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The Department of Home Affairs has instructed all Refugee Reception Offices to resume receiving new asylum applications with immediate effect. The directive was issued by the Acting Director-General on 28 September 2026. It follows the Constitutional Court’s judgment of 7...

We have entered the fourth quarter, and with it the beginning of the end of 2026. With just under three months remaining in what has been a busy year across the board, we take stock of the immigration landscape and...

Why we are writing about this now Our appeals desk is currently seeing a familiar cluster of refusals. Work visa applications refused because the Department “could not verify the applicant’s employment”, where the application was accompanied by a complete Managed...

On 20 July 2026, the Department of Home Affairs published Government Notice No. 7715 in Government Gazette No. 55036, formally inviting corporate employers to submit expressions of interest in Phase II of the Trusted Employer Scheme (TES). The notice, signed...

The Netflix series The Polygamist has taken the social media world by storm. The shenanigans of its chief protagonist, Jonasi, have left viewers with mixed feelings; some resent the character outright, while others find a curious sympathy for his unorthodox...

A rule that always existed, but never quite applied Few provisions in South African immigration law have, in the span of a few weeks, generated as much confusion, frustration and disrupted relocation as Regulations 9(5) and 9(8) of the Immigration...

South African citizenship has historically been granted through two primary routes: by birth (jus sanguinis — citizenship through a parent) and by naturalisation after a qualifying period of permanent residence. The 2026 White Paper introduces a third dimension: merit. Citizenship...

Three consequential immigration directives have emerged from the Minister of Home Affairs, all set to terminate between May and June of 2027 ; and the convergence is too deliberate to ignore. The directive extending the special dispensation permits granted to...

When it comes to immigration matters in South Africa, many people inquire about life partner visas without fully understanding what qualifies as a life partnership under the law. The reality is that this legal status requires far more than simply...