What about children with dual nationality?

With the rumoured

abolition of the UBC

requirement for foreign

children, agents are asking

what to advise their clients

with children who are dual

passport holders.

While there are not

large numbers of dual

passport holders in South

Africa, this is an important

segment of the market

who are often frequent

travellers. Whether or

not these minors would

be exempt from the UBC

requirement would be

clarified by Home Affairs

once the announcement

was made, said TBCSA’s

Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa.

Canvassed agents

speculated that because

most dual passport holders

exit and enter South Africa

on their South African

passports, the UBC ruling

would still apply to them.

“It is a schlep but I

would recommend that

dual passport passengers

go ahead and obtain their

children’s UBCs anyway

– better to be safe rather

than sorry,” says TC’s

Astrid Harrison.