Visa requirements for South Sudanese citizens

Visa requirements for South Sudanese citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of South Sudan.

As of 2026, South Sudanese citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 41 countries and territories, ranking the South Sudanese passport 91st in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.^[1]

On April 5, 2025, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that any entry to the United States on a South Sudanese passport would be prohibited, that no new visas would be issued, and any existing visas would be revoked.^[2]

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Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	eVisa^[3]	30 days	Visa is not required in case born in Afghanistan or can proof that one of their parents is a national of Afghanistan or born in Afghanistan.^[4] e-Visa : Visitors must arrive at Kabul International (KBL).
Albania	eVisa^[5]^[6]		Visa is not required for Holders of a valid multiple-entry Schengen, UK or US visa has been previously used once or residence permit of Ireland, Schengen, UK, US or UAE 10 years.^[7]
Algeria	Visa required^[8]		Visa Issuance for passengers with a boarding authorization traveling as tourists to cities in the south of Algeria (Timimoun, Ghardaia, Ilizi, Djanet or Tamanraset) can obtain a visa on arrival for a maximum of 30 days. They must have: a return/onward ticket, a hotel reservation confirmation.
Andorra	Visa required^[9]		Although no visa requirements exist, apply the relevant regulations of France or Spain, whichever must be transited to reach Andorra.
Angola	Visa required^[10]
Antigua and Barbuda	eVisa^[11]^[12]
Argentina	Visa required^[13]
Armenia	Visa required^[14]
Australia and territories	Online visa required^[15]^[16]		May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa).
Austria	Visa required^[17]
Azerbaijan	Visa required^[18]
Bahamas	eVisa^[19]
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival^[20]	14 days
Bangladesh	Visa required^[21]
Barbados	Visa not required^[22]	90 days
Belarus	Visa required^[23]
Belgium	Visa required^[24]
Belize	Visa required^[25]
Benin	Visa not required^[26]	90 days
Bhutan	eVisa^[27]^[28]
Bolivia	Online Visa / Visa on arrival^[29]	30 days^[30]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa required^[31]
Botswana	Visa not required^[32]	90 days
Brazil	Visa required^[33]
Brunei	Visa required^[34]
Bulgaria	Visa required^[35]
Burkina Faso	eVisa^[36]^[37]
Burundi	Visa not required^[38]
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival^[39]^[40]	30 days
Cameroon	eVisa^[41]^[42]
Canada	Visa required ^[43]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival^[44]
Central African Republic	Visa required^[45]
Chad	Visa required^[46]
Chile	Visa required^[47]
China	Visa required^[48]
Colombia	Online Visa^[49]^[50]
Comoros	Visa on arrival^[51]	45 days
Republic of the Congo	Visa required^[52]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa^[53]^[54]	7 days
Costa Rica	Visa required^[55]
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa^[56]^[57]	3 months
Croatia	Visa required^[58]
Cuba	Tourist card required^[59]	90 days	Can be extended up to 90 days with a fee.
Cyprus	Visa required^[60]
Czech Republic	Visa required^[61]
Denmark	Visa required^[62]
Djibouti	eVisa^[63]^[64]	90 days
Dominica	Visa not required^[65]	21 days
Dominican Republic	Visa required^[66]
Ecuador	Visa not required^[67]	90 days
Egypt	Visa on arrival^[68]
El Salvador	Visa required^[69]
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa^[70]^[71]
Eritrea	Visa required^[72]
