Botswana UBC requirement ‘not new’

THE requirement for minors
travelling into and out of Botswana
to produce an unabridged birth
certificate is not new, director
of Immigration and Citizenship,
Mabuse Pule told TNW.
“It’s not a new thing, we’ve been
practising this for many years now.
We are just making it more public
and re-educating members of the
public,” said Mabuse.
Mabuse’s comments come
after the government released
a statement last month that
the requirement would be
implemented from October 1
(see TNW November 2).
He said that previously minors
travelling to Botswana who were
unable to produce an unabridged
birth certificate were denied entry
into Botswana. He described the
unabridged birth certificate as a
document detailing the certificate
number, name of the child, sex,
date of birth, names of both
parents, and country of birth for
both the parents and the child.