Destination Visa Policy
Who needs a visa for South Africa?
Find your passport below to see how you can enter South Africa — then open the full breakdown with fees, documents, transit and health rules.
Passport validity
Valid for the full duration of your stay (6 months recommended as a buffer)
Blank pages
2 consecutive blank visa pages required
Yellow fever
Yellow fever certificate required only if you arrive from (or transited through) a country with risk of yellow fever transmission.
Visa Free (86 passports)
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e-Visa Required (32 passports)
Embassy Visa Required (80 passports)
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Standard short-stay tourism rules for ordinary passports. Special categories (diplomatic passports, residence-permit holders, crew) follow different rules — contact us for a personal assessment.