaria✓
- Canada✓
- Central African Republic
- China✓
- Colombia✓
- Croatia✓
- Cyprus✓
- Czechia✓
- Denmark✓
- Eritrea
- Estonia✓
- Finland✓
- France✓
- Germany✓
- Greece✓
- Hungary✓
- Iceland✓
- Ireland✓
- Italy✓
- Japan✓
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Latvia✓
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein✓
- Lithuania✓
- Luxembourg✓
- Mali
- Malta✓
- Mexico✓
- Moldova✓
- Monaco✓
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Nauru
- Netherlands✓
- Niger
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway✓
- Poland✓
- Portugal✓
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania✓
- San Marino✓
- Serbia✓
- Slovakia✓
- Slovenia✓
- Solomon Islands
- Spain✓
- Sudan
- Sweden✓
- Switzerland✓
- Taiwan✓
- Tonga
- Türkiye✓
- Turkmenistan
- United Kingdom✓
- United States✓
- Uzbekistan✓
- Vatican City✓
- Yemen
Frequently asked questions
How many countries can South African citizens visit without a visa?
63 visa-free, 19 with a visa on arrival, 5 with an electronic authorisation and 39 with an e-visa. A regular visa is needed for 72 of 198 countries.
Do South African citizens need a visa for France?
You need a visa obtained in advance from an embassy or consulate.
Do South African citizens need a visa for the UK?
You need a visa obtained in advance from an embassy or consulate.
Do South African citizens need a visa for the US?
You need a visa obtained in advance from an embassy or consulate.
Do South African citizens need a visa for Canada?
You need a visa obtained in advance from an embassy or consulate.
Do South African citizens need a visa for the UAE?
You need an e-visa, applied for online at smartservices.icp.gov.ae.
Does a US or Schengen visa help South African citizens?
Yes. With a valid US visa or green card, entry gets easier for 11 more countries; with a Schengen visa, for 44. Check your own combination of documents with the form above.