Lifting of UK visa requirements

QUESTION 3363 / NW4025E


DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 25 October 2011
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 35 of 2011


Mr N J J van R Koornhof (Cope) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:






Whether she intends to propose that certain categories of academics, Members of Parliament and businesspeople be exempted from United Kingdom visa requirements; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?


NW4025E


REPLY:






No. The status quo remains as per my response to Parliamentary Question 2162, attached herewith as Annexure A (pasted below) for easy reference.















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QUESTION 1776






DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 28 May 2010


INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 15 of 2010






Mr N J J van R Koornhof (Cope) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:


When will the visa requirements for South Africans visiting the United Kingdom be lifted?


NW2042E


REPLY


No. I have not asked for the Visa requirements to be lifted. There were objective, and subjective reasons that led to the Visa requirements. For this reason, it will serve no useful purpose to request for the lifting of the requirement, at this stage.






http://www.pmg.org.za/node/26575