South Africa passport Japan
Do South Africans need a visa for Japan?
You need an eVisa.
Japan
Tokyo · Japanese yen (JPY) · Japanese
Photo: Romain Guy from San Francisco, USA / Wikimedia Commons · CC0
eVisa (electronic visa). A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.
You apply online before you travel and are approved before you fly. There is no embassy appointment and no interview — you fill in a form on the government's own site, pay the government's fee, and carry the approval with you.
- Status
- eVisa
- Stay permitted
- Set by the officer on entry
- Government fee
- 15,000 JPY
- Typical decision
- Not published
Apply on the official Japan government site
This is the government's own portal. We are not paid to send you there, and there is no service in between.
Checked 18 October 2026 — read the fees and rules on mofa.go.jp
Before you fly
- Changing planes: a passport from South Africa needs a visa even to stay airside in United Kingdom, unless you hold an exempting document. Transit rules legislation.gov.uk · read
Every published fee
| Type | Government fee |
|---|---|
| single entry | 15,000 JPY |
| multiple entry | 30,000 JPY |
Checked 18 October 2026 — read this fee table on mofa.go.jp
Worth knowing
- Japan charges the visa fee only if the visa is issued. An approved agency adds its own handling fee.
- Visa fees rose on 1 July 2026. Older figures you see online are out of date.
- Depending on your nationality and purpose, the fee may be waived or differ from the standard amount.