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Burkina Faso: do South Africans need a visa?

South Africans need to apply online for an e-visa before travel to Burkina Faso.

Not published. Checked: FCDO entry page, The GSA SA-passport guide, Wikipedia.

Visa required before arrival, including for transit. e-Visa portal launched on 17 August 2023.423

Before you travel

Length of stay

Not published by official sources

Purpose of visit

Not published by official sources

Passport validity

Valid beyond the return date, with 2 blank pages.43

Confirmed by other governments' official advice

How to apply

Online at the official portal https://applicant.visaburkina.bf (also reached via visaburkina.bf). Fees not readable (the portal is JavaScript-only). GSA (Oct 2025) instead describes in-person applications at the embassy, 5 working days.1423

Confirmed by other governments' official advice

Where South Africans apply

Online, or the Embassy of Burkina Faso, Hatfield, Pretoria (tel 012 346 2704); GSA says apply in person.3

Not yet confirmed by an official source

Travel insurance

Not published by official sources

Return or onward ticket

Not published by official sources

Proof of funds

Not published by official sources

Accommodation or invitation

Not published by official sources

Vaccinations, including yellow fever on return to South Africa

BURKINA FASO: yellow fever certificate REQUIRED for entry. RETURN TO SOUTH AFRICA: Burkina Faso is on South Africa's yellow fever risk-country list. South African Department of Health / DIRCO rules require every traveller over 1 year old (South Africans included) arriving from a risk country, or transiting a risk-country airport for more than 12 hours, to show a valid yellow fever certificate (vaccine at least 10 days before departure; certificates are valid for life). Without one you may be refused entry or quarantined for up to 6 days.4563

Confirmed by other governments' official advice

Arrival forms

Not published by official sources

Extending your stay and overstaying

Not published by official sources

Transit

Not published by official sources

Travelling with children

Not published by official sources

What changed

17 August 2023e-Visa portal launched.

Sources

Official

The destination's own government

  1. 1Government of Burkina Faso – e-Visa portal applicant.visaburkina.bf

Other government

Official advice from other governments

  1. 4UK FCDO gov.uk
  2. 5National Department of Health, South Africa health.gov.za
  3. 6DIRCO (South African High Commission, Canberra) dirco.gov.za

Reference

Used to find official sources, never the final word

  1. 2Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org

Commercial

Visa agencies, law firms and travel companies

  1. 3The GSA (South African visa agency) thegsa.co.za

Last researched 5 October 2026. Rules change; confirm with the embassy before you book.