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Botswana Immigration - Incompetence and breach of international travel conventions
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点评：Dual citizens of the US and a non-EU country. On July 20, we exited Botswana and entered Zambia at Kazungula Border, in order to see the Victoria Falls. We always carry both passports with us, and always enter a country with the passport which provides us more freedom in any given country, and which requires less administrative complications. This is our basic right by international laws and the international laws that define the freedom of movement and travel. Thus, on July 20, we exited Botswana at Kazungula Border with our US passport, and entered Zambia visa-free with our other passport, and we encountered no problems at all at the Zambian side.
However, two days later, when we tried to re-enter Botswana at the same border, as we were traveling back to Namibia to return our car, we exited Zambia within seconds on our non-EU passports, and then crossed over to the Botswana side and presented our US passports - which allow us visa-free entry into Botswana. However, one Botswana immigration officer, rude and arrogant, requested that we show her the Zambian stamp - which we did show her in our other passports. She, however, insisted that she "must stamp the same passport" which was stamped in Zambia! (our non-EU passport requires a visa for Botswana and for this reason we used our US passport). I tried to explain to the immigration officer that we have the right by international law to enter a country with the passport that makes entry easier for us, but she continued to be dismissive of our arguments and kept reiterating that she must "stamp the same passport" that was stamped in Zambia.
This is unheard of and in direct conflict with international laws defining free travel, but she refused to let us in and took our non-EU passports, when another problem occurred: she and her colleague then spent half an hour searching through computers, papers, folders, the internet, and different offices - trying to understand what or where our country is! They entered offices and looked very confused and embarrassed, not being able to understand what to do with our passports - and then the same immigration officer, who was determined to create problems to us - decided we needed a transit visa - for which she then charged us almost $ 50 dollars US , and then entered a "visa" in pencil on an improvised stamp.
We filed official complaints to the Botswana Immigration Ministry, but have never heard from them - frankly, do not even expect to, and basically we have no power to alert travelers of the grave breach of international travel conventions committed by Botswana immigration that day.
However, two days later, when we tried to re-enter Botswana at the same border, as we were traveling back to Namibia to return our car, we exited Zambia within seconds on our non-EU passports, and then crossed over to the Botswana side and presented our US passports - which allow us visa-free entry into Botswana. However, one Botswana immigration officer, rude and arrogant, requested that we show her the Zambian stamp - which we did show her in our other passports. She, however, insisted that she "must stamp the same passport" which was stamped in Zambia! (our non-EU passport requires a visa for Botswana and for this reason we used our US passport). I tried to explain to the immigration officer that we have the right by international law to enter a country with the passport that makes entry easier for us, but she continued to be dismissive of our arguments and kept reiterating that she must "stamp the same passport" that was stamped in Zambia.
This is unheard of and in direct conflict with international laws defining free travel, but she refused to let us in and took our non-EU passports, when another problem occurred: she and her colleague then spent half an hour searching through computers, papers, folders, the internet, and different offices - trying to understand what or where our country is! They entered offices and looked very confused and embarrassed, not being able to understand what to do with our passports - and then the same immigration officer, who was determined to create problems to us - decided we needed a transit visa - for which she then charged us almost $ 50 dollars US , and then entered a "visa" in pencil on an improvised stamp.
We filed official complaints to the Botswana Immigration Ministry, but have never heard from them - frankly, do not even expect to, and basically we have no power to alert travelers of the grave breach of international travel conventions committed by Botswana immigration that day.
翻译：美国和非欧盟国家的双重公民。 7月20日，离开博茨瓦纳，在卡宗古拉边境进入赞比亚，观赏维多利亚瀑布。我们总是随身携带两本护照，并且总是带着护照进入一个国家，这给我们在任何特定国家提供更多的自由，并且需要更少的行政复杂性。这是国际法和定义行动和旅行自由的国际法赋予我们的基本权利。于是，7月20日，我们持美国护照在卡宗古拉边境出博，持另一本护照免签入境赞比亚，在赞方没有遇到任何问题。
然而，两天后，当我们试图从同一边界重新进入博茨瓦纳时，当我们返回纳米比亚还车时，我们持非欧盟护照在几秒钟内离开了赞比亚，然后越过博茨瓦纳并出示了我们的美国护照——这使我们可以免签证进入博茨瓦纳。然而，一位粗鲁和傲慢的博茨瓦纳移民官员要求我们向她展示赞比亚邮票——我们确实在其他护照上向她展示过。然而，她坚持说她“必须在同一本护照上盖章”，而这本护照是在赞比亚盖章的！ （我们的非欧盟护照需要博茨瓦纳签证，因此我们使用了美国护照）。我试图向移民官员解释，根据国际法，我们有权使用使我们更容易入境的护照进入一个国家，但她继续对我们的论点不屑一顾，并不断重申她必须“在同一本护照上盖章” "这是在赞比亚加盖的。
这是闻所未闻的，并且与定义自由旅行的国际法直接冲突，但是当另一个问题发生时，她拒绝让我们进入并拿走了我们的非欧盟护照：她和她的同事随后花了半个小时搜索电脑、文件、文件夹、互联网和不同的办公室——试图了解我们的国家是什么或在哪里！他们走进办公室，看起来非常困惑和尴尬，无法理解如何处理我们的护照 - 然后同一位移民官，他决心给我们制造麻烦 - 决定我们需要过境签证 - 然后她收取了费用我们将近 50 美元，然后用铅笔在临时邮票上输入“签证”。
我们向博茨瓦纳移民部提出了正式投诉，但从未收到他们的来信 - 坦率地说，甚至没有期望，而且基本上我们没有权力提醒旅行者当天博茨瓦纳移民严重违反国际旅行公约。
然而，两天后，当我们试图从同一边界重新进入博茨瓦纳时，当我们返回纳米比亚还车时，我们持非欧盟护照在几秒钟内离开了赞比亚，然后越过博茨瓦纳并出示了我们的美国护照——这使我们可以免签证进入博茨瓦纳。然而，一位粗鲁和傲慢的博茨瓦纳移民官员要求我们向她展示赞比亚邮票——我们确实在其他护照上向她展示过。然而，她坚持说她“必须在同一本护照上盖章”，而这本护照是在赞比亚盖章的！ （我们的非欧盟护照需要博茨瓦纳签证，因此我们使用了美国护照）。我试图向移民官员解释，根据国际法，我们有权使用使我们更容易入境的护照进入一个国家，但她继续对我们的论点不屑一顾，并不断重申她必须“在同一本护照上盖章” "这是在赞比亚加盖的。
这是闻所未闻的，并且与定义自由旅行的国际法直接冲突，但是当另一个问题发生时，她拒绝让我们进入并拿走了我们的非欧盟护照：她和她的同事随后花了半个小时搜索电脑、文件、文件夹、互联网和不同的办公室——试图了解我们的国家是什么或在哪里！他们走进办公室，看起来非常困惑和尴尬，无法理解如何处理我们的护照 - 然后同一位移民官，他决心给我们制造麻烦 - 决定我们需要过境签证 - 然后她收取了费用我们将近 50 美元，然后用铅笔在临时邮票上输入“签证”。
我们向博茨瓦纳移民部提出了正式投诉，但从未收到他们的来信 - 坦率地说，甚至没有期望，而且基本上我们没有权力提醒旅行者当天博茨瓦纳移民严重违反国际旅行公约。
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