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South Sudan visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 202670 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free5Visa on arrival1eVisa182Visa required10
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

5

Visa on arrival

1

eVisa

182

Visa required

10
Policy history

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  1. Current official routeVisa-free

    South Sudan: four MFA-listed visa-exempt nationalities

    MFA’s current country-by-country visa-eligibility table marks Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda “EXEMPTED” with zero quoted entry-visa fees. It directly supports a nationality-wide visa exemption for the listed ordinary-passport short visitor cohort, rather than a visa on arrival or electronic authorization.

    • The published table does not state a duration, an effective date, passport-type qualifications, permitted purpose or entry-point limitations. This normalization is limited to its explicit country-level “EXEMPTED” rows and remains subject to ordinary border, health, security, admissibility and documentary checks.
    • MFA says bilateral relations can affect visa treatment. Its general page separately discusses visas on arrival, embassy processing, transit visas, and diplomatic, official and service passports; none is folded into this ordinary-passport visitor exemption.
    • The official eVisa portal provides a downloadable electronically issued visa for approved applicants. It is not an ETA, and this policy does not require it for the four explicitly exempt nationalities.
    • The Trade Information Hub’s statement that “most” travellers can obtain a visa on arrival has no nationality schedule. It does not establish an arrival-visa complement or alter the explicit MFA exemptions.
    • Work, residence, long stays, transit, invitation or entry-permit cases, foreign South Sudanese travelling on foreign passports, diplomatic, official, service, refugee, alien and other special documents are outside this policy.
    4 passport nationalities covered

    Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation: Visa EligibilityMinistry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation: Visas and requirementsMinistry of Interior, Department of e-Visa and Immigration Service: South Sudan eVisaSouth Sudan Trade Information Hub, Ministry of Trade and Industry: South Sudan Trade Information Hub: Immigration services
  2. Current official routeVisa required

    United States ordinary passports: expressly pre-travel visas

    Current State Department guidance expressly requires a visa to be obtained before travel for the listed destinations.

    • LY: applications are made at the Libyan embassy in the applicant's country of residence, require MFA approval, and visas are unavailable at the port of entry.
    • SD: obtain the visa from a Sudanese embassy before arrival; SS and CF: obtain the visa before arrival/travel.
    • CG: obtain the visa before travel; invitation or hotel-reservation conditions apply.
    • Visitor purpose, passport validity, invitation, transit, special-document and final-admission conditions remain applicable.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    United States

    Official sourcesU.S. Department of State: Libya International Travel InformationU.S. Department of State: Sudan International Travel InformationU.S. Department of State: South Sudan International Travel InformationU.S. Department of State: Central African Republic International Travel InformationU.S. Department of State: Republic of the Congo International Travel Information
  3. Current official routeeVisa

    Canadian ordinary passports: South Sudan electronic visitor-visa route

    Government of Canada guidance expressly requires an e-visa through the Government of South Sudan website before departure.

    • Obtain the e-visa online through the Government of South Sudan website before departure.
    • This does not classify transit, work, study, residence, special documents, registration, health, security or final-admission requirements.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Canada

    Official sourcesGlobal Affairs Canada: Government of Canada: South Sudan travel adviceMinistry of Interior / South Sudan National Police: South Sudan eVisa
  4. Current official routeVisa required

    Irish ordinary passports: expressly pre-departure mission visas

    DFA guidance establishes an advance mission-application or pre-flight possession requirement for these ordinary Irish-passport visitor routes.

    • GW: applications are made in person at Guinea-Bissau diplomatic missions in Paris or Lisbon. LR: applications from Ireland are submitted to the Liberian Embassy in London.
    • SS: the DFA says a visitor cannot fly to Juba without a valid visa, establishing that the visa must be held before departure; the page does not normalize any online filing channel as electronic issuance.
    • Visitor purpose, document, sponsor, registration, health, security and final-admission conditions remain applicable.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Ireland

    Official sourcesDepartment of Foreign Affairs: Guinea-Bissau travel adviceDepartment of Foreign Affairs: Liberia travel adviceDepartment of Foreign Affairs: South Sudan travel advice
  5. Current official routeVisa required

    German ordinary passports: named advance visa routes

    The Federal Foreign Office expressly requires pre-departure mission issuance for each listed German ordinary-passport visitor route.

