Visa Requirements for South Africa Passport Holders (2026)

A South Africa passport gives visa-free access to 98 of 198 destinations (visa-free, visa on arrival, or eTA). Full breakdown by entry type below.

Visa-free destinations (60)

Angola (30d), Antigua and Barbuda (180d), Argentina (90d), Bahamas (90d), Barbados (180d), Belize, Benin (90d), Botswana (90d), Brazil (90d), Chile (90d), Costa Rica (180d), Dominica (180d), Dominican Republic, Ecuador (90d), El Salvador (180d), Fiji (120d), Gabon (30d), Gambia (90d), Georgia (360d), Ghana (90d), Grenada (90d), Guatemala (90d), Guyana (30d), Haiti (90d), Honduras (90d), Hong Kong (30d), Israel (90d), Jamaica, Kiribati (90d), Lesotho, Macao (30d), Malawi (90d), Malaysia (90d), Mauritius (90d), Micronesia (30d), Mozambique, Namibia (90d), Nicaragua (90d), Palestine, Panama (90d), Paraguay (90d), Peru (180d), Philippines (30d), Russia (90d), Rwanda (30d), Saint Kitts and Nevis (90d), Saint Lucia (42d), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90d), Seychelles (90d), Singapore (30d), Swaziland (30d), Tanzania (90d), Thailand (60d), Trinidad and Tobago (90d), Tunisia (90d), Uruguay (90d), Vanuatu (120d), Venezuela (90d), Zambia (90d), Zimbabwe (90d)

Visa on arrival (33)

Armenia, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Qatar, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu

eTA required (5)

Ivory Coast, Kenya, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, South Korea

e-Visa required (29)

Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, Cuba, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, India, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, Sao Tome and Principe, South Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Togo, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam

Visa required in advance (71)

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eritrea, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican, Yemen

Passports with similar entry access

Kuwait · Micronesia · Qatar · Belize · Albania · Palau

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Data source: Passport Index dataset (CC-BY). Retrieved & last verified June 26, 2026. Visa rules change frequently — always confirm with the destination’s embassy or official immigration website before you book. See our methodology.