Amaphasipoti ase-US ayasebenza iminyaka eyishumi kusukela ngosuku abakhishwa ngalo. Kubonakala kunengqondo ukucabanga ukuthi kufanele uvuselele ipasipoti yakho izinyanga ezimbili noma ezintathu ngaphambi kokuthi ziphelelwe yisikhathi. Eqinisweni, kungase kudingeke uqale inqubo yokuvuselela ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalombili ngaphambi kosuku lokuphela kwephasiwedi yakho, kuye ngokuthi uya khona.
Izinsuku zokuphelelwa yisikhathi zePasipoti Zibalulekile Uma Uhamba
Uma ucabangela ukuvakasha kwezokuvakasha phesheya, kufanele uqaphele ukuthi amazwe amaningi ngeke akuvumele ukuba uwele imingcele yawo noma ugibele indiza yakho ukuze uhambe lapho ngaphandle uma iphasiwedi yakho isebenza okungenani izinyanga eziyisithupha ngaphesheya kokuqala kwakho kokungena.
Noma kunjalo, kufaka phakathi amazwe angama-26 aseYurophu abamba iqhaza emvumelwaneni ye - Schengen , zidinga ukuthi ipasipoti yakho ivumeleke okungenani izinyanga ezintathu kudlulile usuku lwakho lokungena, okusho ukuthi kufanele wengeze ukuthi izidingo zenyanga ezintathu kuya esikhathini ohlela ukuhamba ngazo phesheya. Amazwe ambalwa anesidingo sokuqinisekisa inyanga eyodwa, kanti abanye abanakho isidingo sokuqinisekisa nhlobo.
Kuthatha isikhathi eside kangakanani ukuthola iPasipoti entsha?
Ngokusho koMnyango WezeMelika, kuthatha amasonto amane kuya ayisithupha ukucubungula isicelo sepasipoti entsha noma ukuvuselelwa kwepasipoti, noma isigamu ngaleso sikhathi uma ukhokha ukusetshenziselwa ukukhokhelwa isikhathi eside ($ 60.00) nokudilizwa kwamabili ($ 20.66) wesicelo sakho nesisha ipasipoti. Izikhathi zokucubungula ziyahlukahluka ngesikhathi sonyaka. Ngokuvamile, kuthatha isikhathi eside ukuthola ipasipoti entwasahlobo nasehlobo. Ungathola izilinganiso zesikhathi sokucubungula isikhathi sepasipoti kwiwebhusayithi yoMnyango kaHulumeni.
Ukunquma ukuthi uzofaka nini ipasipoti entsha noma uvuselele ipasipoti yakho ekhona, uzodinga ukunquma izidingo zokungena emazweni ohlela ukuwavakashela, bese ufaka okungenani amasonto ayisithupha ezidingo zokufaneleka kwepasipoti lapho uya khona.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kuzodingeka uvumele isikhathi esengeziwe ngaphambi kosuku lwakho lokuhamba ukuze uthole noma iyiphi i- visa yokuhamba edingekayo. Ukufaka isicelo se-visa yokuhamba, kuzodingeka uthumele iphasiwedi yakho ngesicelo sakho se-visa bese ulinda i-visa yakho ukuba isetshenzwe.
Indlela Yokunquma Izidingo Zokungena Ngezwe Ngezwe
Uma uhlela ukuhamba phesheya, hlola ukubona ukuthi izwe lakho eliya khona liba nezidingo ezithile zepasipoti ukuqinisekisa ngokuhlola uhlu olungezansi.
Ungabheka futhi kuwebhusayithi yakho yoMnyango noma weHhovisi le-Foreign Office ukuze uthole izidingo zokungena esikhathini esizayo ezweni ozolivakashela.
Amazwe afuna i-Passport yase-US eVumelekile kwiSonto elingaphansi kwamasonto ayisithupha emva kokungeniswa:
- I-Albania
- I-Angola
- I-Bahrain
- Belize
- I-Bolivia
- I-Botswana
- Brazil
- I-Brunei
- I-Burundi
- I-China
- I-Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Ecuador (kuhlanganise neziGalápagos Islands)
- IFrench Polynesia
- Guyana
- I-Honduras
- Indonesia
- I-Iran
- Iraq
- Israyeli *
- Kenya
- I-Kiribati
- I-Laos
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- I-Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- I-Mozambique
- IMyanmar
- ENamibia
- I-Caledonia entsha
- I-Nicaragua (okwamanje isusiwe isivumelwano sezwe) **
- Oman
- Palau
- I-Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Inhlangano yase Russia
- I-Saudi Arabia
- ESingapore
- South Sudan
- Taiwan
- I-Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- I-Timor-Leste (i-East Timor)
- igalikuni
- I-Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- I-Venezuela
- IVietnam
- Zambia
Amazwe adinga i-US Passport eVumelekile ngezinga elingaphansi kwezinyanga ezintathu emva kokungeniswa: ***
- E-Austria
- Belgium
- I-Czech Republic
- I-Denmark (kufaka phakathi i-Faroe Islands neGreenland)
- Estonia
- Fiji
- Finland
- EFrance
- I-French Guiana
- EJalimane
- Greece
- Hungary
- I-Iceland
- Italy
- I-Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- I-Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- ENorway
- I-Poland
- EPortugal
- I-San Marino
- ISlovakia
- I-Slovenia
- ESpain
- Sweden
- ESwitzerland
- I-Vatican City (i-Holy See)
Amazwe adinga i-US Passport eVumelekile eNyangeni eyodwa edlule emva kokungeniswa:
- I-Cambodia
- I-Costa Rica
- Isizinda Esikhethekile Sokuphatha saseHong Kong
- Isizinda Esikhethekile Sokuphatha eMacau
- Iningizimu Afrika
Amanothi:
* Yizindiza, hhayi uhulumeni ka-Israyeli, okuphoqeleka ukuthi umthetho uqiniseke ukuthi inyanga eyisithupha iyasebenza, kusho uMnyango WezeMelika. Abahambi kufanele baqaphele ukuthi ngeke bavunyelwe ukugibela indiza yabo ku-Israyeli uma ama-passports abo azophelelwa yisikhathi ngaphansi kwezinyanga eziyisithupha kusukela ngosuku lwabo lokungena ngalo ku-Israyeli.
** Abavakashi baseNicaragua kufanele baqiniseke ukuthi ipasipoti yabo izosebenza kuze kube yilapho ubude babo buhleli khona kanye nezinsuku ezimbalwa zokulibaziseka okuhlobene nokuphuthumayo.
*** Abavakashele endaweni yaseSchengen eYurophu kumele baqiniseke ukuthi amaphasipoti abo ayasebenza okungenani izinyanga eziyisithupha ngaphandle kokungena kwabo, kusho uMnyango wezeMelika waseMelika, ngoba amanye amazwe aseSchengen acabanga ukuthi zonke izivakashi zizohlala endaweni yeSchengen izinyanga ezintathu futhi uzophika ukungena kwabahambi abangenawo ama-passports akuvumelekile izinyanga eziyisithupha ngaphasi kokungena kwabo.
Lokhu kungase kusebenze kuwe noma ngabe uhamba nje ngezwe le-Schengen.
Umthombo: UMnyango Wezwe wase-US, i-Bureau of Affairs Consular. Ulwazi lwezwe elicacile. Ifinyelele ngomhla kaDisemba 21, 2016.