Countries Exempt from South African Visas

visa exemption to south africa
14 Nov 2015

Exempt and intend to stay 90 days or less

If you hold a national passport (diplomatic, official or ordinary) or a travel document for the any one of the following listed countries / territories / international organizations, you will not need to apply for a visa before arriving at a South African port of entry if you intend to stay in the country for 90 days or less:

African Union Laissez Passer

Liechtenstein
Andorra

Luxemburg

Argentina

Malta
Australia

Monaco

Austria

Netherlands
Belgium

New Zealand

Botswana

Norway
Brazil

Paraguay

Canada

Portugal
Chile

San Marino

Czech Republic

Singapore
Denmark

Spain

Ecuador

St Vincent & the Grenadines
Finland

Sweden

France

Switzerland
Germany

Tanzania (90 days per year from 1 November, 2010)

 
Greece

United Kingdom of Great Britain

Iceland

Northern Ireland

Ireland

 

British Islands of Bailiwick, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man and Virgin Islands

 
Israel

British Overseas Territories namely: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, St Helena and Dependencies (Ascension Island, Gough Island and Tristan da Cuna), Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, the Sovereign Base Areas of Cyprus, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the Turks and Caicos Island

Italy

Uruguay
Jamaica

Venezuela

Japan

United States of America
 

Zimbabwe

Exempt and intend to stay for 30 days or less

If you hold a national passport (diplomatic, official or ordinary) or a travel document for the any one of the following listed countries / territories / international organizations, you will not need to apply for a visa before arriving at a South African port of entry if you intend to stay for a period of 30 days or less, or are in transit:

Antigua and Barbuda

Malaysia
Barbados

Malawi

Belize

Maldives
Benin

Mauritius

Bolivia

Mozambique
Cape Verde

Namibia

Costa Rica

Peru
Cyrus

Poland

Gabon

Seychelles
Guyana

Slovak Republic

Hong Kong (only with regard to holders of Hong Kong British National Overseas passports and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passports)

South Korea (Republic)
Hungary

Swaziland

Jordan

Thailand
Lesotho

Turkey

Macau (only with regard to holders of Macau Special Administrative Region passports (MSAR))

Zambia

Exemption for Diplomatic Official and Service Passport

If you hold a national passport (diplomatic, official and service) or a travel document for the any one of the following listed countries / territories / international organizations, you will not need to apply for a visa before arriving at a South African port of entry if:

  • you intend to stay for the period indicated in brackets below or less
  • you are in transit
  • and on condition that your visa exemption status has not been withdrawn by the Department of Home Affairs

Albania (120 days)

Madagascar (30 days)
Algeria (30 days)

Morocco (30 days)

Angola (90 days)

Mozambique (90 days)
Belarus (90 days)

Paraguay (120 days)

Bulgaria (90 days)

Paraguay (120 days)
Cyprus (90 days)

Poland (90 days)

Comoros (90 days)

Romania (90 days)
Croatia (90 days)

Rwanda (30 days)

Egypt (30 days)

Slovak (90 days)
Guinea (90 days)

Slovenia (120 days)

Hungary (120 days)

Tanzania (90 days)
Ivory Coast (30 days)

Thailand (90 days)

Kenya (30 days)

Tunisia (90 days)
Mexico (90 days)

Vietnam (90 days)

General Visa exemptions

+ Commercial heavy-duty vehicle drivers who

     –  enter the country from Swaziland, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Malawi

–  provided that their visits do not exceed 15 days

–  and on condition they produce a letter confirming their employment with a transport company or entity

The same principle applies to Zimbabwean commercial heavy-duty truck drivers, except that their sojourn may not exceed 30 days at a time. The afore-mentioned does not apply to commercial heavy-duty truck drivers who transport goods for a South African transport company. Such drivers must be in possession of a valid work permit.

+ Staff members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) who

     –  travel on SADC laissez-passers

–  travel on bona fide official business

–  and stay for 90 days or less, or are in transit

+Holders of UN laissez- passers who

     –  intend to visit South Africa for 90 days or less

–  visit the country for official business purposes

–  are in transit

–  are accredited for placement at a UN mission in South Africa for the duration of their accreditation

–  are volunteers attached to UN agencies and travelling on ordinary passports, provided they are in possession of relevant letters or identification documents to identify themselves at ports of entry as personnel of an UN agency.

*  Holders of United Nations Laissez-passers

*  Volunteers attached to the UN

*  Persons involved in any United Nations agency

*  Persons performing services on behalf of the UN

Members of military forces attending any military related matters with the South African National Defense Force are exempt from visa and study permit requirements; irrespective of their duration of stay provided they are in possession of letters of invitation from SANDF as well as letters of consent from the military force of which they are members.

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