Originally Posted by
GUWonder
It's not like the airlines (with service to/from South Africa) and the immigration authorities in South Africa can quickly and reliably recognize which birth certificates are legitimate and which are fraudulent from all over the world.
I don't even want to think about the chaos that will result if airlines start screening birth certificates at check-in or boarding for all flights to SA. I have three birth certificates issued by three countries in three different languages, none of which are commonly understood. Fortunately (well, in most respects fortunately) I'm over 18.
Johan