Dual citizenship and passports

[Jola]

You have a South African Passport and surely that means, that whatever you had in your foreign passport is not needed?
Going and asking for both passports to be stamped when you leave is only going to cause headaches I would have thought.

For me, the only time I show my UK passport here in South Africa is to the airline if I am flying to a country where I intend to enter that country with my UK passport.

That ^

Don't show both, just leave on your SA passport.

And in future use your SA passport in/out of South Africa

 

[HavocXphere]

Can't hire a car with a foreign passport? What?

Not if you're an SA citizen no. It against regulations/laws/whatever.

They should pick up that you don't have permanent residence stamp in your foreign passport and not allow you in without an exit itinerary if you try coming back on the foreign passport. Leaving on it is a bit easier (though not legal).

Another thread... maybe not all applicable since he is first SA then other citizen.
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...of-SA-on-a-foreign-passport-as-a-dual-citizen

The controls are currently very patchy (realistically its not a massive threat). Problem is if too many dual nationality people take chances then things will get more intense & none of us want that.

Thats why the message should be the same across the board: Use SA passport within SA borders and when entering/exiting. No exceptions. Everyone stick to that very simple fkin rule & it'll be OK. Dual citizenship is a privilege...lets not fk this up.

 

[Willie Trombone]

Agree. IMO the real threat is your local SAA agent not knowing the rules when loading the manifest. International airports aren't an issue but domestic is another story... as per my earlier link.
SA has its fair share of issues, a colleague from zambia was refused entry - no visa required but they had 2 blank pages and home affairs demanded 3 - on a 4 day stopover - in and out - 2x stamps required.
They were sent back on the next flight. Never underestimate the arrogance of an official in uniform - anywhere in the world. These jobs attract that type like teaching jobs attract pedos. And I'm not saying teachers are pedos before you read something else into that.

 

[NGinCreator]

You have a South African Passport and surely that means, that whatever you had in your foreign passport is not needed?
Going and asking for both passports to be stamped when you leave is only going to cause headaches I would have thought.

For me, the only time I show my UK passport here in South Africa is to the airline if I am flying to a country where I intend to enter that country with my UK passport.

I don't have the SA passport yet, but I will have to get it. Yeah, it will cause headaches, but I don't want to land in another country with my foreign one and have them ask why I don't have an exit stamp.

I realise I might be saying something stupid in this post about them asking, and I also wonder why everyone here mentions SAA. I would never fly with them.

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

You have a South African Passport and surely that means, that whatever you had in your foreign passport is not needed?
Going and asking for both passports to be stamped when you leave is only going to cause headaches I would have thought.

For me, the only time I show my UK passport here in South Africa is to the airline if I am flying to a country where I intend to enter that country with my UK passport.

That ^

Don't show both, just leave on your SA passport.

And in future use your SA passport in/out of South Africa

People I have done this, I have spoken to Home Affairs and to the officials at the airport, I have got the jacket.

If your foreign passport is not registered as leaving SA it WILL be flagged as an overstay, you are therefore in SA illegally and that passport will be barred from entering SA again. Your visa doesn't magically evaporate when you get an SA passport.

NGinCreator

Call the Home Affairs number 0800 60 11 90, they will tell you to go to a DHA office
At the DHA Office you will be told to go to immigration, at immigration you will be told to take both your passports to the border post.
At the border post show them both passports they will say ok shap and let you out on your foreign passport saying just come back in on SA passport, make a note of the time and officials name just in case.
When coming back in hand over only your SA passport, they don't even blink and let you in.

If the visa you arrived on has already expired(which I'm sure it has, you had to be given some sort of stamp/whatever to get in, they don't just let you waltz through) then just use SA passport and forget about ever entering SA on that foreign passport again.

 

[NGinCreator]

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Thanks. That sounds pretty much along the lines of what I was thinking. I just said they didn't issue a visa since it wasn't really a visa then (just an entry stamp) and since that time the entry laws for foreigners has changed, causing my father to not be able to enter the country until he got a visa.