Trip checklist: Guinea

For South African passport holders. Last checked 5 October 2026.

Visa requirement

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

You can stay up to 90 days per visit.

Purpose of visit
Tourist visa for visits. Separate e-visa types exist for transit (up to 3 days), cross-border (up to 3 days) and long stay (1 year).
How to apply
Apply online at paf.gov.gn/visa. Fees: tourist USD 100 (up to 90 days); transit USD 50 (up to 3 days); long-term visa USD 500 (1 year). You get an acknowledgement email, then an Entry Visa Letter once approved; take it to the visa on arrival counter. Fees are not refunded if refused. Wikipedia gives processing as 3 to 4 business days; Guinea does not publish it.
Where South Africans apply
Online at paf.gov.gn/visa. Visa issued on arrival after approval.
Vaccinations, including yellow fever on return to South Africa
Guinea's own yellow fever rule was not checked in this pass. SOUTH AFRICA: Guinea is on South Africa's yellow fever risk list. Everyone over 1 year old, South Africans included, returning to South Africa from Guinea, or after an airport transit of more than 12 hours there, must show a valid yellow fever certificate on arrival in South Africa. Get vaccinated at least 10 days before travel; the certificate is valid for life.
Transit
Transit e-visa USD 50, up to 3 days. Whether airside transit needs one is not stated.
Confirm with the embassy
Rules change. Check the official source before you book.

1. Direction Centrale de la Police de l'Air et des Frontières (PAF), Government of Guinea (Official, paf.gov.gn) https://www.paf.gov.gn/visa/
2. DIRCO, South African High Commission Canberra (Other government, dirco.gov.za) https://dirco.gov.za/canberra/yellow-fever/
3. Wikipedia (Reference, en.wikipedia.org) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Guinea

From doineedavisa.co.za/guinea. Always confirm with the embassy before you travel.