If you intend on travelling to South Africa, please make sure that your passport contains at least two blank entry/departure pages for stamps, otherwise you will be turned away and refused entry by South African immigration officials. (Note: Blank Amendments and Endorsements pages are not acceptable.)

You may also be fined and returned to your point of origin at your expense.

Immigration officials will not allow the U.S. Consulate to provide pages upon arrival; therefore, you must have the blank pages available or added prior to your departure for South Africa.

U.S. citizens traveling to South Africa require a valid passport. A visa is not required for regular passport holders on bona fide holiday or business visits for periods of up to 90 days or in transit.

Visas are required, however, for extended stays, employment, study, and for diplomatic and official passport holders.

Evidence of a yellow fever vaccination is necessary if arriving from an infected area.

Information on South African visa requirements can be obtained prior to departure from the United States by checking with the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C. or the South African Consulates in New York, Chicago, and Beverly Hills.

For information on visa requirements for other countries, contact the Embassy of the country you intend to visit, a travel agent, or an U.S. Consular Officer.

For the latest Consular Information Sheet and travel advisory on South Africa, please click on the following link: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1008.html

For general information on international travel, please visit the U.S. Department of State's website at: http://travel.state.gov