Blank passport pages
 

We are leaving in 2 weeks for Africa, traveling to Kenya, Tanzania, JNB (overnight), Zimbabwe, Botswana, back to VFA and then on to CPT. I have had conflicting stories about how many blank visa pages are needed for each country. If it is 2 pages per entry, then I'm in trouble as I only have 10 blank visa pages left and there will be 7 separate entries. I've read that Kenya and SA only require 1 page but I haven't found anything about Tanzania, Zimbabwe or Botswana Does anyone have any experience with this? I'm on a Canadian passport BTW. We don't need visas for SA or Botswana. Thanks for any answers. I'm running out of time to get a new passport!

South Africa officially requires "one blank visa page", but the interpretation of this is sometimes that "one blank page" constitutes two blank pages facing each other. Like most interpretations of immigration policy in South Africa, it varies by the luck of the draw, the phase of the moon and the breakfast menu in the staff cafeteria.

Note that this requirement holds true at the time of entry or transit through South Africa, and not at the time of departure from point of origin. I have known passengers who had the blank pages when they checked in, but then picked up an exit departure stamp on the blank page as they left the country and were then denied entry to South Africa. Also, the requirement holds true even if one is just transiting through South Africa and not entering - there is an immigration checkpoint for transit passengers that checks to ensure that there is a blank page (although if you don't have one, they tend to berate you and let you proceed with your transit rather than deport you).

It's too bad Canada doesn't allow you to add extra pages :(

I've known someone to be deined entry and deported from South Africa for not having two consecutive blank pages.

It's ridiculous.