Immigration Status of Children Born in SA to Immigrant Parents
This topic is one that hits close to home for a number of foreigners living in South Africa. The familiar story is that parents to their new born babies soon discover that their new bundle of joy is an immigration nightmare and often the discovery occurs at the most...
Critical Skills Work Visa application Update- Artisans and Trade Test Certificates.
We previously published on this topic a few months ago and shed some light into the reason why artisans were being rejected when apply for a critical skills work visa. In all cases the Department would insist that the applicant produce a trade test certificate,...
Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permit: A Glimpse of The Future
This may be a case of the chickens finally coming home to roost. The Minister’s comments this week may have not been what the community of Zimbabweans living in South Africa of the Special Dispensation permits had hoped to hear. For the first time since the...
The Police Clearance and South African Immigration.
A police clearance is one of the general requirements in an application for any visa or permit to reside in South Africa. While it may seem to be a straight forward matter, many have found their applications rejected for failing to produce a “valid police clearance”...
Reporting on proof of employment on South African Critical Skills Work Visa and renewal
The Immigration Act Provides that an application for a Critical Skills Work Visa shall be issued to a foreigner for a period not exceeding 12 months where an applicant does not have an employer in South Africa. This visa is renewable provided that the applicant...
Artisans Critical Skills Visa Mystery Solved
Over the past couple of months we have been looking into the issues around Artisans and Trades category of the Critical Skills Work Visa. A number of applicants applying under this category had been receiving a number of rejections when applying for their...