Estonia	Visa required^[73]
Eswatini	Visa required^[74]
Ethiopia	Visa on arrival^[75]	90 days	Currently, credit card payment transactions are not accepted when applying for e-Visa. Visa on arrival is obtainable only at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.^[76] e-Visa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. e-Visa is available for 30 or 90 days.^[77]
Fiji	Visa required^[78]
Finland	Visa required^[79]
France	Visa required^[80]
Gabon	eVisa^[81]^[82]	90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa not required^[83]^[84]
Georgia	Visa required^[85]		e-Visa available for holders of a valid Schengen visa or a valid visa from any of the OECD member countries; or a valid residence permit of a Schengen or OECD country.^[86]
Germany	Visa required^[87]
Ghana	Visa on arrival^[88]	30 days
Greece	Visa required^[89]
Grenada	Visa required^[90]
Guatemala	Visa required^[91]
Guinea	eVisa^[92]^[93]	90 days
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival^[94]	90 days
Guyana	Visa required^[95]
Haiti	Visa not required^[96]	3 months
Honduras	Visa required^[97]
Hungary	Visa required^[98]
Iceland	Visa required^[99]
India	Visa required^[100]
Indonesia	Visa required^[101]
Iran	eVisa^[102]^[103]	30 days	Passengers who have already made an application, at least 2 days before arrival, at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affair's e-Visa website^[104] and present the submission notification at the airport's visa desk may obtain a visa on arrival.
Iraq	Visa required^[105]
Ireland	Visa required^[106]
Israel	Visa required^[107]
Italy	Visa required^[108]
Jamaica	Visa required^[109]
Japan	Visa required^[110]
Jordan	Visa required^[111]
Kazakhstan	eVisa^[112]^[113]
Kenya	Visa not required^[114]	3 months	Kenya and South Sudan both expanded the visa free entry requirements following East African Community common market and integration standards. Kenya waived visa requirements for South Sudanese nationals and South Sudan waived visa requirements for Kenyan nationals in reciprocity.^[115]^[116]
Kiribati	Visa required^[117]
North Korea	Visa required^[118]
South Korea	Visa required^[119]
Kuwait	Visa required^[120]
Kyrgyzstan	eVisa^[121]^[122]	60 days
Laos	Visa required^[123]
Latvia	Visa required^[124]
Lebanon	Visa required^[125]
Lesotho	eVisa^[126]^[127]
Liberia	Visa required^[128]
Libya	Visa required^[129]
Liechtenstein	Visa required^[130]
Lithuania	Visa required^[131]
Luxembourg	Visa required^[132]
Madagascar	Visa on arrival^[133]	60 days
Malawi	Visa required^[134]
Malaysia	Visa not required^[135]	30 days
Maldives	Free visa on arrival^[136]	30 days
Mali	Visa required^[137]
Malta	Visa required^[138]
Marshall Islands	Visa required^[139]
Mauritania	Visa on arrival^[140]		Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa required^[141]
Mexico	Visa required^[142]
Micronesia	Visa not required^[143]	30 days
Moldova	Visa required^[144]		Citizens holding a residence permit or a valid visa issued by one of the member states of the European Union or one of the parties to the Schengen Agreement can apply for an electronic visa.^[145]
Monaco	Visa required^[146]
Mongolia	eVisa^[147]^[148]	30 days
Montenegro	Visa required^[149]
Morocco	Visa required^[150]
Mozambique	eVisa / Visa on arrival^[151]^[152]	30 days
Myanmar	Visa required^[153]
Namibia	Visa required^[154]
Nauru	Visa required^[155]
Nepal	Online Visa / Visa on arrival^[156]	90 days^[157]
Netherlands	Visa required^[158]
New Zealand	Visa required^[159]		Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.^[160]
Nicaragua	Visa required^[161]
Niger	Visa required^[162]
