All travellers with long stay visa pending applications with VFS receipts including short term receipts will be declared undesirable on exit, they had a meeting this morning and ports of entry were informed in terms of Directive December 2023 wherein the blanket waiver enabling long-term visa and waiver applicants to remain in South Africa and exit without being banned, expired on 30 June 2024 .

The consequences of flying on an expired visa is as follows:
Visa expired - 30 days ago - declared undesirable for 1 year and banned from returning to SA
Visa expired - 31 plus days ago - declared undesirable for 5 year and banned from returning to SA