VISA REQUIREMENT WHEN TRAVELLING TO THE UK FROM LESOTHO ENFORCED TODAY

From today, visitors to the United Kingdom from South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland will only be able to travel with a visa. Visitors will now be fingerprinted and checked against watch-lists before being issued with a visa to travel. The new rules were introduced to counter passport and identity fraud, and follow Britain's first global review of who needs a visa to come to the United Kingdom for a short-term visit.