Do visa-free nationals get two entry stamps and one exit stamp at South African airports?
Looking online, it seems that, when entering south Africa at airports, visa-free nationals get two stamps on entry (the bottom stating the period and conditions of stay, and the top one stating the date of entry), but only one stamp on exit.
Is this currently the case? The image below was from 2011.
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Best I can work out from my own experience, they used to, but not any more.
From an entry in 2009 I have two things - one of them a sticker (which was obtained on arrival, not in advance), which is then stamped :
For an entry a few years later I have the same two-stamps as you've shown - one a "Visitor Permit", and the other an entry stamp.
But for my last few entries I've only received a single stamp on entry, which now contains both the entry date (which used to be on the entry stamp), AND a space for the 'Valid Until' date to be written in (which used on to be on the Visitor Permit) :
Note that in a general sense these type of things can vary depending on nationality, especially where there is an exception between "Visa exempt", and "Visa on Arrival". Normally for a Visa exempt entry you would only ever receive a single stamp (or perhaps a composite stamp, such as a stamp and then a second stamp on it for the date or maximum length of stay). For a Visa-on-arrival it's not uncommon to receive multiple stamps - the first being the "visa", and then second then being the entry stamp.
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