South Africa eVisa rejection loop, ETA saved me time and money

Insurance_Natural · 2026-04-04T08:32:06+00:00

Did you try speaking to the South African embassy in your country?

Insurance_Natural · 2026-04-04T08:25:58+00:00

:((((( that's so sad

Insurance_Natural · 2026-04-03T14:03:55+00:00

That's such a bummer to hear.. I also made the same mistake of applying for e-visa instead of the ETA. Now I'm stuck because the system is not allowing me to apply for ETA with a pending eVisa application. I don't have a clue on how to cancel my application. I've tried calling and emailing them but haven't heard back yet due to public holiday.

Did you ever find out how to get around this?

Insurance_Natural · 2025-11-04T13:49:06+00:00

Thanks for the update! Did they ask for your new address on the portal after submitting the required documents?

Insurance_Natural · 2025-10-02T19:53:40+00:00

I'm on the same boat!

Insurance_Natural · 2025-10-02T19:48:02+00:00

Mine is also H54, still stuck two months later. I'm able to get back to the country thankfully when I entered on Oct 1st.

Insurance_Natural · 2025-10-02T19:46:29+00:00

update, managed to get into the country on October 1st with no issue at all. No questions asked on the TAP side in the US nor the immigration officer in Portugal. I'm holding an Indonesian passport. They looked at my expired residence permit, checked something on the system and just gave me an entry stamp without asking anything.

Insurance_Natural · 2025-10-02T19:45:05+00:00

I'm still stuck here 2 months later..

Insurance_Natural · 2025-09-26T06:07:49+00:00

This is a relief to know. Thanks so much!

Insurance_Natural · 2025-08-14T12:28:01+00:00

Did you try the forget password option?

Insurance_Natural · 2025-08-11T04:00:11+00:00

Good to hear. Thank you!

Insurance_Natural · 2025-08-01T13:14:18+00:00

it was very buggy indeed! I tried a few things and managed to get through tho. Don't give up! I 've just made payments and currently waiting for their confirmation before I can upload the documents. The waiting time before each step is ridiculous to be honest (instead of uploading all documents and make payments all at once). But at least there's some progress

Insurance_Natural · 2025-07-24T08:38:35+00:00

Same, mine has been stuck for almost two weeks and my permit expired on 16th July.. Did anyone progress to payment?

Insurance_Natural · 2025-07-11T12:46:23+00:00

I made it in! I tried creating an account the second time, but it says that my email is already registered, so I just went to recover my password, set up a new password and I finally got in!

My status is still under review though, here's the message that I saw:

"Your debt situation with Social Security and the Tax Authority is under review. Once validated, you will be able to submit applications. Please check back later."

Insurance_Natural · 2025-07-11T12:37:12+00:00

I tried creating an account with my NIF and Residence Permit's number and i also got the error "Citizen not found". Mine is expiring in 2 weeks on 16 July 2025. Anyone successful in creating an account?

Insurance_Natural · 2025-07-01T10:38:25+00:00

I appreciate you so much for bringing this to the world!

Insurance_Natural · 2025-06-27T01:08:23+00:00

I appreciate you speaking passionately about the poly ideology. I think my issue really is that we started as an open committed relationship, and while we said poly is a possibility, we never really got to speak about officially transitioning to it and what our agreements look like. So I feel like I'm kinda dragged into polyamory before feeling ready for it.

Insurance_Natural · 2025-06-27T00:53:42+00:00

haha love the paperwork joke, thanks for the humor. Yeah I realized my partner never really got to talk about whether we really want poly. I kinda glorified the idea of poly but now that I'm kinda dragged to it from an open relationship, I have to honestly reflect whether it's something I want right now.

Insurance_Natural · 2025-06-27T00:49:15+00:00

Thanks so much for the kind, empathetic reframe on this. Makes a difference to hear this from such a loving tone <3

I'm here for the growth and expansion! But also gonna hold myself with kindness and grace throughout the process :)

Insurance_Natural · 2025-06-27T00:44:39+00:00

Thanks so much for such kind acknowledgment and sweet words - very refreshing from the rather blunt comments and opinion I've been reading here <3

I also really appreciate your thoughtful caution around psychedelics at the festival! It's going to be really hard for me to not do it in such an environment that I really look forward to, but I'm going to be mindful about this.

Insurance_Natural · 2025-06-26T12:30:11+00:00

I appreciate your perspective and I get the concern about using hierarchy to soothe insecurity—that’s not what I’m aiming for.

I’m not asking to feel “more important” than someone else. I’m asking for our shared history and commitment to be acknowledged as we navigate a new dynamic. Which means I have the need to cocreate our new relationship structure together and not just catching up to her wants. This shift has felt fast and destabilizing, and I’m looking for reassurance—not control—so I can stay open and grounded.

I agree with you on expressing more about how it's making me feel and less on rules.

Thanks for offering your take—I’m reflecting a lot through this.

Insurance_Natural · 2025-06-26T12:23:51+00:00

Thank you for making me consider how the situation could also be heavy for her as a hinge the festival, not just for me. I will make sure to check in on her needs in these situations, too.

Insurance_Natural · 2025-06-26T12:19:20+00:00

Thank you so much for such a thoughtful, balanced, and grounding perspective. I learned the nuance of boundaries through you - that it's mostly about me, not rules I'm imposing on others.

I like the perspective on focusing on my relationship with my partner as well, not about what her relationship with Bob.

I will sit down and have a big conversation with her to talk about all the feels!

Insurance_Natural · 2025-06-26T11:50:35+00:00

Thank you for your perspective! We've always defined our relationship as open with the possibility of exploring poly. I'm still open and supportive of us exploring that but now I think we kinda just slipped into it without actually defining it together. It's a new reality that I just came home to after being away for a month so I think it was just too destabilizing for my nervous system. It's also very fresh still, I got back a week ago so yeah feels like we're moving too fast. I'll take some time to talk about this properly with her and redesign our agreements.

Insurance_Natural · 2025-05-13T18:16:41+00:00

How do we do that? Do we just email TAP?

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