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South African passport: visa rules for 198 destinations
Where you can go with this passport, sorted by what you need to do before you travel.
Without an embassy visit (visa-free, on arrival or eTA): 98 destinations. Rank 94 of 197 passports.
- Visa-free
- Visa on arrival · eTA
- e-Visa
- Visa required · No admission
Visa-free 60
- AngolaUp to 30 days
- Antigua and BarbudaUp to 180 days
- ArgentinaUp to 90 days
- BahamasUp to 90 days
- BarbadosUp to 180 days
- Belize
- BeninUp to 90 days
- BotswanaUp to 90 days
- BrazilUp to 90 days
- ChileUp to 90 days
- Costa RicaUp to 180 days
- DominicaUp to 180 days
- Dominican Republic
- EcuadorUp to 90 days
- El SalvadorUp to 180 days
- EswatiniUp to 30 days
- FijiUp to 120 days
- GabonUp to 30 days
- GambiaUp to 90 days
- GeorgiaUp to 360 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
- IsraelUp to 90 days
- Jamaica
- KiribatiUp to 90 days
- Lesotho
- MacauUp 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
- Palestine
- PanamaUp to 90 days
- ParaguayUp to 90 days
- PeruUp to 180 days
- PhilippinesUp to 30 days
- RussiaUp to 90 days
- RwandaUp to 30 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisUp to 90 days
- Saint LuciaUp to 42 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesUp to 90 days
- SeychellesUp to 90 days
- SingaporeUp to 30 days
- TanzaniaUp to 90 days
- ThailandUp to 60 days
- Trinidad and 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
Visa on arrival 33
eTA 5
e-Visa 29
Visa required 71
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Austria
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- 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
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tonga
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan
- Vatican City
- Yemen
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Get the appSource: Passport Index dataset by Ilya Ilyankou (MIT), updated 18 February 2026. Always check official rules before you travel.