Pretoria was making it ‘simpler to journey to South Africa for tourism, enterprise and work’, with a overview and upgrading of the nation’s visa software processes and classes, President Cyril Ramaphosa stated in his State of the Nation Tackle (Sona) in February.
In step with this, the Division of Residence Affairs is rolling out a Biometric Motion Management System (BMCS) at border posts that may permit for the seize of fingerprint and facial biometric information of all travellers who enter South Africa.
This technique can be constructed into the prevailing stay seize platform to be rolled out to 34 ports throughout the nation, which embrace OR Tambo and Cape City worldwide airports.
The division has been piloting e-gates at Cape City Worldwide Airport with the purpose of enhancing passenger processing instances.
It intends to develop these e-gates to different worldwide airports alongside the introduction of a brand new passenger identify report system, forming the “trusted traveller programme”.
In his Sona, Ramaphosa stated a ‘complete overview of the work visa system is at present below method’, which is exploring the potential for ‘new visa classes … akin to a start-up visa and a distant working visa’.
Extra particulars relating to this streamlining and modernising of the entry course of into South Africa are but to be launched, however the varied initiatives are included in Residence Affair’s strategic plan for 2025.
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