Every
person entering South Africa must be in possession of a valid passport
for travel to South Africa. Enquiries for visa's can be directed to
South African diplomatic representatives abroad or the Department of
Home Affairs in Pretoria. Should you wish to visit South Africa or neighbouring
countries you are advised to apply for your visa's prior to entry to
avoid uncessary delays.
Certain
passport holders of countries are exempt from visa requirements. Tourists
must satisfy immigration officers that they have the means to support
themselves during their stay, and that they are in possession of return
or onward air tickets. They must also have valid international health
certificates.
Countries
exempt from South African visas
Holders
of passports of Australia, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland including the British Islands Bailiwick of Guernsey and Jersey,
Isle of Mann and Virgin Islands, the Republic of Ireland as well as
British Overseas Territories are totally exempt from South African visa
control and thus do not require visas for any purpose regulated by visas
| Andorra |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Antigua
and Barbuda |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Argentina |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Austria |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Barbados |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Belgium
|
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Belize |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Benin |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Bolivia
|
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Botswana |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Brazil |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Canada |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Cape
Verde |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Chile |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Costa
Rica |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Cyprus
|
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Diplomatic
and official passport holders |
visiting
the RSA for holiday purposes are exempt for 90 days. |
| Czech
Republic |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Holders
of diplomatic and official passports for holiday |
visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Denmark |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Ecuador |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Egypt
Holders of diplomatic and official passports for holiday |
visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Finland |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| France |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Gabon |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Germany |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Greece |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Guyana |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
Hong
Kong - This exemption is only with regard to holders of Hong Kong
British National - Overseas (BNO) passports, Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region (HKSAR) passports.
Hungary |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Diplomatic
and official passport holders |
visiting
the RSA for holiday purposes are exempt for 120 days. |
| Iceland |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Israel |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Italy |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Jamaica |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Japan |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Jordan |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Lesotho |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Liechtenstein |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Luxemburg
|
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Macau
-This exemption is only with regard to holders of Macau Special Administrative
Region passports (MSAR). |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Malaysia |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Maldives |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Malta
- Malta Holders of diplomatic and official passports for holiday |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Mauritius |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Mexico |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Monaco |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Morocco
Holders of diplomatic and official passports for holiday |
visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Namibia |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Netherlands
(Kingdom of the) |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| New
Zealand |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Norway
|
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Paraguay
|
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Peru
|
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Poland |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Holders
of diplomatic and official passports for holiday |
visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Portugal |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Romania
Holders of diplomatic and official passports for holiday |
visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| San
Marino |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Seychelles |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Singapore |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Slovak
