South Africa says e-visa portal now working
South Africa Tourism says the country’s e-visa procurement portal has begun operations.
SAT CEO Nomasonto Ndlovu announced this Thursday during the country’s roadshow programme in Lagos.
Ms Ndlovu said applicants could submit their documents via the e-visa procurement portal, www.dha.gov.za, to process and acquire their visas.
According to her, the initial cumbersome visa procurement process, which took months, now takes a few days.
“We are very excited that, finally, there is a solution to our visa procurement system. Our problem of inability to process visas faster is now over. The portal is now working,” said the SAT boss. “There is no need to be travelling around to acquire our visa again. This time, applicants are to upload their documents for the application while they wait a few days to get their visas.”
Ms Ndlovu further explained that the visa application backlog due to the lockdown occasioned by COVID-19 would be attended to in earnest.
“We have brought in South African travel operators to link up with the Nigerian tour operators to do business together and grow the industry. This is also good for Nigerian tour operators who want to take tourists to South Africa,” she stated. “They will be knowledgeable enough to sell the destination.”
The SAT chief executive stressed that the “Nigerian market and West African market are very important to us in trying to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.”
(NAN)
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