{"id":101717,"date":"2024-12-10T23:42:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/temporary-travel-documents-now-valid-for-one-month"},"modified":"2024-12-11T01:57:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T23:57:20","slug":"temporary-travel-documents-now-valid-for-one-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/temporary-travel-documents-now-valid-for-one-month","title":{"rendered":"Temporary Travel Documents Now Valid For One Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The Zimbabwean Consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, has announced changes to the validity of Temporary Travel Documents (TTDs).<\/p>\n<p>In a recent notice, the Consulate said that TTDs will now be issued with a validity period of only one month. Reads the notice:<\/p>\n<p>The Consulate wishes to inform Zimbabwean nationals of the following measures that the Registrar General\u2019s office has effected on the validity and entry privileges of Temporary Travel Documents (TTDs):<\/p>\n<p>1. Validity Period: Temporary Travel Documents will now be issued with a validity period of one (1) month only.<\/p>\n<p>2. Entry Restrictions: Temporary Travel Document will now be allowed single entry to the specific country where the applicant intends to, including the countries in the transit route, unless the Registrar General instructs otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>The Registrar General\u2019s Office has informed that these changes were necessitated by a worrisome trend, with individuals increasingly opting to renew their Temporary Travel Documents rather than applying for Passports.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, this policy shift aims to encourage citizens to apply for passports that have more secure biometric features and do not have entry restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>May all Zimbabwean citizens be guided accordingly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean Consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, has announced changes to the validity of Temporary Travel Documents (TTDs). In a recent notice, the Consulate said that TTDs will now be issued with a validity period of only one month. Reads the notice: The Consulate wishes to inform Zimbabwean nationals of the following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":101716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[17402,17403,17404,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-101717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-temporary-travel-documents","10":"tag-ttd","11":"tag-ttds","12":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Temporary Travel Documents Now Valid For One Month - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Zimbabwean Consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, has announced changes to the validity of Temporary Travel Docume ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/temporary-travel-documents-now-valid-for-one-month\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Temporary Travel Documents Now Valid For One Month\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Zimbabwean Consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, has announced changes to the validity of Temporary Travel Docume ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/temporary-travel-documents-now-valid-for-one-month\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-10T21:42:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-10T23:57:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/12\/sm_1733862426.884115.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"402\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/temporary-travel-documents-now-valid-for-one-month\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/temporary-travel-documents-now-valid-for-one-month\",\"name\":\"Temporary Travel Documents Now Valid For One Month - 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