Nigeria	Visa required^[163]^[164]		Currently, there is no visa type selection for citizens of South Sudan on the e-Visa website. Online application for visa on arrival.
North Macedonia	Visa required^[165]
Norway	Visa required^[166]
Oman	Visa required^[167]
Pakistan	ETA / Online Visa^[168]^[169]	30 days / 3 months	Online Visa eligible.^[170]
Palau	Free visa on arrival^[171]	30 days
Panama	Visa required^[172]
Papua New Guinea	eVisa^[173]^[174]	60 days	Visitors may apply for a visa online under the "Tourist - Own Itinerary" category.
Paraguay	Visa required^[175]
Peru	Visa required^[176]
Philippines	Visa required^[177]		Residents of the United Arab Emirates may obtain an eVisa through the official Philippine eVisa website. A valid Emirati residence visa must be shown upon an eVisa application.^[178]^[179]
Poland	Visa required^[180]
Portugal	Visa required^[181]
Qatar	eVisa^[182]^[183]		Travelers can apply for a visa on the Hayya website.
Romania	Visa required^[184]
Russia	Visa required^[185]
Rwanda	Visa not required^[186]	6 months
Saint Kitts and Nevis	eVisa^[187]^[188]	30 days
Saint Lucia	Visa required^[189]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required^[190]	3 month
Samoa	Visa not required^[191]	60 days
San Marino	Visa required^[192]
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa^[193]^[194]
Saudi Arabia	Visa required^[195]
Senegal	Visa required^[196]
Serbia	Visa required^[197]		Visa free for a maximum stay of 90 days for valid visa holders or residents of the European Union member states and the United States.
Seychelles	Free Visitor's Permit on arrival^[198]	3 months
Sierra Leone	eVisa / Visa on arrival^[199]^[200]	3 months / 30 days
Singapore	Visa required^[201]
Slovakia	Visa required^[202]
Slovenia	Visa required^[203]
Solomon Islands	Visa required^[204]
Somalia	Visa on arrival^[205]	30 days	Available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.
South Africa	Visa required^[206]
Spain	Visa required^[207]
Sri Lanka	eVisa / Visa on arrival^[208]^[209]	60 days / 30 days	The standard visitor visa allows a stay of 60 days within any 6-month period.^[210] Visa fees (for Standard visitor visa): SAARC - USD 35 Non SAARC - USD 75 e-Visa categories will be charged an additional USD 18.50 service fee. If transiting from any of the Sri Lankan airports, An e-Visa is exempted (2 day transit period).
Sudan	Visa required^[211]
Suriname	Visa not required^[212]^[213]	90 days	An entrance fee of USD 50 or EUR 50 must be paid online prior to arrival.^[214] Multiple entry e-Visa is also available.^[215]
Sweden	Visa required^[216]
Switzerland	Visa required^[217]
Syria	eVisa^[218]
Tajikistan	Visa required^[219]
Tanzania	Visa not required^[220]	90 days
Thailand	Visa required^[221]
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival^[222]	30 days
Togo	eVisa^[223]^[224]	15 days
Tonga	Visa required^[225]
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa required^[226]
Tunisia	Visa required^[227]
Turkey	Visa required^[228]
Turkmenistan	Visa required^[229]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival^[230]	1 month
Uganda	Visa not required^[231]^[232]	6 months
Ukraine	Visa required^[233]
United Arab Emirates	Visa required^[234]		May apply using 'Smart service'.^[235]
United Kingdom and Crown dependencies	Visa required^[236]
United States	Admission refused^[237]
Uruguay	Visa required^[238]
Uzbekistan	Visa required^[239]
Vanuatu	Visa required^[240]
Vatican City	Visa required^[241]
Venezuela	Visa required^[242]
Vietnam	eVisa^[243]^[244]		e-Visa is valid for 90 days and multiple entry.
Yemen	Visa required^[245]
Zambia	eVisa^[246]^[247]	90 days
Zimbabwe	eVisa^[248]^[249]	3 months

