Very important! You will need to apply for a visa at the member country of first entrance into the Schengen area.
The countries whose citizens are required to obtain a Schengen visa in order to enter any member country of the Schengen area are:
| Afghanistan | Gabon | North Korea |
| Algeria | Gambia | Northern Mariana’s |
| Angola | Ghana | Oman |
| Armenia | Guinea | Pakistan |
| Azerbaijan | Guinea-Bissau | Papua New Guinea |
| Bahrain | Guyana | Philippines |
| Bangladesh | Haiti | Qatar |
| Belarus | India | Russia |
| Belize | Indonesia | Rwanda |
| Benin | Iran | Sao Tome And Principe |
| Bhutan | Iraq | Saudi Arabia |
| Bolivia | Jamaica | Senegal |
| Botswana | Jordan | Sierra Leone |
| Burkina Faso | Kazakhstan | Somalia |
| Burma/Myanmar | Kenya | South Africa |
| Burundi | Kosova | Sri Lanka |
| Cambodia | Kuwait | Sudan |
| Cameroon | Kyrgyzstan | Suriname |
| Cape Verde | Laos | Swaziland |
| Central African Republic | Lebanon | Syria |
| Chad | Lesotho | Tajikistan |
| China | Liberia | Tanzania |
| Comoros | Libya | Thailand |
| Congo | Madagascar | Timor-Leste |
| Cote D’ivoire | Malawi | Togo |
| Cuba | Maldives | Tonga |
| Dem. Rep. Of Congo | Mali | Tunisia |
| Djibouti | Mauritania | Turkey |
| Dominican Republic | Mongolia | Turkmenistan |
| Ecuador | Morocco | Uganda |
| Egypt | Mozambique | Uzbekistan |
| Equatorial Guinea | Namibia | Vietnam |
| Eritrea | Nepal | Yemen |
| Ethiopia | Niger | Zambia |
| Fiji | Nigeria | Zimbabwe |
German Visa Application for South African Passport holders residing in South Africa:
https://www.visa-germany.co.za/
French Visa Application for South African Passport holders residing in South Africa:
Italian Visa Application for South African Passport holders residing in South Africa:
Swiss Visa Application for South African Passport holders residing in South Africa:
https://www.vfsglobal.ch/Switzerland/Southafrica/