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Somalia visa for citizens of South Africa

Citizens of South Africa need an e-visa to travel to Somalia. It is issued online, with no embassy visit. Official processing time is not published. Visago fills in and submits the application for you; the all-in price starts at $29, government fee included.

For citizens of South Africa: the passport opens 60 countries visa-free; Pretoria — Mogadishu: ≈ 3,600 km, about 5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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How much does a Somalia visa cost for citizens of South Africa?

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Can I travel to Somalia without a visa on a South Africa passport?

No: citizens of South Africa need a visa. But you can get it quickly and at a low price — online with us, from $29, with no embassy visit.

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Somalia visa rules at a glance

With a South Africa passport you can visit 60 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 70 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the South Africa passport ranks 96th of 199.
South Africa passport: visa-free access to 60 countries; Somalia passport: 11.
Citizens of South Africa and Somalia can travel together visa-free to 11 countries, for example: Rwanda, Kenya, Seychelles, Benin, Palestine, Gambia, Malaysia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Haiti, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Somalia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to South Africa. South Africa visa for citizens of Somalia

Travelling to Somalia: good to know

Pretoria — Mogadishu: about 3,600 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Pretoria 12:00 — Mogadishu 13:00.
Local currency: Somali Shilling.
Languages: Arabic and Somali.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ SOS 571.
Somalia is the 24th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of South Africa.