South Africa Visas

American Citizens visiting South Africa need a valid passport with at least 6 months validity and very important,2 free Visa pages.

PLEASE CHECK THE VISA GUIDELINES TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE NOT CHANGED…

The 2 free Visa pages is important as the custom officials in South Africa do have the authority to not allow entry in the country if these requirements are not adhered to.

From the South African Tourism site(subject to change at any time)

Passport / Visas: US, Canadian and European Union passport holders do not need a visa for vacation travel.A entry stamp is obtained free of charge at your port of entry into South Africa.

If you are traveling on business or hold a different passport to the ones specified above, contact your nearest South African consulate for more information on visa requirements.

South African Embassy
Washington DC: 202-232-4400

South African Consulates
New York: 212-213-4880
Chicago: 312-939-7929
Los Angeles: 323-651-0902
Ottawa: 613-744-0330

South Africa

3051 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20008

Telephone: (202) 232-4400
Fax: (202) 265-1607
Entry requirements

A valid acceptable passport / travel document good for a sufficient period to cover the intended stay.
A valid visa, if required.
Sufficient funds.
A return / onward ticket.
Yellow fever certificates are required if the journey starts or entails passing through the yellow fever belt of Africa or South America.

PLEASE CHECK THE VISA GUIDELINES TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE NOT CHANGED…

Visa guidelines to enter South Africa

ORDINARY PASSPORT / TRAVEL DOCUMENT HOLDERS WHO ARE SUBJECT TO SOUTH AFRICAN VISA FEES

SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE

Fees for the issuance of a visitor’s visa in terms of section 11(1) of the Immigration Act shall be collected in respect of passport / travel document holders of the following foreign countries when travelling on an ordinary passport (visa fees are not levied for diplomatic and official/service passport holders).

Please note that countries marked with an asterisk are only subject to visa fees if the intended visit exceeds thirty (30) days:

Aden

Afghanistan (Transitional Islamic State of)

Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus (Sovereign base area of)

Albania (Republic of)

American Samoa

Andorra (Principality of)

Angola (Republic of)

Anguilla

Armenia (Republic of)

Aruba

Ascension

Azerbaijan (Republic of)

Australia

Austria (Republic of)

Bahamas (The Commonwealth of the)

Bahrain (The Kingdom of)

Belarus (Republic of)

Belau (Palau) Republic of)

Belgium

Belize*

Byelorussia

Benin (Dahomey) (Republic of)*

Bhutan (Kingdom of)

Bosnia/Herzegovina

Bouvet Islands

British Antarctic Territory

British Indian Ocean Territory

Brunei Darassalam

Bulgaria (Republic of)

Burkina Faso (Republic of)

Burma (Myanmar)

Burundi (Republic of)

Cambodia (Kampuchea) (Kingdom of)

Cameroon (Republic)

Cayman Islands

Canada

Central African Republic

Chad

China (People’s Republic of)

Comoros (Union of)

Congo (Democratic Republic of)

Cote D’lvoire (Republic of)

Croatia (Republic of)

Cuba (Republic of)

Denmark (Kingdom of)

Dahomey (Benin) (Republic of Benin)

Diego Garcia

Djibouti (Republic of)

Dominican Republic

Ducie & Oeno Islands

Eastern Caribbean

El Salvador (Republic of)

Ellice Island (Tuvalu)

Equatorial Guinea*

Eritrea (State of)

Estonia (Republic of)

Ethiopia (The Federal Democratic Republic of)

Falkland Islands

Fiji Islands (Republic of the)

Finland (Republic of)

France (Republic of)

French Guiana

French Polynesia

Gabon (Republic of)*

Gambia (The)

Georgia (Republic of)

Germany (Federal Republic of)

Ghana (Republic of)

Gibraltar

Gilbert Island (Kiribati)

Greece (Hellenic Republic of)

Greenland

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guam

Guatemala (Republic of)

Guinea (Republic of)

Guinea-Bissau (Republic of)

Haiti (Republic of)

Henderson

Holy See

Honduras (Republic of)

Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region)*

Iceland (Republic of)

Indonesia (Republic of)

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Iraq (Republic of)

Italy (Republic of)

Ivory Coast (Republic of Còte D’Ivoire)

Jamaica

Japan

Kampuchea (Cambodia) (Kingdom of)

Kazakhstan (Republic of)

Kenya (Republic of)*

Kyrgyzstan

Kiribati (Gilbert Island)

Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of/North)

Korea (|Republic of/South)*

Kyrgyz Republic

Laos (People’s Democratic Republic)

Latvia (Republic of)

Lebanon (Republic of)

Liberia

Libya (Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Lithuania (Republic of)

Luxemburg (Grand Duchy of)

Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of)

Madagascar (Republic of)

Malaysia (Federation of)*

Mali (Republic of)

Martinique

Marshall Islands (Republic of)

Mauritania (Islamic Republic of)

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Moldova (Republic of)

Monaco (Principality of)

Mongolia

Montserrat

Morocco (Kingdom of)

Mozambique (Republic of)

Myanmar (Burma) (The Union of)

Naura (Republic of)

Nepal (Kingdom of)

Netherlands (The Royal)

Netherlands Antilles

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria (Republic of)

Northern Marianas

Norway

Oman (Sultanate of)

Pakistan (Islamic Republic of)

Palau (Belau) (Republic of)

Panama (Republic of)

Papua New Guinea

Philippines (Republic of the)*

Pitcairn Islands

Poland (Republic of)

Portugal (Republic of)

Puerto Rico

Qatar (State of)

Reunion

Romania

Russian Federation (except private guests of Embassy or Consular staff)

Rwanda (Republic of)

Samoa (The Independent State of)

San Marino (Republic of)

Sao Tome & Principe (Democratic Republic of)

Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of)

Serbia & Montenegro

Sierra Leone (Republic of)

Singapore (Republic of)

Slovenia (Republic of)

Somalia

Spain (Kingdom of)

Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of)

St Kitts and Nevis

St Lucia

Sudan (Republic of the)

Suriname (Republic of)

Syrian (Arab Republic)

Tajikistan (Republic of)

Tanzania (United Republic of)

Thailand (Kingdom of)*

Togo (Republic of)

Trinidad and Tobago (Republic of)

Tristan da Cunha

Tunisia (Republic of)

Turkey (Republic of)*

Turkmenistan (Republic of)

Turks & Caicos Islands

Tuvalu (Ellice Islands)

Uganda (Republic of)

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United States of America

Uzbekistan (Republic of)

Vanuatu (Republic of)

Vatican City (Holy S ee)

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Vietnam (Socialist Republic of)

Western Sahara

Yemen (Republic of)