One advantage a South African passport holder has is the ability to travel visa-free to certain countries.
The South African passport ranks 54th in the world, and the number of places that can be visa-free with a South African passport is 74.
The Countries include:
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Benin
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Falkland Islands
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Lesotho
- Macau
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Montserrat
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nicaragua
- Niue
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Réunion
- Russia
- Senegal
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Gambia
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Eswatini
Also, most countries allow their visitors to travel into the country without a visa but issue them a visa on arrival to the country.
Thirty-one countries allow the issuance of visas on arrival. They include:
- Armenia
- Bolivia
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cabo Verde
- Comoros
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Guinea-Bissau
- Iran
- Jordan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Madagascar
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Palau
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Saint Helena
- Tajikistan
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country will I need a visa to enter?
You will, however, need a valid visa to be able to enter one of these countries:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Anguilla
- Aruba
- Austria
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Caribbean Netherlands
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Colombia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Ivory Coast
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- French West Indies
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guam
- Guinea
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Iraq
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mali
- Malta
- Mayotte
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Nauru
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Niger
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Papua New Guinea
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Romania
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Saint Martin
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tonga
- Turkmenistan
- United States Virgin Islands
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Vatican City
- Vietnam
- Yemen
What happens if my visa allows me to enter other countries?
You don’t have to apply for a new visa if you have a valid visa that permits entry to more than one country. Just use the visa alone, but be sure that the country for your destination allows entry with that particular visa or passport.
Conclusion
To be able to travel Visa-free to the above-listed countries, People must first own a South African passport that remains six months after their departure date— you must also purchase travel health insurance required by their destination country.
