If the SA embassy made a mistake by not issuing a European tourist 90 days to visit SA how can this error be fixed?
Please assist here: I am South African and my boyfriend is European, he came to visit me the beginning of the month as it was his birthday. Yesterday, we went to Namibia for Easter holidays, to our surprise the officials at the borders notified us that he has overstayed in SA. We didn't check the passport as we always knew that they always give him 90 days to visit me.
But now, there was a mistake, they didn't issue him 90 days. He had to go back to Europe after hearing the news. Some of his clothing and gadgets that he came to visit with are at my place in SA. We tried to call the emergency number for the embassy in Namibia but it couldn't go through since it is a holiday. So he had to go back home to Europe.
What's the quickest way we can resolve this? Because it was not our fault but there was some mistake with the embassy issuing his days.
Also, I wanted to find out that since we have been dating for over a year now, are there any possible applications that can make his visa to be more than 90 days?
Best Answer
If the duration he was given was written on the visa then it was his fault that he overstayed because it was his responsibility to read that information.
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