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South Africa's new visa rules are turning visitors away – Quartz<\/strong>
\nUnder South Africa's new visa requirements, anyone traveling with a minor under the age of 18\u2013either to and from South Africa\u2013is required to present an unabridged birth certificate at the port of entry in South Africa, in addition to a normal passport …
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The Statesman: Logjam in Parliament<\/strong>
\nThe External Affairs Ministry, which issues passports, had said that Geelani's \u201capplication could not be processed in its present form.\u201d The denial of passport to Geelani was said to be because he had not spelt out his nationality in the passport form …
\nRead more on The Statesman (press release)<\/a><\/p>\n

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South Africa's new visa rules are turning visitors away – Quartz Under South Africa's new visa requirements, anyone traveling with a minor under the age of 18\u2013either to and from South Africa\u2013is required to present an unabridged birth certificate at the port of entry in South Africa, in addition to a normal passport … Read […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[5261,1886,5263,5110,1418,3240,5262,535,5077],"class_list":["post-2436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-africa39s","tag-away","tag-quartz","tag-rules","tag-south","tag-south-africa","tag-turning","tag-visa","tag-visitors"],"yoast_head":"\nSouth Africa's new visa rules are turning visitors away - Quartz - The Passport Office Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/south-africas-new-visa-rules-are-turning-visitors-away-quartz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Africa's new visa rules are turning visitors away - 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