Openness rank
#123
Entry openness
Entry & immigration · 65 Immigration briefings
How to enter, apply, and stay
Länderprofil
Hauptstadt
Pretoria
Bevölkerung
63.1 million
Fläche
1,219,912 km²
Währung
South African rand ZAR
Sprache
English, Zulu, Afrikaans
Zeitzone
UTC+02:00
Im Ausland geboren
2.6 million · 2024
Migrantenanteil
4.1%
Ethnische Gruppen · 2021
- Black African80.9%
- Colored8.8%
- White7.8%
- Indian/Asian2.6%
Im Ausland Geborene: UN-Migrantenbestand über die Weltbank (meist 2024). Ethnische Gruppen folgen den veröffentlichten Kategorien des Landes. Die meisten Staaten erheben keine Hautfarbe. Nur Richtwerte.
Entry openness
93
F+A+eTA
Visumfrei
93
passports in
eVisa
27
Visum nötig 78
Entry with current passport
Visumfrei90 Tage
South Africa
ZA · Openness rank #123 · Briefing updated 2026-09
Many passports need a visa in advance; some are visa-free. Critical skills are a separate permit.
Passports that enter without a prior visa
United Arab Emirates#1Visumfrei
South Korea#2Visumfrei
Singapore#2Visumfrei
Japan#4Visumfrei
Spain#5Visumfrei
Belgium#6Visumfrei
Switzerland#6Visumfrei- Germany#6Visumfrei
Denmark#6Visumfrei
Finland#6Visumfrei
France#6Visumfrei
Ireland#6Visumfrei
Italy#6Visumfrei
Luxembourg#6Visumfrei
Malaysia#6Visumfrei
Netherlands#6Visumfrei
Norway#6Visumfrei
Sweden#6Visumfrei
Austria#19Visumfrei
Greece#19Visumfrei
Croatia#19Visumfrei
Hungary#19Visumfrei
Malta#19Visumfrei
Poland#19Visumfrei
Portugal#19Visumfrei
Slovenia#19Visumfrei
Slovakia#19Visumfrei
Bulgaria#28Visumfrei
Czechia#28Visumfrei
Estonia#28Visumfrei
Latvia#28Visumfrei
New Zealand#28Visumfrei
Romania#28Visumfrei
Australia#34Visumfrei
Lithuania#34Visumfrei
Cyprus#36Visumfrei
United Kingdom#36Visumfrei
Liechtenstein#36Visumfrei
Canada#39Visumfrei
Iceland#39Visumfrei
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Policy briefings are compiled from public sources. They are not legal advice. Quotas, salary bars and visa-free lists move — always verify with the destination government and its missions.