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Entry rule

Visa-free, 90 days

The allowance is per visit: it starts again on your next entry.

Entry rule for 12 September 2026 Source checked 20 August 2026

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Jamaica passport → South Africa
Entry date: 2026-09-12

Visa-free, 90 days
You can travel without arranging a visa.
You may stay up to 90 days.

Source: https://www.dha.gov.za/index.php/immigration-services/exempt-countries
Source checked: 2026-08-20
Data snapshot: 2026-09-10

This establishes the recorded entry rule and stay allowance, not admission, work permission, residence rights or a tax position.
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Official wording

The attached Schedule outlines national passport holders from countries who are exempt from port of entry visa requirements, the category of passport holders who are exempt from port of entry visa requirements and the period for which such visa exemption applies. … Andorra (Principality of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Argentina
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Australia
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Austria (Republic of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Belgium
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Botswana
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Brazil
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Bulgaria (Republic of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Canada
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Chile
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Croatia (Republic of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Czech Republic
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Denmark (Kingdom of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Ecuador
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Estonia ( Republic of)
90 Days
No … Finland (Republic of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … France (Republic of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Germany (Federal Republic of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Greece (Hellenic Republic of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Hungary
120 Days
120 Days
120 Days
90 Days
No … Iceland (Republic of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Ireland
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Israel
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Italy (Republic of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Jamaica
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Japan
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Latvia (Republic of )
90 Days
No … Lesotho (Kingdom Of)
30 Days
30 Days
90 Days
No … Liechtenstein
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Lithuania (Republic of)
30 Days P/A
30 Days P/A
90 Days
No … Luxembourg (Grand Duchy of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Malaysia
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Malta
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Monaco (Principality of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Netherlands (The Kingdom of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … New Zealand
90 Days
No … Norway
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Panama (Republic of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Paraguay
120 Days
120 Days
120 Days
90 Days
No … Portugal (Republic of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Qatar (State of)
90 Days
No … Romania
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Russian Federation
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … San Marino (Republic of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … São Tomé and Príncipe (Democratic Republic of)
90 Days
No … Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of)
90 Days
No … Singapore (Republic of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Slovakia (Republic of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Slovenia (Republic of)
90 Days
No … Spain (Kingdom of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Sweden
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Switzerland
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Trinidad and Tobago (Republic of)
90 Days
No … Tunisia (Republic of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … United Arab Emirates
90 Days
No … United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
90 Days
No … United States of America
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Uruguay
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No … Zimbabwe
90 Days
90 Days
90 Days
No

Aevamo’s reading

Section 10A(1) of the Immigration Act creates the obligation — every foreigner entering the Republic must produce a valid port of entry visa — and section 10A(4)(a) empowers the Minister to exempt categories of persons; the DHA exempt-countries schedule is that exemption exercised, so the Act is the instrument that imposes the requirement the exemption relieves.

The DHA schedule, issued under the Minister's exemption power in section 10A(4) of the Immigration Act, names the country and the number of days its ordinary passport holders are exempt from the port of entry visa requirement.

Source details

Source checked: 20 August 2026
Data snapshot: 10 September 2026
Publisher: Department of Home Affairs - Exempt Countries … Issued on 09 December 2025
Reference ID: dha-exempt-countries

How the documents behind this regime are dated

DHA exempt-countries page: 'Issued on 09 December 2025'. Immigration Act consolidation: current as from 9 August 2015. Immigration Regulations: as amended to 1 December 2018. DHA APP 2024/25: tabled March 2024.

What this answer covers Limits & assumptions

Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.

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