South Africa will issue the first ever Event Visa for an international event in support of the 2010 Fifa World CupTM, Minister of Home Affairs, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, announced on Tuesday in Johannesburg.
The issuing of such a visa is in keeping up with the guarantee that the Department of Home Affairs made to Fifa when the 2010 Fifa World Cup was awarded to South Africa in 1994. The Visa will make South Africa the first country to ever issue such a Visa for an international event.
The Event Visa will be issued free of charge to visitors to South Africa in 2010.
According to the department, the Event Visa has been finalised and will be tested by eligible visitors coming to South Africa for the Fifa Confederations Cup in 2009. The Visa will enable visitors for both events to enter South Africa conveniently at various ports of entries.
Minister Mapisa-Nqakula said the department was aware of the central role it has to play to make a meaningful success of the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa and use the event to revolutionalise the migration regime in the country.
“The Event Visa is one of the department’s exciting new immigration initiatives in support of the 2010 Fifa World Cup. As the department we are also aware of the central role we have to play to make 2010 a success for our country. When visitors come to South Africa, their first contact will be our officials, which is why we have to keep our promises,” she said.
She said the 2010 Fifa World Cup preparations had been intertwined with the department’s overall migration strategy to ensure that all the systems being put in place for the event become a legacy beyond 2010.
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