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Old Sep 25, 2025 | 1:42 am
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Originally Posted by jsnydcsa
As mentioned in the link, this seems to be a gradual rollout process into 2026. And the requirements (at least for now) appear to be for all visa-requiring markets/countries. That's a little unclear to me. I have a US Passport and, as others have noted "nationals of USA do not need a visa for a maximum of 90 days," but what if I - USA Citizen.- have a visa to come to SA for a longer time (say to work, study, live, etc.)?
Initially the paper visa system will stay. I assume in time it'll become an electronic authorisation rather than a sticker.

But to reiterate the point, this is just for nationals who need SA visas, so no USA/Canada/Europe.
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