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)