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South Africa: visa rules by passport
South Africa: what each passport needs at the border.
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- Visa required · No admission
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- AndorraUp to 90 days
- AngolaUp to 30 days
- Antigua and BarbudaUp to 30 days
- ArgentinaUp to 90 days
- AustraliaUp to 90 days
- AustriaUp to 90 days
- BahamasUp to 30 days
- BarbadosUp to 30 days
- BelgiumUp to 90 days
- BelizeUp to 30 days
- BeninUp to 30 days
- BoliviaUp to 30 days
- BotswanaUp to 90 days
- BrazilUp to 90 days
- CanadaUp to 90 days
- Cape VerdeUp to 30 days
- ChileUp to 90 days
- Costa RicaUp to 30 days
- CyprusUp to 30 days
- CzechiaUp to 90 days
- DenmarkUp to 90 days
- EcuadorUp to 90 days
- EswatiniUp to 30 days
- FinlandUp to 90 days
- FranceUp to 90 days
- GabonUp to 30 days
- GermanyUp to 90 days
- GhanaUp to 90 days
- GreeceUp to 90 days
- GuyanaUp to 30 days
- Hong KongUp to 30 days
- HungaryUp to 30 days
- IcelandUp to 90 days
- IrelandUp to 90 days
- IsraelUp to 90 days
- ItalyUp to 90 days
- JamaicaUp to 90 days
- JapanUp to 90 days
- JordanUp to 30 days
- KenyaUp to 90 days
- LesothoUp to 30 days
- LiechtensteinUp to 90 days
- LuxembourgUp to 90 days
- MacauUp to 30 days
- MadagascarUp to 90 days
- MalawiUp to 30 days
- MalaysiaUp to 90 days
- MaldivesUp to 30 days
- MaltaUp to 90 days
- MauritiusUp to 30 days
- MonacoUp to 90 days
- MozambiqueUp to 30 days
- NamibiaUp to 90 days
- NetherlandsUp to 90 days
- New ZealandUp to 90 days
- NorwayUp to 90 days
- PalestineUp to 90 days
- PanamaUp to 90 days
- ParaguayUp to 90 days
- PeruUp to 30 days
- PolandUp to 30 days
- PortugalUp to 90 days
- QatarUp to 90 days
- RussiaUp to 90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesUp to 90 days
- San MarinoUp to 90 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeUp to 90 days
- Saudi ArabiaUp to 90 days
- SeychellesUp to 30 days
- SingaporeUp to 90 days
- South KoreaUp to 30 days
- SpainUp to 90 days
- SwedenUp to 90 days
- SwitzerlandUp to 90 days
- TanzaniaUp to 90 days
- ThailandUp to 30 days
- Trinidad and TobagoUp to 90 days
- TunisiaUp to 90 days
- TürkiyeUp to 30 days
- United Arab EmiratesUp to 90 days
- United KingdomUp to 90 days
- United StatesUp to 90 days
- UruguayUp to 90 days
- VenezuelaUp to 90 days
- ZambiaUp to 90 days
- ZimbabweUp to 90 days
e-Visa 32
Visa required 80
- 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
- Estonia
- Fiji
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Iraq
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Myanmar
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Samoa
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Slovenia
- 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
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