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South Africa visa requirements

Capital: PretoriaZulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, EnglishUpdated October 2026
86of 198 passports visa-free

Do you need a visa for South Africa?

Holders of 86 passports can visit South Africa without a visa; others need a visa on arrival, an e-visa or an embassy visa. Rules change, so confirm on the official site before you fly. Official portal

Check your passport

Visa-free, 90 days for United States passport holders.

Entry requirements

Digital nomad visa in South Africa

VisaRemote Work Visa (visitor's visa for remote work)
StayOver 3 months and up to 3 years
RequirementContract with a foreign employer; gross salary of at least R650,796 a year; 3 months' bank statements
FeeStandard visa fee plus VFS Global service fee
ApplyOfficial page

Visa rules for common passports

PassportEntry
United StatesVisa-free, 90 days
United KingdomVisa-free, 90 days
GermanyVisa-free, 90 days
FranceVisa-free, 90 days
CanadaVisa-free, 90 days
AustraliaVisa-free, 90 days
Indiae-Visa before you go
Chinae-Visa before you go
JapanVisa-free, 90 days
South KoreaVisa-free, 30 days
BrazilVisa-free, 90 days
Philippinese-Visa before you go
Nigeriae-Visa before you go
South AfricaYour own country
Mexicoe-Visa before you go
RussiaVisa-free, 90 days

Every passport

From the open passport-index dataset (February 2026). Always confirm with the embassy or official portal.

