Travelling with children to South Africa

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    Cedric_Statherby
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    Anyone thinking of travelling with children to South Africa, or allowing their children to go there with someone else, should read this statement which the SA authorities have just re-issued:

    http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d8e406c96ec4acce28a2a8045&id=4faa7098c3&e=8e554ee75c

    These are extraordinary requirements – basically it says that a passport is no longer sufficient for a traveller under 18, and they must carry an original birth certificate, plus written permission from both parents to travel (and how one copes if the parents are separated is not clear).

    The paperwork is staggering, and if you happen to be from a non English-speaking culture it would also be very expensive to get all the certified translations.

    I can only imagine the reaction of most families thinking of eg a safari visit to SA. Or a school planning a Rugby tour (in which one assumes the “children” – all the way up to 17 year olds – will not be accompanied by either parent).

    I wonder what the SA Tourist Board think of this. How to persuade people to go somewhere else …


    BigDog.
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    Cedric_Statherby
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    BigDog

    Thank you. I didn’t think I would be the first to spot this but a fairly comprehensive search of the Forum topics did not show it up.

    BT – Is there any way the search facility can be improved? I really did try to find existing threads on this subject, using all possible and sensible keywords, and nothing came up.


    SimonS1
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    Strange. I typed South Africa into the ‘search the forum’ box and both threads came up.


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