    • KP: entry is limited to organized travel with assigned guides or interpreters and Foreign Ministry permission; tourist cases are handled by the travel agency, require a Korean-side invitation, and embassy issuance normally takes at least four weeks. LY: apply at the Libyan Embassy in Berlin for a Germany-based applicant. CG: apply before entry at the Republic of the Congo Embassy in Berlin. SS: apply before entry at the South Sudan Embassy in Berlin. CF: apply before entry at the competent Central African Embassy in Paris. LR: visa-on-arrival issuance has ended; Germany-based travellers apply at the Liberian Embassy in Berlin. ML: apply at a Malian foreign mission in Germany.
    • This does not normalize travel warnings, operational access, invitations, special documents, work, residence, transit or final admission.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Germany

    Official sourcesAuswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: North Korea travel and security adviceAuswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: Libya travel and security adviceAuswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: Republic of the Congo travel and security adviceAuswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: South Sudan travel and security adviceAuswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: Central African Republic travel and security adviceAuswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: Liberia travel and security adviceAuswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: Mali travel and security advice
  6. Current official routeVisa required

    French ordinary passports: named advance visa routes

    Current official material establishes advance mission processing or issuance for each listed French ordinary-passport visitor route.

    • AF: single-entry visas are issued by Afghanistan’s Embassy in France. KP: visa available through the DPRK General Delegation in France. LY: visa before arrival. SD: prior visa. SY: Syrian diplomatic or consular representation issues the visa. CG: obtain before departure; no arrival visa. SS: airlines may refuse boarding without a pre-departure visa and France-based applicants use the Paris embassy. CF: the CAR Paris Embassy processes the passport and short-stay application. GQ: no arrival visa and the Paris embassy states required documents. GW: French applications go to the Guinea-Bissau Embassy in Paris; its exceptional Bissau-airport route is not the standard France-resident route. LR: France residents apply through the Liberian Embassy. ML: Mali consulates in Paris or Lyon issue it; no arrival visa. NE: prior visa only; no arrival visa. NG: portal submission is followed by physical dossier submission to OIS Paris for processing. TD: diplomatic or consular mission issuance only; no border visa.
    • This records ordinary French-passport short-visitor routes only and does not normalize travel warnings, operational access, work, residence, special documents or final admission.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    France

    Official sourcesMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Afghanistan entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: North Korea entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Libya entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Sudan entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Syria entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Republic of the Congo entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: South Sudan entry and stayAmbassade de la République centrafricaine en France: Embassy of the Central African Republic in France: short-stay visaMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Equatorial Guinea entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Guinea-Bissau entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Liberia entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Mali entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Niger entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Nigeria entry and stayMinistère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères: France Diplomatie: Chad entry and stay
  7. Current official routeeVisa

    Macao SAR passports: named electronic visitor visas

    Macao DSI's current passport-specific records place Djibouti, Iraq, South Sudan and Ukraine in its expressly labelled e-visa route, with neither visa-free nor arrival-visa access marked.

    • The DSI records mark evisa: 1 and visaFree/visaOnArrival: 0 for each named destination; this is an expressly classified electronic-visa route, not an inference from the existence of an online application.
    • The South Sudan and Ukraine destination authorities expressly confirm electronic issuance before departure. Use the linked destination official e-visa service before travel; purpose, duration, documents, fees, carrier requirements, operational availability and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Macao (SAR China)

    Official sourcesIdentification Services Bureau, Macao SAR Government: Macao SAR Government / DSI: Macao SAR Passport eligibilityIdentification Services Bureau, Macao SAR Government: Macao DSI: Djibouti e-visa recordIdentification Services Bureau, Macao SAR Government: Macao DSI: Iraq e-visa recordIdentification Services Bureau, Macao SAR Government: Macao DSI: South Sudan e-visa recordMinistry of Interior, Republic of South Sudan: South Sudan Ministry of Interior e-Visa: download before travelIdentification Services Bureau, Macao SAR Government: Macao DSI: Ukraine e-visa recordMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: Ukraine MFA: resumed e-Visa issuance
  8. Current official routeVisa-free

    Burundian ordinary passports: South Sudan EAC visa-free entry

    Burundi and South Sudan are EAC Partner States, and current EAC immigration guidance says Article 7(1) is implemented as visa-free entry for citizens of other Partner States.

