{"id":171892,"date":"2015-12-05T13:15:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T13:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=171892"},"modified":"2015-12-05T13:16:12","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T13:16:12","slug":"sa-high-commission-rejects-manual-passports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/12\/sa-high-commission-rejects-manual-passports\/","title":{"rendered":"SA High Commission rejects manual passports"},"content":{"rendered":"
Visa applicants to South Africa must have a biometric passport before their application can be considered, the South Africa High Commission in Ghana has indicated.<\/p>\n
This was contained in a statement issued by the Commission after Citi News<\/strong> reported on Thursday that some travelers to South Africa had been turned away because they were using manual passports.<\/p>\n \u201cThe South Africa High Commission wish to inform all visa applicants that effective 24 November 2015, applicants using machine readable passports and handwritten passport MUST acquire Biometric Passports before a visa will be granted,\u201dthe statement posted on its website indicated.<\/p>\n The Commission therefore advised applicants to acquire the biometric passports before submitting their applications.<\/p>\n The decision nullifies government’s\u00a0position that non-Biometric passports are as valid as biometric passports.<\/p>\n Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry is yet to respond to the development.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Visa applicants to South Africa must have a biometric passport before their application can be considered, the South Africa High Commission in Ghana has indicated. This was contained in a statement issued by the Commission after Citi News reported on Thursday that some travelers to South Africa had been turned away because they were using […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":171894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[43,38],"yoast_head":"\n