Thank you!

Nigel Bennett sent a message to Derek André Hanekom.

To
Derek André Hanekom
From
Nigel Bennett
Subject
Thank you!
Date
March 27, 2018, 4:10 a.m.
Thank you Minister Hanekom for bringing the issues around visas and children's birth certificates back on to the table. I carry dual nationality for SA/NZ and the birth certificate requirement for children is one of the biggest deterrents to people visiting South Africa. They would rather go somewhere else with their kids than face the hassle of trying to have the required pieces of paper at the airport for their children - as a South African I often field these queries from associates who want to visit SA. Not to mention the new visa requirements as well! Certainly it was tit for tat with New Zealand, but at least NZ has the infrastructure to handle these applications - I have had lots of very very bad reports about the SA high commission trying to fulfill this role here in NZ. Thank you Minister Hanekom - I hope we will soon see the end to these rubbish requirements which seems to be doing nothing except make life difficult for law-abiding travellers.

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