    • This is the EAC Partner-State ordinary-passport visitor-entry baseline. Carry the travel document required at the border and comply with immigration, public-health, carrier and final-admission conditions.
    • It does not establish work, residence, diplomatic or other special-document treatment, nor guarantee current border-opening or individual admission.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Burundi

    Official sourcesEast African Community: East African Community: current Partner StatesEast African Community: East African Community: current visa-free entry
  9. Current official routeeVisa

    Moldovan ordinary passports: named electronic visitor visas

    Moldova MFA's current ordinary-passport table records eVisa as the obtaining method for these destinations; Nigeria independently confirms its tourism eVisa is open to citizens of all countries and sent by email.

    • Obtain the electronic visitor visa before departure using the destination portal linked by Moldova MFA. Nigeria's tourism eVisa is specifically available to citizens of all countries and issues a certificate by email.
    • Cuba's listed eVisa route excludes maritime travel, for which Moldova MFA says a diplomatic mission is required. Purpose, duration, availability, closure, carrier checks and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Moldova

    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova: Moldova MFA: visa regime for citizens of the Republic of MoldovaNigeria Immigration Service: Nigeria Immigration Service: tourism e-Visa
  10. Current official routeVisa on arrival

    Rwandan ordinary passports: South Sudan arrival visa

    Rwanda DGIE's current passport-specific schedule records a free visa on arrival for an ordinary Rwandan passport in South Sudan.

    • Rwanda DGIE uses the wording Visa free on arrival for South Sudan. This is normalized as a visa issued on arrival without a fee, not as visa-free entry.
    • Purpose, duration, port, documentation, special passports, carrier rules and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Rwanda

    Official sourceDirectorate General of Immigration and Emigration, Rwanda: Rwanda DGIE: visa-free countries for Rwandan passport holders
  11. Current official routeeVisa

    British citizen passports: expressly electronic pre-travel visas or entry permits

    Current official guidance establishes electronic pre-travel issuance for the listed ordinary British-citizen visitor scopes.

    • BF: UK residents may apply online and Visa Burkina confirms electronic issuance; ML: the fully online process issues the entry permit electronically once approved.
    • SS: FCDO directs British visitors online and the Interior portal supplies the approved eVisa PDF; SY: FCDO links the eVisa service and states a 5-to-7-day decision period.
    • Passport, health, sponsor, invitation, entry-point, purpose and final-admission conditions remain applicable.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    United Kingdom

    Official sourcesForeign, Commonwealth & Development Office: Burkina Faso entry requirementsMinistère de la Sécurité / Direction Générale de la Police Nationale: Visa Burkina: e-Visa procedureForeign, Commonwealth & Development Office: Mali entry requirementsForeign, Commonwealth & Development Office: South Sudan entry requirementsMinistry of Interior, Department of e-Visa and Immigration Service: South Sudan eVisaForeign, Commonwealth & Development Office: Syria entry requirements
  12. Current official routeVisa required

    Spanish ordinary passports: South Sudan advance visitor visa

    MAEC directs Spanish visitors to obtain South Sudan’s visa through a South Sudan embassy before travel.

    • MAEC recommends the Embassy in Paris accredited to Spain and notes that processing may take days.
    • Its mention of an online application platform does not establish electronically issued visas and is noted as technically unreliable.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Spain

    Official sourceMinisterio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación: South Sudan travel recommendations
  13. Current official routeVisa required

    Danish ordinary passports: South Sudan advance visitor visa

    Danish ordinary-passport tourists must obtain South Sudan's visa through the competent embassy before travel.

