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/