Switzerland → South Africa: visa and length of stay
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How many days can you stay in South Africa?
Short answer
90 days
no visa needed; counting details below
- Continuously per entry
- 90 days
- How the days are counted
- per calendar year, resets on 1 January
- Does leaving reset the counter
- No — the days keep counting in the same window
The maximum stay is 90 days per year for ordinary passport holders; this limit does not apply to non-ordinary passport holders.
Source: Entry and permitted-stay rule (en.wikipedia.org)
South Africa: days of stay calculator
Count your allowed days in South Africa from your entry and exit dates — based on your passport and the counting rule that applies.
Calculate by datesCheck before you travel
- Entry: no visa needed; permitted stay — 90 days.
Can you bring your own vehicle?
- Maximum term
- 183 days
- How the term is counted
- per entry
The same country with other passports
Length-of-stay rules come from several sources. Some are verified by the OpenVan.camp Editorial team against official sources and show a verification date. The rest are extracted from open sources, most often Wikipedia, and are shown with a source link and the date they were retrieved. Vehicle import rules are shown only once verified. The underlying visa requirement matrix is the passport-index-data dataset (MIT licence), updated 17 February 2026.
Reference data, not legal advice. Rules change without notice — check with the consulate or at the border.
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