    • This excludes conditional third-country travel documentation, non-visitor purposes, special documents and final admission.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Denmark

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark: Sydsudan pas og visum
  14. Current official routeeVisa

    Uzbek ordinary passports: current electronic visitor visas

    Uzbekistan MFA's current outbound list expressly places Djibouti and South Sudan among states providing an electronic visa to Uzbek foreign-passport holders.

    • Use a valid ordinary Uzbek foreign-travel passport and complete the destination's applicable electronic-visa process before travel.
    • Purpose, duration, fees, supporting documents, carrier checks and final admission remain destination-specific.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Uzbekistan

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan: Visa requirements for citizens of Uzbekistan
  15. Current official routeVisa required

    Palestinian ordinary passports: 2026 advance-visa visitor cohort

    The State of Palestine's current ordinary-passport schedule labels this exact destination cohort "Visa is required" and separately labels electronic and arrival-issued routes elsewhere in the same schedule. It is normalized as advance visa required.

    • This is the Ministry's ordinary-passport short-visitor baseline. The source separately labels eVisa and visa-on-arrival rows, so a bare "Visa is required" row is not recast as either route.
    • Georgia and Panama have separately stated waivers for holders of specified third-country visas. Those conditional document routes are excluded from this passport-only baseline.
    • Mission availability, passport recognition, individual admission, route, transit, work, residence, diplomatic, official, service and other special-document treatment are outside this policy.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Palestinian Territory

    Official sourceState of Palestine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Protocol: Visa Regulations for Palestinian Passports as of 2026
  16. Current official routeeVisa

    Belgian ordinary passports: South Sudan electronic visitor visa

    Belgian Foreign Affairs confirms that Belgian visitors may apply online, and South Sudan's government service issues an approved eVisa PDF before travel.

    • Applies to a current ordinary Belgian passport for short visitor travel.
    • Submit the online application before departure and download the approved eVisa PDF for presentation at entry.
    • The separate embassy channel, registration after arrival, work, residence, transit, special documents and final admission remain outside this classification.
    • Belgian Foreign Affairs advises against travel; this classification does not imply safety or guaranteed admission.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Belgium

    Official sourcesSPF Affaires étrangères, Commerce extérieur et Coopération au Développement: South Sudan: practical informationMinistry of Interior, Department of e-Visa and Immigration Service: South Sudan eVisa
  17. Current official routeeVisa

    Dutch ordinary passports: South Sudan electronic visitor visa

    Dutch Foreign Ministry guidance directs Dutch-passport visitors to apply online through South Sudan's government service, which issues an approved eVisa PDF before travel.

    • Applies to a current ordinary Netherlands passport for short visitor travel.
    • Apply online before departure and download the approved eVisa PDF for presentation at the port of entry.
    • Registration after arrival, work, residence, transit, special documents, carrier controls and final admission remain separate.
    • The Dutch Foreign Ministry advises against all travel; this classification does not imply safety or guaranteed admission.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Netherlands

    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs, NetherlandsWorldwide: Travel advice: South SudanMinistry of Interior, Department of e-Visa and Immigration Service: South Sudan eVisa
  18. Current official routeeVisa

    Norwegian ordinary passports receive a South Sudan eVisa

    Norway directs Norwegian applicants to South Sudan's online visa service, which provides the approved eVisa PDF before travel.

    • Ordinary Norwegian passport and short visitor travel.
    • Apply online and download the approved eVisa PDF before travel; present it at entry.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Norway

    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Norway: South Sudan travel informationSouth Sudan Ministry of Interior, Department of E-Visa and Immigration Service: eVisa South Sudan
  19. Current official routeVisa required

    Swedish ordinary passports require a South Sudan consular visa

    Sweden specifically directs Swedish citizens to apply through South Sudan's Oslo embassy before entry.

