South African Retired Person Visa.
South African Residence through financial Independence The Retired person visa or perhaps more appropriately the financial independent visa is found in section 20 of the Immigration Act. The primary basis of the Visa is that a foreigner who has a prescribed...
Zimbabwe Dispensation Permit. What next ?
With the clock ticking and the expiry date fast approaching many of the 250 000 odd Zimbabweans who are on the ZSP permits are begin to feel the pressure of uncertainty surrounding the Special Dispensation Permits. About 18 months remain on these permits with many...
South African Immigration Directive 21- Unpacking Change of status from Refugee Status or Asylum permit
Introduction On the 3rd of February 2016 the Director General of the Department of Home Affairs issued an Immigration Directive number 21 withdrawing Circular 10 of 2008 . The Circular had been issued in the aftermath of one the landmark cases in the South...
South African Exchange Visa. The Solution to retaining recent graduates in South Africa
The Minister of Home Affairs recently announced that the South African government is developing a policy that will see the country retaining many of the foreign nationals graduating from the various South...
SA High Court Gives relief to South African Spouse Visa Applicants
Change of Status & Conditions Clarified. Introduction On the 29th of January 2016 the High Court of South Africa`s Western Cape Division handed down a judgement that has clarified an issue that has been the cause of much confusion in SA Immigration and in...
South African General Work Visa – A Tale of unintended consequences
The preamble of the Immigration Act provides that the Act aims to ensure that visa applications are processed speedily and without consuming excessive administrative capacity. A lot of words can be used to describe the process of acquiring a General Work Visa but...