Territory	Conditions of access	Notes
Abkhazia	Visa required^[250]
Kosovo	Visa required^[251]	Do not need a visa a holder of a valid biometric residence permit issued by one of the Schengen member states or a valid multi-entry Schengen Visa, a holder of a valid Laissez-Passer issued by United Nations Organizations, NATO, OSCE, Council of Europe or European Union a holder of a valid travel documents issued by EU Member and Schengen States, United States of America, Canada, Australia and Japan based on the 1951 Convention on Refugee Status or the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons, as well as holders of valid travel documents for foreigners (max. 15 days stay)^[252]
Northern Cyprus	Visa not required^[253]
Palestine	Visa not required^[254]	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.^[255]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.^[256]^[257]
South Ossetia	Visa not required^[258]	Multiple entry visa to Russia and three day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.^[259]^[260]
Taiwan	Visa required^[261]^[262]
Transnistria	Visa not required^[263]	Registration required after 24h.^[264]^[265]

Territory	Conditions of access	Notes
China
Hong Kong	eVisa^[266]
Macau	Visa on arrival^[267]
Denmark
Faroe Islands	Visa required^[268]
Greenland	Visa required^[269]
France
French Guiana	Visa required^[270]
French Polynesia	Visa required^[271]
French West Indies	Visa required	Includes overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique and overseas collectivities of Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin.
Mayotte	Visa required^[272]
New Caledonia	Visa required^[273]
Réunion	Visa required^[274]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa required^[275]
Wallis and Futuna	Visa required^[276]
Netherlands
Aruba	Visa required^[277]
Caribbean Netherlands	Visa required^[278]	Includes Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
Curaçao	Visa required^[279]
Sint Maarten	Visa required^[280]
New Zealand
Cook Islands	Visa not required^[281]	31 days
Niue	Visa not required^[282]	30 days
Tokelau	Visa required^[283]
United Kingdom
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Visa required^[284]
Anguilla	Visa required^[285]	Holders of a valid visa issued by the United Kingdom do not require a visa.^[286]
Bermuda	Visa required^[287]
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required	Special permit required.^[288]
British Virgin Islands	Visa required^[289]
Cayman Islands	Visa required^[290]
Falkland Islands	Visa required^[291]
Gibraltar	Visa required^[292]
Montserrat	eVisa^[293]
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.^[294]^[295]^[296]
Ascension Island	eVisa^[297]^[298]	3 months within any year period.
Saint Helena	eVisa^[299]^[300]
Tristan da Cunha	Permission required	Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.^[301]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Permit required	Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110 / 160 pounds sterling).^[302]^[303]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa required^[304]	Holders of a valid visa issued by Canada, United Kingdom or the USA do not required a visa for a maximum stay of 90 days.
United States
American Samoa	Visa required^[305]
Guam	Visa required^[306]
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa required^[307]
Puerto Rico	Visa required^[308]
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa required^[309]
Antarctica and adjacent islands
Special permits required for Bouvet Island, British Antarctic Territory, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.^[310]^[311]^[312]^[313]^[314]^[315]^[316]^[317]^[318]^[319]^[320]^[321]

v t e Visa policy by country
Visa Passport Travel document
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros DR Congo Djibouti Egypt⁶ Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria R Congo Rwanda Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha¹ São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia Somaliland³ South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Anguilla¹ Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda¹ Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands¹ Canada Cayman Islands¹ Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Dutch Caribbean (Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten) Ecuador El Salvador Falkland Islands¹ Greenland⁵ Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Montserrat¹ Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands¹ Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹ United States Puerto Rico⁴ Virgin Islands⁴ Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Abkhazia² ³ Afghanistan Akrotiri and Dhekelia¹ ² Armenia² Azerbaijan² Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong Macau Cyprus² Egypt⁶ Georgia² India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan² Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Northern Cyprus² ³ Oman Pakistan Palestine³ Philippines Qatar Russia (history)² Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea South Ossetia² Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan (Republic of China)³ Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkey² Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Abkhazia² ³ Akrotiri and Dhekelia¹ ² Albania Andorra Armenia² Austria Azerbaijan² Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Cyprus² Denmark Faroe Islands Greenland Estonia Finland France Overseas Georgia² Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan² Kosovo³ Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Overseas North Macedonia Northern Cyprus² ³ Norway Svalbard Poland Portugal Romania Russia (history)² San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Ossetia² ³ Spain Sweden Switzerland Transnistria³ Turkey² Ukraine United Kingdom Overseas Vatican City
Oceania	American Samoa⁴ Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam⁴ Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Niue Northern Mariana Islands⁴ Palau Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Islands¹ Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Historical	Artsakh⁷
¹ British Overseas Territories. ² These countries span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia. ³ Partially recognized. ⁴ Unincorporated territory of the United States. ⁵ Part of the Kingdom of Denmark. ⁶ Egypt spans the boundary between Africa and Asia. ⁷ Unrecognized state.