PassportEntry
AfghanistanVisa required
Albaniae-Visa before you go
Algeriae-Visa before you go
AndorraVisa-free, 90 days
AngolaVisa-free, 30 days
Antigua and BarbudaVisa-free, 30 days
ArgentinaVisa-free, 90 days
ArmeniaVisa required
AustraliaVisa-free, 90 days
AustriaVisa-free, 90 days
AzerbaijanVisa required
BahamasVisa-free, 30 days
BahrainVisa required
BangladeshVisa required
BarbadosVisa-free, 30 days
Belaruse-Visa before you go
BelgiumVisa-free, 90 days
BelizeVisa-free, 30 days
BeninVisa-free, 30 days
BhutanVisa required
BoliviaVisa-free, 30 days
Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa required
BotswanaVisa-free, 90 days
BrazilVisa-free, 90 days
BruneiVisa required
Bulgariae-Visa before you go
Burkina FasoVisa required
BurundiVisa required
Cabo VerdeVisa-free, 30 days
CambodiaVisa required
Cameroone-Visa before you go
CanadaVisa-free, 90 days
Central African RepublicVisa required
ChadVisa required
ChileVisa-free, 90 days
Chinae-Visa before you go
ColombiaVisa required
Comorose-Visa before you go
Costa RicaVisa-free, 30 days
Croatiae-Visa before you go
Cubae-Visa before you go
CyprusVisa-free, 30 days
Czech RepublicVisa-free, 90 days
DR Congoe-Visa before you go
DenmarkVisa-free, 90 days
DjiboutiVisa required
DominicaVisa required
Dominican RepublicVisa required
EcuadorVisa-free, 90 days
Egypte-Visa before you go
El SalvadorVisa required
Equatorial GuineaVisa required
EritreaVisa required
EstoniaVisa required
EswatiniVisa-free, 30 days
Ethiopiae-Visa before you go
FijiVisa required
FinlandVisa-free, 90 days
FranceVisa-free, 90 days
GabonVisa-free, 30 days
GambiaVisa required
GeorgiaVisa required
GermanyVisa-free, 90 days
GhanaVisa-free, 90 days
GreeceVisa-free, 90 days
GrenadaVisa required
GuatemalaVisa required
Guineae-Visa before you go
Guinea-BissauVisa required
GuyanaVisa-free, 30 days
HaitiVisa required
HondurasVisa required
Hong KongVisa-free, 30 days
HungaryVisa-free, 30 days
IcelandVisa-free, 90 days
Indiae-Visa before you go
Indonesiae-Visa before you go
Irane-Visa before you go
IraqVisa required
IrelandVisa-free, 90 days
IsraelVisa-free, 90 days
ItalyVisa-free, 90 days
Ivory Coaste-Visa before you go
JamaicaVisa-free, 90 days
JapanVisa-free, 90 days
JordanVisa-free, 30 days
KazakhstanVisa required
KenyaVisa-free, 90 days
KiribatiVisa required
KosovoVisa required
KuwaitVisa required
KyrgyzstanVisa required
LaosVisa required
LatviaVisa required
LebanonVisa required
LesothoVisa-free, 30 days
Liberiae-Visa before you go
LibyaVisa required
LiechtensteinVisa-free, 90 days
Lithuaniae-Visa before you go
LuxembourgVisa-free, 90 days
MacauVisa-free, 30 days
MadagascarVisa-free, 90 days
MalawiVisa-free, 30 days
MalaysiaVisa-free, 90 days
MaldivesVisa-free, 30 days
Malie-Visa before you go
MaltaVisa-free, 90 days
Marshall IslandsVisa required
MauritaniaVisa required
MauritiusVisa-free, 30 days
Mexicoe-Visa before you go
MicronesiaVisa required
MoldovaVisa required
MonacoVisa-free, 90 days
MongoliaVisa required
MontenegroVisa required
Moroccoe-Visa before you go
MozambiqueVisa-free, 30 days
MyanmarVisa required
NamibiaVisa-free, 90 days
NauruVisa required
NepalVisa required
NetherlandsVisa-free, 90 days
New ZealandVisa-free, 90 days
NicaraguaVisa required
Nigere-Visa before you go
Nigeriae-Visa before you go
North KoreaVisa required
North MacedoniaVisa required
NorwayVisa-free, 90 days
Omane-Visa before you go
Pakistane-Visa before you go
PalauVisa required
PalestineVisa-free, 90 days
PanamaVisa-free, 90 days
Papua New GuineaVisa required
ParaguayVisa-free, 90 days
PeruVisa-free, 30 days
Philippinese-Visa before you go
PolandVisa-free, 30 days
PortugalVisa-free, 90 days
QatarVisa-free, 90 days
Republic of the Congoe-Visa before you go
Romaniae-Visa before you go
RussiaVisa-free, 90 days
RwandaVisa required
Saint Kitts and NevisVisa required
Saint LuciaVisa required
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa-free, 90 days
SamoaVisa required
San MarinoVisa-free, 90 days
Sao Tome and PrincipeVisa-free, 90 days
Saudi ArabiaVisa-free, 90 days
Senegale-Visa before you go
SerbiaVisa required
SeychellesVisa-free, 30 days
Sierra LeoneVisa required
SingaporeVisa-free, 90 days
Slovakiae-Visa before you go
SloveniaVisa required
Solomon IslandsVisa required
SomaliaVisa required
South KoreaVisa-free, 30 days
South SudanVisa required
SpainVisa-free, 90 days
Sri LankaVisa required
SudanVisa required
SurinameVisa required
SwedenVisa-free, 90 days
SwitzerlandVisa-free, 90 days
SyriaVisa required
TaiwanVisa required
TajikistanVisa required
TanzaniaVisa-free, 90 days
ThailandVisa-free, 30 days
Timor-LesteVisa required
TogoVisa required
TongaVisa required
Trinidad and TobagoVisa-free, 90 days
TunisiaVisa-free, 90 days
TurkeyVisa-free, 30 days
TurkmenistanVisa required
TuvaluVisa required
Ugandae-Visa before you go
UkraineVisa required
United Arab EmiratesVisa-free, 90 days
United KingdomVisa-free, 90 days
United StatesVisa-free, 90 days
UruguayVisa-free, 90 days
UzbekistanVisa required
VanuatuVisa required
Vatican CityVisa required
VenezuelaVisa-free, 90 days
VietnamVisa required
YemenVisa required
ZambiaVisa-free, 90 days
ZimbabweVisa-free, 90 days

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