UK removes South Africa from travel red list

[BusinessTech]

UK removes South Africa from travel red list

The UK has cut 47 destinations from its red list for travel - including South Africa.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

What, they suddenly became immune to Beta?

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

SA the only country name-dropped by the Transport Secretary:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1446149137188200449

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[B-1]

Thanks for the charity.

 

[airborne]

Which means fully vaccinated Brits can travel to and from South Africa without quarantine and likewise for South Africans going to the UK?

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Which means fully vaccinated Brits can travel to and from South Africa without quarantine and likewise for South Africans going to the UK?

Yes, somehow we've convinced the UK government that SA vaccine certificates are not completely useless: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/countri...ccination-programmes-and-proof-of-vaccination

 

[airborne]

Yes, somehow we've convinced the UK government that SA vaccine certificates are not completely useless: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/countri...ccination-programmes-and-proof-of-vaccination

That is quite peculiar

 

[Sinbad]

Yay maybe our pets can actually get a flight now.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Oh so this is what Cyril meant by a New Dawn:

 

[AdrianH]

Sweet, time to visit the folks so they can see their granddaughter. I was supposed to visit late March 2020, well all know what happened

 

[MirageF1]

Finally a ray of common (albeit economic) sense prevails within the UK government.

Hello Boris.

 

[zoozi]

Finally a ray of common (albeit economic) sense prevails within the UK government.

Hello Boris.

YAY no more 40 grand fkn entry bonus for bojo's hotellier mates, even if a citizen. I'm only on part time work at the moment. Man if I could land an even mediocre transport job just to allow me to travel the country on a scouting mission for potential areas to move I'd be stoked and plan further moves from there.

 

[MirageF1]

YAY no more 40 grand fkn entry bonus for bojo's hotellier mates, even if a citizen. I'm only on part time work at the moment. Man if I could land an even mediocre transport job just to allow me to travel the country on a scouting mission for potential areas to move I'd be stoked and plan further moves from there.

Closer to 50k (£2350) actually, but nevermind.
My sentiments exactly.

It's the long awaited green flag for me.

You a Brit citizen?

 

[zoozi]

Closer to 50k (£2350) actually, but nevermind.
My sentiments exactly.

It's the long awaited green flag for me.

You a Brit citizen?

Sheesh...

Likewise, have family that can't move, giving me slight hesitation but it's time to go, more important to move for my future. Problem is I have no relatives or friends there with knowledge of the place, I've been when younger but no recent knowledge of the place and it's different areas, differing cost of living and opportunity, hence I feel a trip of sorts first is needed. Really time to brush up online as well, as I'm inevitably going to land there.
Yes got a passport from a parent.

 

["D"]

... but now the UK will probably be moving us onto some other kind of red list:

The UK may impose a punishing tax on flights to SA – because it is 175km too far away | Businessinsider

Zimbabwe is close enough to escape a likely polluter-pays tax the UK plans for flyers, but a hundred extra miles between London and Pretoria makes all the difference.

www.businessinsider.co.za

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Yay maybe our pets can actually get a flight now.

A friend of mine returned to UK last year September and her dog flew over a month or 2 later. Cost a small fortune.