v t e Visa requirements by citizenship
Visa Passport Travel document
Africa	Algerian Angolan Beninese Botswana Burkinabe Burundian Cameroonian Cape Verdean Central African Chadian Comorian Congolese (Democratic Republic) Congolese (Republic) Djiboutian Egyptian⁴ Equatorial Guinean Eritrean Ethiopian Gabonese Gambian Ghanaian Guinea-Bissauan Guinean Ivorian Kenyan Lesothan Liberian Libyan Malagasy Malawian Malian Mauritanian Mauritian Moroccan Mozambican Namibian Nigerian Nigerien Rwandan Saint Helena¹ Santomean Senegalese Seychellois Sierra Leonean Somali (Somaliland) South African South Sudanese Sudanese Swazi Tanzanian Togolese Tunisian Ugandan Zambian Zimbabwean
Americas	Anguillan¹ Antigua and Barbuda Argentine Bahamian Barbadian Belizean Bermudian¹ Bolivian Brazilian British Virgin Islands¹ Canadian Caymanian¹ Chilean Colombian Costa Rican Cuban Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuadorian Greenlandic Grenadian Guatemalan Guyanese Haitian Honduran Jamaican Mexican Montserratian¹ Nicaraguan Panamanian Paraguayan Peruvian Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucian Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Salvadoran Surinamese Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹ United States Uruguayan Venezuelan
Asia	Abkhaz² ⁵ Afghan Armenian³ Azerbaijani² Bahraini Bangladeshi Bhutanese Bruneian Cambodian Chinese Hong Kong Macau Cypriot³ East Timorese Egyptian⁴ Emirati Georgian² Indian Indonesian Iranian Iraqi Israeli Japanese Jordanian Kazakhstani² Kuwaiti Kyrgyzstani Laotian Lebanese Malaysian Maldivian Mongolian Myanmar Nepalese North Korean Northern Cypriot³ ⁵ Omani Pakistani Palestinian Philippine Qatari Russian² Saudi Singaporean South Korean South Ossetian² ⁵ Sri Lankan Syrian Taiwanese⁵ Tajikistani Thai Turkish² Turkmen Uzbekistani Vietnamese Yemeni
Europe	Abkhaz² ⁵ Albanian Andorran Armenian³ Austrian Azerbaijani² Belarusian Belgian Bosnian and Herzegovinian British (BOTC · BN(O) · BOC) Bulgarian Croatian Cypriot³ Czech Danish Faroese Greenlandic Dutch Estonian (Non-citizens) EU Finnish French Georgian² German Greek Hungarian Icelandic Irish Italian Kazakhstani² Kosovar⁵ Latvian (Non-citizens) Liechtenstein Lithuanian Luxembourg Maltese Moldovan Montenegrin Monégasque North Macedonian Northern Cypriot³ ⁵ Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian² San Marino Serbian Slovak Slovenian South Ossetian² ⁵ Spanish Swedish Swiss Transnistrian⁵ Turkish² Ukrainian Vatican City
Oceania	Australian Fijian Kiribati Marshallese Micronesian Nauruan New Zealand Palauan Papua New Guinean Pitcairn Islands¹ Samoan Solomon Islands Tongan Tuvaluan Vanuatuan
Other	Crew members Sovereign Military Order of Malta Green card
¹ British Overseas Territories. ² Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia and the partially recognised republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia each span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia. ³ Cyprus, Armenia, and the partially recognised republic of Northern Cyprus are entirely in Western Asia but have socio-political connections with Europe. ⁴ Egypt spans the boundary between Africa and Asia. ⁵ Partially recognized. Immigration law

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