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Do I need a visa for Iraq from South Africa?

Electronic authorization required

Travelling to Iraq on a South Africa passport, you need an e-visa, applied for online before you travel.

Iraq's e-visa system replaced the old embassy-visit route for most nationalities. Note that the Kurdistan Region issues its own e-visa independent of Baghdad's; that matters if Erbil (EBL) is your entry point rather than Baghdad (BGW).

Keep the emailed confirmation accessible since it gets checked at the arrival counter. Apply with enough lead time before your flight rather than counting on a same-day approval.

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