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:

1. Antigua and Barbuda
2. Argentina
3. Bahamas
4. Barbados
5. Belize
6. Benin
7. Botswana
8. Brazil
9. Chile
10. Colombia
11. Costa Rica
12. Dominica
13. Dominican Republic
14. Ecuador
15. El Salvador
16. Fiji
17. Gabon
18. Georgia
19. Grenade
20. Guatemala
21. Guyana
22. Haiti
23. Honduras
24. Hong Kong
25. Indonesia
26. Ireland
27. Israel
28. Jamaica
29. Kenya
30. Kosovo
31. Lesotho
32. Macao
33. Malawi
34. Malaysia
35. Mozambique
36. Namibia
37. Nicaragua
38. Palestinian Territories
39. Panama
40. Paraguay
41. Peru
42. Philippines
43. Saint Kitts and Nevis
44. Saint Lucia
45. Singapore
46. South Korea
47. Vincent and the Grenadines
48. Swaziland
49. Tanzania
50. Thailand
51. Trinidad and Tobago
52. Tunisia
53. Uruguay
54. Vanuatu
55. Venezuela
56. Zambia
57. Zimbabwe

Visa On Entry:

58. Armenia
59. Bolivia
60. Burundi
61. Cambodia
62. Cape Verde
63. Comoros
64. Dijibouti
65. Guinea-Bissau
66. Iran
67. Jordan
68. Kyrgyztan
69. Laos
70. Madagscar
71. Maldives
72. Mauritania
73. Mauritius
74. Micronesia
75. Nepal
76. Oman
77. Palau
78. Rwanda
79. Seychelles
80. Tajikistan
81. Timor-Leste
82. Togo
83. Turkey
84. Tuvalu
85. Uganda
86. Ethiopia
87. Marshall Islands
88. Samoa

Electronic Travel Authority (eTA) Entry

89. India
90. Sri Lanka