Entry requirements
Who can enter South Africa
Roughly half the world reaches South Africa without a visa in hand — 94 of the 198 passports we track. It ranks #66 for openness, tier B.
By nationality
South Africa entry rules, nationality by nationality
94 passports enter South Africa without an advance visa
South Africa ranks #66 for openness
Visa-free, visa on arrival and eTA combined, out of 198 passports in our dataset. How we count
Openness reflects visa policy only — not safety, government travel advisories, or how easy the country is to travel in.
- Visa-free
- 93
- Visa on arrival
- 0
- eTA
- 1
- eVisa
- 26
- Visa required
- 78
- Andorra90 days
- Angola30 days
- Antigua and Barbuda30 days
- Argentina90 days
- Australia90 days
- Austria90 days
- Bahamas30 days
- Barbados30 days
- Belgium90 days
- Belize30 days
- Benin30 days
- Bolivia30 days
- Botswana90 days
- Brazil90 days
- Bulgaria90 days
- Cabo Verde30 days
- Canada90 days
- Chile90 days
- Costa Rica30 days
- Croatia90 days
- Cyprus30 days
- Czechia90 days
- Denmark90 days
- Ecuador90 days
- Estonia90 days
- Eswatini30 days
- Finland90 days
- France90 days
- Gabon30 days
- Germany90 days
- Ghana90 days
- Greece90 days
- Guyana30 days
- Hong Kong30 days
- Hungary30 days
- Iceland90 days
- Ireland90 days
- Israel90 days
- Italy90 days
- Jamaica90 days
- Japan90 days
- Jordan30 days
- Kenya90 days
- Latvia90 days
- Lesotho30 days
- Liechtenstein90 days
- Lithuania90 days
- Luxembourg90 days
- Macao30 days
- Madagascar90 days
- Malawi30 days
- Malaysia90 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
- Poland30 days
- Portugal90 days
- Qatar90 days
- Romania90 days
- Russia90 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines90 days
- San Marino90 days
- Sao Tome and Principe90 days
- Saudi Arabia90 days
- Seychelles30 days
- Singapore90 days
- Slovakia90 days
- Slovenia90 days
- South Korea30 days
- Spain90 days
- Sweden90 days
- Switzerland90 days
- Tanzania90 days
- Thailand30 days
- Trinidad and Tobago90 days
- Tunisia90 days
- Turkey30 days
- United Arab Emirates90 days
- United Kingdom90 days
- United States90 days
- Uruguay90 days
- Venezuela90 days
- Zambia90 days
- Zimbabwe90 days
No passports match this filter.
- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brunei
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Colombia
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Fiji
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Iraq
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Myanmar
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Palau
- Palestine
- Papua New Guinea
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Samoa
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Vietnam
- Yemen
About this data
How to read these categories
Visa-free means no permission is needed before or on arrival; visa on arrival and eTA are granted at the border or online in minutes; eVisa and consular visa must be approved before you travel.
Data last verified: August 20, 2026. How we count
Openness reflects visa policy only. It says nothing about safety, government travel advisories, flight connectivity or how easy the trip actually is.
No destination-specific primary source has been recorded for South Africa yet — this column comes from the general dataset sweep rather than an individual re-verification.
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