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South Africa visa requirements for Papua New Guinea citizens
Updated 2026-07-07 · verified against the Passport Index dataset
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Visa required
Yes — Papua New Guinea citizens need a visa for South Africa.
Entry details
Travelling to South Africa on a Papua New Guinea passport, you need a visa obtained in advance. The Papua New Guinea passport currently ranks #119 of 199 worldwide, with 73 destinations reachable visa-free or via visa on arrival / eTA.
South Africa is moderately open to foreign passports, admitting 86 of the world's 198 other passports without a prior visa; its own passport ranks #97 with 98 open destinations. Interestingly South Africa citizens have the better deal, facing only eta required in the opposite direction.
In the opposite direction, South Africa citizens travelling to Papua New Guinea face: eta required.
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