90 Visa Exempt Countries for South Africans in 2017
Those who wish to cross the Bahamas, Hong Kong, Ireland or Thailand off their travel bucket lists, are in luck, as the Passport Index of 2017 has declared the aforementioned countries along with an additional 87 countries to be visa-exempt.
The Passport Index edition of 2017 has been launched by the residency and citizenship solutions provider Arton Capital, which ranks the number of countries that can be visited without applying for a visa, by the measure of travel documents (passports).
Over 20 000 investors seek second residency or citizenship around the globe which had led for this specific investment to become a $US2 billion industry.
The number of 199 passports were included in this index whereby Germany ranks at number one with having the best passport, visa-free score of 158. Singapore and Sweden are on its trail with scores of 157.
The visa-free score signifies the number of countries a passport holder may visit without a visa on arrival and in some countries, you may need to obtain a visa upon arrival. South African passport holders may visit the following countries without a visa in 2017 –
No Visa Required (visa-free:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Benin
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Grenade
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Lesotho
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nicaragua
- Palestinian Territories
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Vincent and the Grenadines
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Visa On Entry:
- Armenia
- Bolivia
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cape Verde
- Comoros
- Dijibouti
- Guinea-Bissau
- Iran
- Jordan
- Kyrgyztan
- Laos
- Madagscar
- Maldives
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Nepal
- Oman
- Palau
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- Tajikistan
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Turkey
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ethiopia
- Marshall Islands
- Samoa
Electronic Travel Authority (eTA) Entry
- India
- Sri Lanka
