2.2 Payments of a personal nature - South African Reserve Bank

Norms applied and factors consideredIn applying the norm that the allowances should be used for the purpose statedand should be reasonable, the Exchange Control will, inter alia, take the followingfactors into account:The duration of the visit abroad;the age of the applicant (elderly people may need more comforts) andphysical ability or disability;the purpose of the visit, which may influence the costs, e.g. foraccommodation;the countries to be visited;the composition of the estimated expenditure;the extent to which current allowances have already been availed of;andany other special circumstances pertaining to the request.Advance payments for land arrangementsTours, hotel accommodation, vehicle rental and ticketsAuthorised Dealers and ADLAs may effect advance payments in respect of tours,hotel accommodation and vehicle rental at the request of resident travel agentsand/or tour operators. In this regard, a facsimile copy of an overseas invoice ore-mail message, plus a covering invoice from the local travel agent may beaccepted. The invoice issued by the local travel agent must contain the nameand residential address of the resident traveller, as well as the foreign and/orRand amount.Persons eligible for a travel allowance who are not utilising the services of atravel agent or a tour operator, may, prior to the purchase of a passenger ticket,be provided with exchange to make advance payments or payments in full inrespect of:Tours, hotel accommodation and vehicle rental; andcosts of admission to drama, music, religious and similar festivals andsports events.provided that documentary evidence from the foreign beneficiary is submitted insupport of the request.The advance payments mentioned above must be deducted from the permissibletravel allowance.The eligible parties referred to above, who are representing a club, school,provincial or national team, etc., may, however, prior to the purchase of apassenger ticket, be allowed to make advance payments or payments in full inrespect of tours, hotel accommodation, vehicle rental and to cover the cost ofadmission to drama, music, religious and similar festivals and sports events,provided that documentary evidence from the foreign beneficiary is submitted insupport of the request.These payments may be made over and above the travel allowance granted to aresident traveller.(August '08) H4