Passport problems?

Published Jul 22, 2009

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If you need a South African passport, apply early. My husband's passport expired in May, mine expires in December. We took both passports to Home Affairs and applied and paid for new ones. We were told they would be ready at the beginning of June.

We are in mid-July and neither of us has received notification that our passports have arrived. To phone Home Affairs is a nightmare.

Without passports, it is not possible to acquire visas. In other countries, (such as the UK and US) it takes about a week to get a passport. When is Home Affairs going to become properly functional?

...visa problems

We have had so many queries from readers about applications for UK and US visas that we will soon run an article on what passport holders have to do to acquire visas for these countries.

Considering times are tough and long-haul airlines, in particular, are battling, Travel hopes British authorities are re-considering their attitude.

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