List of Visa Fee Exempted Countries

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)

 

 

Countries listed below are only subject to visa fees if the intended visit exceeds thirty (30) days:

Belize*

 

Benin (Dahomey) (Republic of)*

 

Equatorial Guinea*

 

Gabon (Republic of)*

 

Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region)*

 

Kenya (Republic of)*

 

Korea (|Republic of/South)*

 

Malaysia (Federation of)*

 

Philippines (Republic of the)*

 

Thailand (Kingdom of)*

 

Turkey (Republic of)*