St Pierre & Miquelon Gibraltar Sri Lanka Reunion To avoid problems at the airport on arrival, youre advised to ensure your passport is valid for six months. Vatican City State WebSouth African citizens (including duals) must use their South African passport to enter and exit. 3.2. Last I heard they only give warnings. You have accepted additional cookies. Cote D'Ivoire You would be able at any time to get a new SA passport and an ID book (currently being changed to an ID Card - so let's say an ID Number). ky theme/theme/themeManager.xmlM St Vincent & Grenadines Sweden Tourist passports: persons16 years and older and maxi tourist passports are only issued to SA citizens 16 years or older. Just read 18 when it says 21 in some posts, as things changed here when, under the SA "Childrens Act", the legal age of majority was changed from 21 to 18. Cocos Island But what if my South African passport expired years ago? Thank you for the link as well to the other thread. It took three weeks for them to tell her it'll take two weeks to get an emergency travel document. Great Britain You are welcome to ask any questions and I can try answer to the best of my ability. Long live the bitch. Iraq Virgin Islands (USA) Both parents and the children concerned must be present when applying for passports for children. You may well find it very different now from what your parents have told you for many years! My Grandson is a case in point. Paraguay The childs South African birth certificate and a copy thereof, Two colour passportphotographsthat comply with the Passport and ID Photograph Specifications, Your original identity document and a copy, A letter on the official letterhead and signed by the head of institution or his or her delegate confirming that the passport is needed for an official trip and that you are employed by the institution, Two colourphotographsthat comply with the Passport and ID Photograph Specifications, Submit your existing valid official passport or if lost or stolen a lost passport report (DHA-335) as well as confirmation that the loss was reported to the police, To use the official passport only for duly authorised trips, Hand in the passport to the Department of Home Affairs if you leave government service or you will no longer require an official passport, To return your passport to a designated person in your department or organisation for safe-keeping on return from your official trip. Just thought I would update this thread with what actually happened since when I was doing research there was a lot of questions and not a lot of closure! They are the same as regular tourist passports except that they contain more pages for visas. If the parents are married, the passport application form must be signed by both parents and the child and both parents should be in attendance when the application is submitted. What did they say when you entered using the expired passport? It's an offense to enter SA with a foreign passport if you hold an SA passport (although I don't know how much this is enforced). A regular tourist passport contains 32 pages, but frequent travellers can opt to get a maxi tourist passport with 48 pages. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Falkland Islands They were so laid back at immigration they didn't even say one word to me! Iceland Lebanon Zambia I wouldn't recommend that. var addy9111595837c121db83eaf167e42f157e = 'webmaster' + '@'; 6 7 8 g h Lithuania Permanent South African passports and travel documents (machine-readable documents) are printed only in Pretoria, South Africa, from where they are dispatched to the offices of application. WebOnce a person has been granted dual citizenship, the holder must always enter and depart South Africa on their valid South African passport. 2. I obviously had no idea that my citizenship would remain in tact when my parents' citizenship did not. They are issued only to SA citizens aged 16 years or older. Which gate to enter. If the applicant is in the care of a guardian other than the parents, proof of the High Courts appointment must accompany the application. I really don't know, but likely you would we slapped with some kind of fine or worse. 0woo&5 6?$Q ,.aic21h:qm@RN;d`o7gK(M&$R(.1r'JT8V"AHu}|$b{ P8g/]QAs(#L[ PK- ! Trinidad & Tobago A friend of mine has dual UK/SA citizenship. His SA passport expired years ago too. He travels to SA at least twice a year, always enters and leave Nevis Haiti Palestine If you need a visa, you must ensure that your passport has two blank facing pages one for the visa and one for an entry stamp. Nigeria Then I can apply for a new passport while I'm in SA. Documents for travel purposes are issued to South African permanent residence permit holders who cannot obtain travel documents from their countries of origin. Applications to replace lost, stolen or damaged passports will be double the normal fee if the incident was as a result of the passport/travel document owners negligence. Under law you are considered as a Dual Citizen of Australia and South Africa. addy9111595837c121db83eaf167e42f157e = addy9111595837c121db83eaf167e42f157e + 'dha' + '.' + 'gov' + '.' + 'za'; The Courts decision must be submitted with the application for the passport. Myanmar Nauru If a parent cannot be located or refuses to consent, or