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I am residing in South Africa and holds "accompanying spouse permit". I have already applied for extension of the permit before departure of my travel and planning to come back 2 days before the actual expiration date. I assume my extension would not be done before my departure. Will I be refused to enter at the border due to the fact only few days left in my current permit?

hippietrail
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Da Mee Lee
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    In the countries I'm familiar with, you can do this without being refused entry, but I do not know whether that would hold true in South Africa. – phoog Jan 04 '19 at 18:29

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So you are planning to overstay? Pretty bad idea unless I am misunderstanding your question.

However South Africa does not require a valid return ticket so you may be allowed in the country depending on the circomstances at the time but again if you are planning to overstay that is a terrible idea.

EDIT

Please read the comments seems things can be handled in ways I had no idea about I love learning

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  • In every country I'm familiar with, someone who has filed an application to extend a residence permit or visa before its expiration can remain after its expiration. Nobody is overstaying here. – phoog Mar 17 '20 at 02:33
  • @phoog really? I know in China they give you a special paper once you have applied, but I never saw that in other countries and never received one – Matt Douhan Mar 17 '20 at 02:52
  • In France that paper is called a récépissé. In the US, the overstay is effectively forgiven retroactively when the application succeeds. Most countries' bureaucracies are not capable of processing applications fast enough. – phoog Mar 17 '20 at 03:08
  • @phoog cool learn something new every day I love it – Matt Douhan Mar 17 '20 at 03:22
  • OP can also plan on 'staying' just two days, I have seen enough questions about that for other countries – Willeke Mar 17 '20 at 09:14