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Originally Posted by mrwhite
Without this useless piece of paper you're stress free if you want to travel around Africa and you don't have a strict schedule (more than one year). Except for Egypt all borders are "hassle" free if you use your common sense and you engage in conversation with the customs people.
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The CDP, IDP, driving licence etc actually do you more harm than good as you're admitting jurisdiction to foreign governments. You already have the common law right to travel, and by applying for these documents, you're actually giving up the common-law rights you already had.
I started discovering this on a lightning 5-week blitz from UK to SA via the Middle-East in 2010 (no bribes, just offers). Now I drive on private plates, never get stopped and actually get waved though traffic stops (in South Africa).
When you register with a government or agency, you grant them power over you. It's all contract and in the fine-print. Usually the document you sign says something like: "I have read the BLAH act and I understand it.". You need to comprehend that the word "understand" actually means "to stand under", or "to submit to".
If you don't sign their paperwork they lack the standing in law to prosecute you, so now it's just down to how you handle their private offer for you to produce paperwork/pay a bribe/etc. It's just a private offer to contract.
All officials operate (apply statutes) on foreigners based on presumption only.
See my related post:
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...-south-60808#4
PS: Don't be stupid. Try this on the small stuff first. Do your homework.
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