Tourist stay without a visa
Visa not needed for up to 90 days for tourism.
🇿🇦 Worldschooling Country Checker
South Africa for worldschooling families
Stay limits for adults and children, family long-stay options, homeschooling, tax residency and health, from official sources. Sources last checked: 14 Nov 2026.
Your passport
Showing entry rules for 🇬🇧 United Kingdom passport holders. Country-wide facts (long stays, education, tax) apply to everyone.
Long-stay option for families
Not confirmed: see official source.
Homeschooling (residents)
Not confirmed: see official source.
Tax residency
Not confirmed: see official source.
Entry and stay limits (adults and children)
Children: passports, visas and documents
Children aged 17 and under have special requirements.
Children travelling with one parent or without parents Not confirmed
Not confirmed: see official source.
Passport validity
Passport must be valid 30 days after leaving and have 2 blank pages.
Long-stay options that allow dependants
Remote-work / digital nomad visa
Not checked yet: see the official source.
Length of stay
Not checked yet: see the official source.
Income or funds requirement
Not checked yet: see the official source.
Application fee
Not checked yet: see the official source.
Can dependants (spouse, children) join?
Not checked yet: see the official source.
Other long-stay options that allow dependants
Not checked yet: see the official source.
Homeschooling and education
Visiting, not moving? Short-term visitors usually remain under their home country's education rules (or the rules of the country where they are legally resident). A destination's school-attendance and home-education laws generally apply to children who become resident there. This is a general principle, not a legal ruling: if you plan a long stay or residency, check with the education authorities in both countries. For UK families: GOV.UK: Educating your child at home ↗.
Home education for residents
Not checked yet: see the official source.
Compulsory education ages
Not checked yet: see the official source.
Tax residency
When you become tax resident
Not checked yet: see the official source.
Family incentives
Incentives for families and new residents
Not checked yet: see the official source.
Health: insurance and vaccinations
Official vaccination guidance: CDC: travel health for South Africa ↗ · GOV.UK: health advice for South Africa ↗
Vaccination certificates for entry
Yellow fever vaccination certificate required from transmission risk countries.
Health insurance for long-stay visas
Not checked yet: see the official source.
Official links for South Africa
- Immigration: South Africa: Home Affairs ↗
- Tax authority: SARS ↗
- UK help and services in South Africa ↗
Government travel advice by passport
Spotted a change? Report an update for South Africa. Reports trigger an automatic re-check of the official sources; they are never published directly.
Data for developers and AI assistants: South Africa JSON.
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