South Africa - entry restrictions and rules [merged thread]
Oct 16, 2020, 3:59 am
#631
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What constitutes business travel to SA?
Hi, I think this was asked earlier but can't recall seeing a response...
How does the SA DHA determine what is allowed as business travel - would getting my house building works progressed with a contractor be justification enough??
Apologies if this has been answered previously but we've seats booked for December and I cant be sure UK status with WHO will change, let alone the FCO view of SA..
Cheers
How does the SA DHA determine what is allowed as business travel - would getting my house building works progressed with a contractor be justification enough??
Apologies if this has been answered previously but we've seats booked for December and I cant be sure UK status with WHO will change, let alone the FCO view of SA..
Cheers
Oct 16, 2020, 4:08 am
#632
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Hi, I think this was asked earlier but can't recall seeing a response...
How does the SA DHA determine what is allowed as business travel - would getting my house building works progressed with a contractor be justification enough??
Apologies if this has been answered previously but we've seats booked for December and I cant be sure UK status with WHO will change, let alone the FCO view of SA..
Cheers
How does the SA DHA determine what is allowed as business travel - would getting my house building works progressed with a contractor be justification enough??
Apologies if this has been answered previously but we've seats booked for December and I cant be sure UK status with WHO will change, let alone the FCO view of SA..
Cheers
Oct 16, 2020, 4:59 am
#633
Join Date: Feb 2020
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Mrs t and I will be flying LHR/CPT in November. She is a SA citizen, I am a PR, so I presume our proof of South African 'Medical Aid' will be enough (if required at all). We have booked our Covid test here in the UK for 2 days before departure (24 hour return service). Using the recent BA Avios sale and flying CW, will be interesting to experience (we usually fly Emirates J). We left SA on a BA repatriation flight early June (normally resident in Canterbury), so first time in the air since then. Return to UK (including quarantine) after Christmas.
Oct 16, 2020, 7:57 am
#636
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We submitted our business travel application 12 days ago on the basis of needing to do work on our rental property, so we're waiting to see what the DHA says.
Oct 16, 2020, 10:44 am
#640
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Ramaphosa said yesterday
Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa to the Joint Sitting of Parliament on South Africa's Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan | The Presidency
It remains to be seen what "shortly" means in this case
To support tourism over this peak tourism season, we will shortly be publishing an expanded list of countries from where resumption of international travel will be permitted, which will be supported by targeted marketing in partnership with the private sector.
It remains to be seen what "shortly" means in this case
Oct 17, 2020, 3:26 am
#641
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Originally Posted by Mr President
Although international tourist travel is likely only to recover in the medium term, our efforts are now focused on implementing an efficient e-visa system and extending visa waivers to new tourism markets.
To support tourism over this peak tourism season, we will shortly be publishing an expanded list of countries from where resumption of international travel will be permitted, which will be supported by targeted marketing in partnership with the private sector.
To support tourism over this peak tourism season, we will shortly be publishing an expanded list of countries from where resumption of international travel will be permitted, which will be supported by targeted marketing in partnership with the private sector.
Oct 17, 2020, 5:50 am
#643
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we are still sitting on our December booking but getting less and less hopeful with our governments shambolic management of a worsening covid situation, will probably bite the bullet and cancel at the 30 day mark when accomodation penalties kick in, AXA did say 7days and we'd be covered but....
Oct 17, 2020, 12:19 pm
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Sorry for you, but sans miracles you ain’t going!
Have you got an insurance work-around for travelling against FCO advice, because AXA won’t cover you ... I got the letter making that clear.
Have you got an insurance work-around for travelling against FCO advice, because AXA won’t cover you ... I got the letter making that clear.
Oct 17, 2020, 12:56 pm
#645
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We are still sitting on our early November departure to JNB.
Assuming this will work unless things change, because as far as I understand:
Assuming this will work unless things change, because as far as I understand:
- we initiate our travel in what (for the moment) is deemed to be low risk country - Germany
- Germany is on the list of countries ex which tourists are allowed to enter and obtain a Visitor Visa
- Transit via LHR is permitted - border officials are supposed to be looking at country of origin rather than country of arriving airline
- we will have PCR test done before leaving The Fatherland and proof thereof within the 72 hr period
- my travel insurance has confirmed that we are covered in the case of eventualities surrounding COVID19