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Prologue[edit]

In the article it says that Child and normal passports are no different apart from the expiry date, this misleads you to think that there is no other difference; child passports say Child Passport and Passport Enfant on the front.

HI - can you show a source to this? have seen thousands of ZAF pasportds and have never seen a child's passport. I just see ordinary passports with differing expiry dates. Cheers --Spartaz 06:34, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need a visa for Thailand on an SA passport either (as of 2003).

Coat-of-arms[edit]

Are the new passports nowadays issued with the new coat of arms of South Africa? – Kaihsu (talk) 17:25, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

yes lets go —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.128.20.160 (talk) 16:15, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have seen newly-issued passports with the new coat-of-arms. – Kaihsu (talk) 12:09, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect info[edit]

The new world map is incorrect. For instance, Mexico now requires South Africans to obtain visas. Also, Turkey issues visas on arrival.

Hopefully someone can fix this and put up a picture of the new South African passport. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.97.236.151 (talk) 00:08, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll fix the map. Passportguy (talk) 00:13, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just removed Tunisia from the list, the UK embassy now claims South African passport holders need to apply for a full visa before arriving, they no longer grand visas on arrival. Map will be out of date now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.105.9.242 (talk) 11:14, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. What is the status of Europe? Please verify. Thanks MrDJWade

Biometric[edit]

South Africa started issuing Biometric Passports recently. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.134.72.201 (talk) 06:22, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SAFRICA assessment[edit]

Assessed as C-Class. Some good content but needs a lot of work done to the style. Ron2K (talk) 20:07, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

French language on passport[edit]

Is there any reason why the French language on this passport? Is it an official or semi-official language in South Africa? Laurent (talk) 08:58, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]