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I'd like to congratulate the Department of Home Affairs for the implementation of the new Visa rules for minors. This time they made sure they are not bullied by scare mongers.
I traveled with my family to Italy in 2010 and I was required to hand in Unabridged birth certificates for my minor children. We did not need extra letters as both parents traveled with the kids. Surprised as this was not a requirement two years before. I complied.
http://www.visarequest.co.za/visa-italy-55.html
When submitting the documents for Visa Application I was also informed that a Notice of Birth from the hospital would have been sufficient. This also indicate the names and IDs of both parents. This ensured that traffickers find it more difficult to run their operations. I salute his law.
I hear many people complaining about Chinese having to produce Unabridged Birth Certificates when traveling to South Africa. That is a problem. Well, I have to say that the Chinese do not have a problem abiding by the Schengen Laws. They should not have a problem when we implement the same laws.
It has also been reported that TsogoSun indicated that they would have 60-70% less beds occupied. This was revealed during a radio interview. The same CEO did not make this claim when he announced his financial results a few months before. No profit warnings was issued. Can we believe his claims in during the radio interview?
Tourism stats shows us that the Europe and the USA is our major inflows of tourists (Outside of our region). I know for a fact that they do not have a document such as an Abridged Birth certificate. They were surprised when I produced my son's birth certificate in 2008 without parent details. We can take it that they will not be affected by this regulations.
The rest of the countries (which I don't know the status of birth certificates) where there should be a concern is our neighbouring countries. Which percentage of them are tourists (traveling with kids) staying in hotels and spending money in the country? Many I know comes for business shopping only.
With the amount of South Africans complaining daily about our pores borders and the reported number of minors smuggled into South Africa in recent years, I expected ululation at the announcement of this new rules. But instead, we hear just the normal complaints and rumblings.
Do South Africans really know what they want?
I traveled with my family to Italy in 2010 and I was required to hand in Unabridged birth certificates for my minor children. We did not need extra letters as both parents traveled with the kids. Surprised as this was not a requirement two years before. I complied.
http://www.visarequest.co.za/visa-italy-55.html
When submitting the documents for Visa Application I was also informed that a Notice of Birth from the hospital would have been sufficient. This also indicate the names and IDs of both parents. This ensured that traffickers find it more difficult to run their operations. I salute his law.
I hear many people complaining about Chinese having to produce Unabridged Birth Certificates when traveling to South Africa. That is a problem. Well, I have to say that the Chinese do not have a problem abiding by the Schengen Laws. They should not have a problem when we implement the same laws.
It has also been reported that TsogoSun indicated that they would have 60-70% less beds occupied. This was revealed during a radio interview. The same CEO did not make this claim when he announced his financial results a few months before. No profit warnings was issued. Can we believe his claims in during the radio interview?
Tourism stats shows us that the Europe and the USA is our major inflows of tourists (Outside of our region). I know for a fact that they do not have a document such as an Abridged Birth certificate. They were surprised when I produced my son's birth certificate in 2008 without parent details. We can take it that they will not be affected by this regulations.
The rest of the countries (which I don't know the status of birth certificates) where there should be a concern is our neighbouring countries. Which percentage of them are tourists (traveling with kids) staying in hotels and spending money in the country? Many I know comes for business shopping only.
With the amount of South Africans complaining daily about our pores borders and the reported number of minors smuggled into South Africa in recent years, I expected ululation at the announcement of this new rules. But instead, we hear just the normal complaints and rumblings.
Do South Africans really know what they want?
