Special visas for 2009, 2010 fans

South Africa in the Department of Home Affairs is to issue special "event visas for football fans coming to Fifa 2009 Confederations Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, allowing fans to use on the counters at major airports around the world for pre-clearance, before They will arrive in the country.

South African immigration officials - who can speak several languages - will be located in several of the world's busiest airports, including Britain, India, Dubai and Hong Kong, where fans will be able to go free until the selection and screening.

Speaking in Johannesburg this week, Interior Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said it was the first time that such a visa is the country hosting major world events.

Immigration officials will also be equipped with high-tech devices to scan passports or travel documents. In electronically capture information from documents, officials will save time, not having to enter information.

With such improvements, the Department hopes to do better than the best international practice times interaction travelers and immigration official, which is between one minute and one minute and 30 seconds.
Safety

The Department of Immigration officials said it would work with foreign governments and airline personnel to detect illegal migration patterns during the event, as well as to ensure that "undesirable persons" who may pose a threat to national security, do not enter the country.

Home Affairs in 2010, the program manager Morne Fourier explained that certain minimum requirements must be met in the issuance of special visas: "You need proof of purchase of tickets for the match, you must meet certain requirements, health care - as a yellow fever certificate, if necessary - and the need to have a return ticket and passport. "
Quick entry, exit

Those passengers who have received preliminary approval by South African immigration officials will be able to arrive in South Africa and go straight to the luggage collection and customs.

Mapisa-Nqakula said that this step will enhance the Department's ability to facilitate the entry and exit through the process of the country's borders, resulting in a less frustrating way, leading to a positive impression about the country as a whole.

She added that the visa had been completed and that the 2009 Confederations Cup would be a good test of the new system.

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