    • Ordinary Swedish passport and short visitor travel.
    • Apply through South Sudan's embassy in Oslo before travel.
    • Recheck early because South Sudan also operates an official eVisa portal and eligibility can change.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Sweden

    Official sourceMinistry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden: South Sudan travel information
  20. Current official routeeVisa

    Slovak ordinary passports: South Sudan electronic visitor visa

    Slovak MFA guidance directs Slovak citizens to apply through South Sudan's eVisa system before travel and present the printed eVisa at entry.

    • Apply before travel through South Sudan's electronic visa system and present the printed eVisa with the passport at entry.
    • Recheck before travel because the directly applicable MFA entry information was last substantively updated in July 2025; the alternative embassy channel, registration after arrival, work, residence, transit, special documents and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Slovakia

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic: South Sudan entry conditions
  21. Current official routeeVisa

    Czech ordinary passports: South Sudan electronic tourist visa

    Czech MFA guidance requires Czech tourists to obtain South Sudan's eVisa online before travel and present the printed issued visa at entry.

    • Apply before travel through South Sudan's official eVisa service; Czech MFA says the issued visa must be printed and carried in the passport.
    • Czech MFA says airport visa applications are unavailable. The alternative embassy route, registration after arrival, work, residence, transit, special documents, carrier controls and final admission remain separate.
    • Recheck before travel because the live Czech MFA entry record does not display a substantive update date.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Czechia

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic: South Sudan: entry visa regime
  22. Current official routeVisa required

    Slovenian ordinary passports: South Sudan advance visa

    Slovenian MFA guidance requires Slovenian citizens to apply personally at South Sudan's embassy in Brussels.

    • Apply in person at the named embassy before travel. Work, residence, transit, special documents, carrier controls and final admission remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Slovenia

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia: South Sudan: entry conditions
  23. Current official routeVisa required

    Seychellois passports: named advance visitor-visa cohort

    Seychelles' July 2025 passport-holder schedule expressly requires these destinations to issue a visa before entry, rather than treating an online form or airport process as the visitor baseline.

    • Applies to the ordinary Seychellois passport short-visitor baseline in the Ministry's current named list.
    • The schedule's wording requires a visa before entry but does not establish an electronic or border-issued route, so this is normalized only as advance visa required.
    • Mission availability, individual grant, document, route, transit, work, residence, diplomatic, official and special-passport treatment remain outside scope.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Seychelles

    Official sourceMinistry of Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora: List of countries Seychelles passport holders need visas
  24. Current official routeeVisa

    South Korean ordinary passports: South Sudan electronic visitor visa

    Current Republic of Korea Foreign Ministry South Sudan guidance says ordinary passport holders are not visa-free, visa-on-arrival issuance has stopped, and online visa issuance is available. The South Sudan Interior eVisa service delivers the visa PDF before travel.

    • Applies to an ordinary Republic of Korea passport holder visiting South Sudan; it does not establish treatment for South Sudanese nationals, dual nationals, diplomatic, official, service, emergency or other travel documents.
    • The Republic of Korea source reports that visa-free entry for ordinary passports is unavailable and visa-on-arrival issuance has stopped; it identifies online visa issuance as the available route.
    • Apply through South Sudan's official eVisa service, create an account, submit the visa application and pay online. After approval, download the eVisa PDF before travel; admission and other entry conditions remain for South Sudan authorities.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    South Korea

    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea: Republic of Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs: South Sudan travel informationMinistry of Interior, Directorate of Civil Registry, Nationality, Passports and Immigration: South Sudan Ministry of Interior: eVisa application workflow
  25. Current official routeeVisa

    Polish ordinary passports: South Sudan electronic visitor visa

    Polish ordinary-passport visitors can use South Sudan's eVisa route, whose approved PDF is downloaded before travel.

    • Use a biometric passport valid for at least six months; temporary passports are excluded.
    • Download the approved eVisa PDF before travel and present it at entry; a Berlin-embassy route remains an alternative.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Poland

    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Poland: South Sudan country profileMinistry of Interior / Directorate of Civil Registry, Nationality, Passports and Immigration: South Sudan eVisa official service