Are you a South African travelling to New Zealand? You now need a visa
SOUTH Africans hoping to visit New Zealand will soon have to find an extra R1‚650 — and the time to do paperwork — as the silver fern nation has run out of patience with South African travellers using fake IDs."All South African visitors to New Zealand will require visitor visas from November 21 this year. These changes are being made as a result of an increase in the number of South African nationals who have been refused entry at the New Zealand border in comparison to other visa waiver countries‚" the New Zealand government announced on Monday."Additionally‚ there have been incidents of passengers who have been found holding counterfeit or fraudulently obtained South African passports."As a result of the change‚ all visitors from SA will need to obtain a visa before travelling to New Zealand. This follows tighter rules being imposed by the UK for the same reason‚ in 2009.New Zealand authorities said even South Africans who had purchased a ticket prior to this announcement‚ should...
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