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VISA/Pages needed for Southern Africa Trip

Posted by (Dutton, Virginia, USA) on

I trying to figure out if I need to get a new Passport for Southern Africa. I've got three years left but my next trip requires so many pages for VISAs and stamps. Here is my flight journey from start to finish and what I think I need:

USA
Johannesburg (2 consecutive pages)
Windsoek, Namibia (3 pages)
Johannesburg (2 consecutive pages)
Victoria Falls (ZIM to ZAM to ZIM) - UniVisa (2 consecutive pages)
Johannesburg (2 consecutive pages)
USA

Has anyone had any experience with crossing these borders recently?

Thank you!!

Posted by
108 posts

I was in Johannesburg last March. I received two stamps when arriving and two stamps when departing.

Both arrival stamps were on a page with two stamps from another country, same with departing stamps. All four stamps would fit on one page of my passport. So it looks like you need one page equivalent for each trip to Johannesbug. I don't know about the other destinations.
I hope this helps.

Edit
Oops. I received the standard entry and departure stamps. On departing, my flight was delayed 24 hours, so I "re-entered and departed" Johannesburg the next day which caused another two stamps. So, you will only have two stamps, one half page in your passport, per trip to Johannesburg!

Posted by
1556 posts

Your current passport should be just fine. I was in S Africa last July and got 6 stamps since I also drove into Eswatini and back to SA and then drove to Lesotho and back to SA and all are small stamps. Also from a prior trip, the stamps for Namibia were also normal size. I think only the visa for Zimbabwe/Zambia will require a full page + another page for the entry exit stamps

Note - there isn’t a visa for SA or Namibia assuming you are traveling on a US passport

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