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| VISAS – SHORT STAY (NOT EXCEEDING 3 MONTHS) |
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Every country has the sovereign right to decide who may or may not enter its territory. Possession of a visa does not guarantee the holder automatic admission into the Republic of South Africa. A visa to comply with the (entry) requirements of the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No. 13 of 2002), as amended.
Persons applying for a Visa/ Transit visa and Temporary Residence Visa must submit their complete applications in person during the consular hours.
A Visa only authorises the holder to proceed to the Republic to report to an immigration officer at a port of entry for the purpose of being examined as to his/her ability.
The purpose of a visa on the one hand is to ensure proper screening of applicants so that prohibited persons and undesirable persons are not admitted to the Republic of South Africa and on the other hand to facilitate the entry of approved applicants at South African ports of entry. Visas provide immigration officers with the necessary information to ensure that applicants are admitted for the correct purpose and period into the Republic of South Africa.
Visas cannot be applied for at South African port of entry.
Ivorian ordinary passport holders. are subject to visa control and must therefore apply for and be issued with port of entry or transit visas at a South African mission abroad, before proceeding to the Republic of South Africa; such visas must be affixed in the applicants' passports before departing to the Republic of South Africa.
Port of entry and transit visas are not issued on arrival at South African ports of entry to foreigners who are subject to South African visa control – such foreigners arriving without visas shall be refused entry into the Republic of South Africa and placed on return flights.
Ivorian official and diplomatic passport holders do not require visas for a stay not exceeding thirty (30) days.
For information about passport holders who are exempt from visas for South Africa, please visit: www.dha.gov.za.
Travelers who transit South Africa to any one of South Africa's neighboring countries, MUST apply for a transit visa. The neighboring countries are Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. |
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