{"id":353277,"date":"2020-05-23T16:04:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T14:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=353277"},"modified":"2020-05-23T16:05:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T14:05:56","slug":"south-africans-can-now-return-to-other-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/trending\/353277-south-africans-can-now-return-to-other-countries.html","title":{"rendered":"South Africans can now return to other countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has announced that certain groups of South Africans will be allowed to return to other countries where they are based.<\/p>\n<p>This decision was reached after he consulted with the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC).<\/p>\n<p>He said in a statement that essential travel for South Africans who are returning to countries where they are based is now allowed.<\/p>\n<p>This essential travel applies to specific categories of South Africans who include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People who are returning to a country to study or work.<\/li>\n<li>People who want to reunite with their family abroad.<\/li>\n<li>People who are taking up permanent residency in another country.<\/li>\n<li>People who are receiving medical treatment in another country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Under the new lockdown regulations South Africa has implemented travel restrictions in and out of the country to curb the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Travel is, however, allowed under special circumstances. South Africans wishing to return to the countries where they reside should have the following.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A copy of their valid South African passport.<\/li>\n<li>A letter confirming their admissibility under the current circumstances from the embassy or other diplomatic\/consular representative of the country they want to travel to.<\/li>\n<li>If returning by road or connecting via flights, the proof submitted needs to include permission from each transiting country.<\/li>\n<li>Proof of means of travel such as air or bus tickets and the intended date of departure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>South Africans who fall into these categories and satisfy the criteria can send an e-mail to Covid19travel@dha.gov.za.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn e-mail will be sent to travellers who meet the criteria to enable them to proceed with their travel arrangements,\u201d the Department of Home Affairs said.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/trending\/353273-new-lockdown-rules-for-students-and-universities-level-4-versus-level-3.html\">New lockdown rules for students and universities \u2013 level 4 versus level 3<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africans will be allowed to return to other countries where they are based, but only for very specific reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":150195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40380],"tags":[63397,58470],"class_list":["post-353277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-covid-19","tag-lockdown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}