a dispute concerning consent arises, the matter should be referred to the Childrens Court. Remember that some countries do not accept emergency travel documents/certificates. Yes, I did mean its unusual to spend this long without ever having gone back - which was why I was not aware of this rule having assumed that because my parents are no longer citizens, I would not be either. BTW as Australia and RSA are both Commonwealth countries they don't have Embassies in each others countries, the have High Commissions. He has to leave, and enter S A using his S A passport. Bangladesh If a parent cannot be located or refuses to consent, or a dispute concerning consent arises, the matter should be referred to the Childrens Court. These documents are only valid for a period of 5 years. Permanent South African passports and travel documents (machine-readable documents) are printed only in Pretoria, South Africa, from where they are dispatched to the offices of application. Applications made within South African borders can be submitted to any office of the Department of Home Affairs; applications made outside of the country can be submitted to your nearest South Africa embassy or mission. WebIt is a legal offence to travel in or out of South Africa with a foreign passport if you are a SA citizen. An emergency situation has required that my wife needs to fly back to South Africa on very short notice. Palau Island Dominica This is really one of those questions which cannot be adequately answered on a forum like this as nobody actually knows what the immigration officer will see on their system or what action they will take on the day. In terms of the HYPERLINK "http://www.suedafrika.org/downloads/SA_CitizenshipAmendmentAct.pdf" South African Citizenship Amendment Act of 2004, which came into effect on 15 September 2004, it is now an offence for a major South African citizen to enter the Republic or depart making use of the passport of another country. The Department has received a number of enquiries from our ports of entry on whether or not South Africans who arrive at border posts with foreign passports may be refused to enter or depart from the Republic. Please visit the following linkhttp://southafricahouseuk.com/passports/psprt_renpsprt.html for the requirements and forms, for the renewal of your South African passport.. By this stage the emergency was critical, and we've made the choice for her to fly back on an expired SA passport. Faroe Islands St Helena Midway Islands When your South African passport expires you have to complete a new application to get a new passport. Croatia P theme/theme/theme1.xmlYOo6w toc'vu-MniP@I}ama[4:lGRX^6>$! s u e d a f r i k a . 6 _rels/.relsj0}Q%v/C/} (h"O These documents are only valid for a period of 5 years. Uzbekistan East Timor Entry and Exit Requirements: When traveling to a country where you have U.S. and that countrys nationality, you may be required to enter and depart on a passport from that country or present a valid identity document from that country. Both parents and the children concerned must be present when applying for passports for children. Equatorial Guinea Botswana Grenada Enter SA on your foreign passport, taking your expired one with you, and take documentation that shows you are in process of renewing it. Reply. VOA News. WebRe: Entering South Africa on a foreign passport 5 years ago Save By law, AFAIK, if you are a South African citizen whether single or dual citizenship, you must enter and leave See exceptions under Tourist Passports:persons under 16, Passports are issued in accordance with your names as they appear in the National Population Register (NPR) at the time of your application. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Gambia Eritrea Angola Passports and other documents accepted for entry must be valid for a minimum of 30 days beyond the period of intended stay. WebAccording to the law, a South African citizen may not be refused entry to South Africa. You can travel to South Africa for any purpose for up to 90 days without a visa. United Arab Emirates Albania Azerbaijan Channel Islands Driving from JNB to Kruger (south). Guatemala Marshall Islands To apply for an official passport you must submit the following documents: You will also have to sign an undertaking. ' theme/theme/_rels/themeManager.xml.relsM 9 9 9 9 9 M M M M a M . ETDs should have a minimum of 6 months validity for entry, transit or exit. Spain These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You should check the expiry date of your visa or entry stamp and make sure you do not overstay. Yes, as you were born here and then left the country before you became 18 and you have not subsequently, personally, renounced your SA citizenship then you are South African Citizen by birth until you die (or the law in SA is changed). Guyana If you need assistance for a medical evacuation from a neighbouring country, call +27 12 421 7500 and follow the options for consular assistance. Customs official give absolutely zero fucks about your problems or how hard youve tried to rectify them. South African passports include the following information: List of South Africa Foreign Exchange Banks. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. 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