{"id":361390,"date":"2019-12-11T10:24:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T08:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=361390"},"modified":"2019-12-11T10:24:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T08:24:21","slug":"these-are-the-countries-south-africans-can-visit-visa-free-over-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/361390\/these-are-the-countries-south-africans-can-visit-visa-free-over-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the countries South Africans can visit visa-free over the holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arton Capital, a provider of residency and citizenship solutions, has released its latest Passport Index \u2013 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 latest index shows that the UAE has the most powerful passport in the world. With a Mobility Score of 178, Emiratis now enjoy visa-free or visa on arrival to 90% of the world.<\/p>\n

Currently in the top three, following the UAE, are Germany, Finland, Luxembourg and Spain in second place with a Mobility Score of 171.<\/p>\n

Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, Ireland, and USA share third place with a Mobility Score of 170.<\/p>\n

Increasingly, countries are recognizing the value and power of passports which represent more than just identity, but rather a vital tool that influences global opportunity, mobility and quality of life.<\/p>\n

South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n

While South Africa ranks 43rd on the overall list, it has shown steady annual improvements \u2013 rising to 94 countries in 2018 from 90 countries at the end of 2017.<\/p>\n

This number could increase even further in 2020 as the Department of Home Affairs plans to implement a range of visa changes to encourage foreign investment and travel.<\/p>\n

Below BusinessTech looked at the countries South Africans can currently visit without a visa heading into 2020.<\/p>\n

Visa-free\/30 days<\/strong><\/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
Angola<\/td>\nGuyana<\/td>\nPanama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Antigua and Barbuda<\/td>\nHaiti<\/td>\nParaguay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Argentina<\/td>\nHonduras<\/td>\nPeru<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bahamas<\/td>\nHong Kong<\/td>\nPhilippines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barbados<\/td>\nIndonesia<\/td>\nQatar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belize<\/td>\nIreland<\/td>\nRussian Federation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benin<\/td>\nIsrael<\/td>\nSaint Kitts and Nevis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Botswana<\/td>\nJamaica<\/td>\nSaint Lucia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brazil<\/td>\nKenya<\/td>\nSingapore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chile<\/td>\nKosovo<\/td>\nSouth Korea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Costa Rica<\/td>\nLesotho<\/td>\nSt. Vincent and the Grenadines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dominica<\/td>\nMacao<\/td>\nTanzania<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dominican Republic<\/td>\nMalawi<\/td>\nThailand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecuador<\/td>\nMalaysia<\/td>\nTrinidad and Tobago<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
El Salvador<\/td>\nMauritius<\/td>\nTunisia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eswatini<\/td>\nMicronesia<\/td>\nUruguay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gambia<\/td>\nMozambique<\/td>\nVanuatu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Georgia<\/td>\nNamibia<\/td>\nVenezuela<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grenada<\/td>\nNicaragua<\/td>\nZambia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guatemala<\/td>\nPalestinian Territories<\/td>\nZimbabwe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Visa on arrival\/eVisa<\/strong>\"\"<\/a><\/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
Armenia<\/td>\nMaldives<\/td>\nTajikistan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Azerbaijan<\/td>\nMarshall Islands<\/td>\nTimor-Leste<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bolivia<\/td>\nMauritania<\/td>\nTogo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cambodia<\/td>\nMyanmar<\/td>\nTurkey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cape Verde<\/td>\nNepal<\/td>\nTuvalu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Comoros<\/td>\nNigeria<\/td>\nUganda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cote d’Ivoire (pre-enrollment)<\/td>\nNigeria<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cuba<\/td>\nOman<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Djibouti<\/td>\nPalau<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ethiopia<\/td>\nRwanda<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gabon<\/td>\nSamoa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ghana<\/td>\nSenegal<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guinea<\/td>\nSeychelles<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guinea-Bissau<\/td>\nSierra Leone<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
India<\/td>\nSomalia<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iran<\/td>\nSri Lanka<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madagascar<\/td>\nSuriname<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Read: New visa and travel changes coming to South Africa \u2013 here\u2019s what you need to know<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arton Capital has published its latest passport index, showing that the UAE has the most powerful passport in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":292744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[11095,26],"class_list":["post-361390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-arton-capital","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361390"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":361436,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361390\/revisions\/361436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}