Officials create confusion around new regulations
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US-based Steve Turner, of Travel with Guns, reported that two separate groups had been asked to produce a copy of the absent parent’s passport. He raised this with the Department of Home Affairs Customer Service Centre, which first said the copy was not required but when confronted with the second case, said that it was required.
“Kindly be advised that a parent who will be travelling with a minor is required to be in possession of a passport copy and the Parent consent affidavit of the parent who is not present,” the centre responded to one of Turner’s queries.
Department of Home Affairs spokesperson, Mayihlome Tshwete, confirmed to Tourism Update that the copy of the passport was not required under the new regulations and downplayed the incidents."
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Probably a lot easier to enter SA with guns than with kids.
Johan