{"id":218411,"date":"2018-01-09T09:51:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T07:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=218411"},"modified":"2020-02-21T15:25:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T13:25:03","slug":"south-africans-can-visit-these-94-countries-without-a-visa-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/218411\/south-africans-can-visit-these-94-countries-without-a-visa-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africans can visit these 94 countries without a visa in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arton Capital, a provider of residency and citizenship solutions, has updated its\u00a0Passport Index – a system that ranks travel documents by the number of countries that can be visited without having to apply for a visa.<\/p>\n

The visa-free score represents the number of countries a passport holder can visit visa-free or with visa on arrival.<\/p>\n

Arton noted that in recent years, citizenship by investment has become a US$2 billion industry, with over 20,000 investors seeking a second residency or citizenship around the globe annually.<\/p>\n

A total of 199 passports worldwide were included in the index, with Germany ranking as the country with the best passport with a visa-free score of 161.<\/p>\n

This sees the European country overtake Singapore (160), which was ranked as the country with the strongest visa in September. Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Italy, France and Spain all also boast a score of 160.<\/p>\n

South Africa ranked at 47 on the list with a visa-free score of 94 – an improvement on the 90 countries open to South Africans in 2017.<\/p>\n

For 2018, a few countries have been added or changed visa classifications (from visa on arrival to visa free).<\/p>\n

Specifically, Angola, Mauritius, Micronesia, Russia, Qatar and Senegal are now visa-free, while Gabon has been added as a visa on arrival destination, along with Ghana and Turkey. Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) was added as an Electronic Travel Authority destination.<\/p>\n

These are the countries South African passport holders can access without a visa:<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Visa-free entry<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Angola<\/strong><\/td>\nGeorgia<\/td>\nMalaysia<\/td>\nSingapore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Antigua & Barbuda<\/td>\nGrenada<\/td>\nMauritius<\/strong><\/td>\nSouth Korea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Argentina<\/td>\nGuatemala<\/td>\nMicronesia<\/strong><\/td>\nSt Vincent and the Grenadines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bahamas<\/td>\nGuyana<\/td>\nMozambique<\/td>\nSwaziland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barbados<\/td>\nHaiti<\/td>\nNamibia<\/td>\nTanzania<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belize<\/td>\nHonduras<\/td>\nNicaragua<\/td>\nThailand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benin<\/td>\nHong Kong<\/td>\nPalestinian territories<\/td>\nTrinidad and Tobago<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Botswana<\/td>\nIndonesia<\/td>\nPanama<\/td>\nTunisia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brazil<\/td>\nIreland<\/td>\nParaguay<\/td>\nUruguay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chile<\/td>\nIsrael<\/td>\nPeru<\/td>\nVanuatu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Costa Rica<\/td>\nJamaica<\/td>\nPhilippines<\/td>\nVenezuela<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dominica<\/td>\nKenya<\/td>\nQatar<\/strong> (Visa waiver on arrival)<\/td>\nZambia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dominican Republic<\/td>\nKosovo<\/td>\nRussian Federation<\/strong><\/td>\nZimbabwe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecuador<\/td>\nLesotho<\/td>\nSaint Kitts and Nevis<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
El Salvador<\/td>\nMacao<\/td>\nSaint Lucia<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fiji<\/td>\nMalawi<\/td>\nSenegal<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Visa on arrival<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Armenia<\/td>\nGhana<\/strong><\/td>\nMarshall Islands<\/td>\nTajikistan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bolivia<\/td>\nGuinea-Bissau<\/td>\nMauritania<\/td>\nTimor-Leste<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cambodia<\/td>\nIran<\/td>\nNepal<\/td>\nTogo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cape Verde<\/td>\nJordan<\/td>\nOman<\/td>\nTurkey<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Comoros<\/td>\nKyrgyzstan<\/td>\nPalau<\/td>\nTuvalu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Djibouti<\/td>\nLaos<\/td>\nRwanda<\/td>\nUganda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ethiopia<\/td>\nMadagascar<\/td>\nSamoa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gabon<\/strong><\/td>\nMaldives<\/td>\nSeychelles (visitor’s permit)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Electronic Travel Authority (eTA) entry<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Ivory Coast<\/td>\nIndia<\/td>\nSri Lanka<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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