Republic |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| South
Korea |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Spain |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| St
Vincent & the Grenadines |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Swaziland |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Sweden |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Switzerland |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Taiwan
(Republic of China) |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Thailand |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Tunisia
Holders of diplomatic and official passports for holiday |
visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Turkey
Visits |
not
exceeding 30 days and transits |
| United
States of America |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Uruguay |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Venezuela |
Visits
not exceeding 90 days and transits |
| Zambia |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Zimbabwe
- Only in respect of government officials, including police on cross
border investigation |
Visits
not exceeding 30 days and transits |
| Aden
|
|
| Afghanistan
|
|
| Albania
|
|
| American
Samoa |
|
| Andorra |
|
| Angola
|
|
| Anguilla
|
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| Armenia
|
|
| Aruba
|
|
| Ascension
|
|
| Australia |
Exempt
under certain conditions. |
| Austria
|
|
| Azerbaijan
|
|
| Bahamas
|
|
| Bahrain
|
|
| Belarus
|
|
| Belau
|
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| Belgium
|
|
| Belize |
Only
subject to visa fees for visits exceeding 30 days |
| Benin
(Dahomey) |
Only
subject to visa fees for visits exceeding 30 days |
| Bhutan
|
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| Bosnia/Herzegovina
|
|
| Bouvet
Islands |
|
| Brunei
|
|
| Bulgaria
|
|
| Burkino
Faso |
|
| Burma
(Myanmar) |
|
| Burundi
|
|
| Byelorussia |
|
| Cambodia
(Kampuchea) |
|
| Cameroon
|
|
| Canada
|
|
| Central
African Republic |
|
| Chad
|
|
| China
(People's Republic) |
|
| Comores
|
|
| Cote
D'Ivoire |
|
| Croatia
|
|
| Cuba |
|
| Dahomey
(Benin) |
|
| Democratic
Republic of the Congo |
|
| Denmark
|
|
| Diego
Garcia |
|
| Djibouti
|
|
| Dominican
Republic |
|
| Eastern
Caribbean |
|
| El Salvador
|
|
| Ellice
Island (Tuvalu) |
|
| Eritrea
|
|
| Estonia
|
|
| Ethiopia |
|
| Euatorial
Guinea |
Only
subject to visa fees for visits exceeding 30 days |
| Falkland
Islands |
|
| Fiji
|
|
| Finland
|
|
| France
|
|
| French
Guiana |
|
| French
Polynesia |
|
| Gabon |
Only
subject to visa fees for visits exceeding 30 days |
| Gambia |
|
| Georgia
|
|
| Germany
|
|
| Ghana |
|
| Gibraltar
|
|
| Gilbert
Island(Kiribati) |
|
| Greece
|
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| Greenland
|
|
| Grenada
|
|
| Guadaloupe
|
|
| Guam |
|
| Guatemala
|
|
| Guinea-Bissau
|
|
| Haiti
|
|
| Honduras |
|
| Hong
Kong |
Only
subject to visa fees for visits exceeding 30 days |
| Iceland
|
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| Indonesia
|
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| Iran
(Persia) |
|
| Iraq
|
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| Italy
|
|
| Jamaica
|
|
| Japan |
|
| Kampuchea
(Cambodia) |
|
| Kazakhstan |
|
| Kenya
|
Only
subject to visa fees for visits exceeding 30 days |
| Kirgizstan
|
|
| Kiribati
(Gilbert Island) |
|
| Korea
(Republic of/South) |
Only
subject to visa fees for visits exceeding 30 days |
| Korea(People's
Republic/North) |
|
| Laos |
|
| Latvia |
|
| Lebanon
|
|
| Liberia
|
|
| Libya
|
|
| Lithuania
|
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| Luxemburg
|
|
| Macedonia
|
|
| Madagascar
|
|
| Malaysia |
Only
subject to visa fees for visits exceeding 30 days |
| Mali
|
|
| Marshall
Island |
|
| Martinique
|
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| Mauritania
|
|
| Mexico |
|
| Micronesia |
|
| Moldavia
|
|
| Monaco
|
|
| Mongolia
|
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| Morocco
|
|
| Mozambique
|
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| Myanmar
(Burma) |
|
| Nauru
|
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| Nepal |
|
| Netherlands |
|
| Netherlands
Antilles |
|
| New
Guinea |
|
| New
Zealand |
|
| Nicaragua |
|
| Niger |
|
| Nigeria
|
|
| Northern
Marianas |
|
| Norway
|
|
| Oman |
|
| Pakistan |
|
| Palaci
|
|
| Panama
|
|
| Papua
New Guinea |
|
| Persia
(Iran) |
|
| Phillipines |
Only
subject to visa fees for visits exceeding 30 days |
| Pitcairn
Islands |
|
| Poland
|
|
| Portugal
|
|
| Puerto
Rico |
|
| Reunion
|
|
| Romania
|
|
| Russian
Federation |
|
| Rwanda |
|
| San
Marino |
|
| Sao
Tome & Principe |
|
| Saudi
Arabia |
|
| Serbia
& Montenegro (former Yugoslavia) |
|
| Sicilia
|
|
| Sierra
Leone |
|
| Singapore |
|
| Slovenia |
|
| Somalia |
|
| Spain |
|
| Sri
Lanka |
|
| St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
|
|
| St Lucia
|
|
| Sudan
|
|
| Surinam |
|
| Syria |
|
| Tajikistan |
|
| Tanzania |
|
| Thailand |
Only
subject to visa fees for visits exceeding 30 days |
| Tibet
|
|
| Togo |
|
| Trinidad
and Tobago |
|
| Tristan
da Cunha |
|
| Tunisia
|
|
| Turkey |
Only
subject to visa fees for visits exceeding 30 days |
| Turkmenistan
|
|
| Turks
& Caicos Islands |
|
| Tuvalu
(Ellice Islands) |
|
| Uganda |
|
| Ukraine |
|
| United
Arab Emirates |
|
| United
States of America |
Exempt
under certain conditions |
| Uzbekistan |
|
| Vanuatu |
|
| Vatican
City |
|
| Venezuela |
|
| Vietnam |
|
| Western
Sahara |
|
| Yemen
(Arab Republic of) |
|
| Yemen
(People's Republic) |
|