Interesting developments emerged in the aftermath of the recent cabinet statement. There is a clear indication of heightened immigration enforcement efforts across various fronts, including the authorization of business inspections. Notably, a new White Paper is set to be published...
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Unlocking Insights of the Critical Skills Work Visa : Department of Home Affairs Webinar Recap
Last Friday, on the 29th of September, we had the privilege of attending a webinar hosted by the Chief Director of Corporate Accounts at the Department of Home Affairs. The event centered around the second-quarter review of the critical skills...
Amended SA Immigration Directives for Lockdown Level 1
The amended directives provide for visa extensions and additional services on offer at the department of home affairs
Immigration Update 16 October 2020
The National State of Disaster was yesterday extended by another month and it seems that level 1 may very well be the new normal for quite some time. Though we are still in a state of lock down and the...
SA Immigration Update- Level 1 Regulations
Its been 3 weeks since the country moved to level one of the lock-down and a little over a week since the borders reopened to international travel. While there have been some teething issues with the reopening of the borders...
COVID19 Lockdown Measures to deal with Immigration as outlined by The South African Department of Home Affairs.
With the lockdown now on day 19 we continue to receive questions around how the DHA will deal with foreigners whose visas expired during the lock down. Will they be considered illegal? will they be declared undesirable on departure? The...
Immigration Directive No 16 of 2017 Zim Exemption Applications
The Department of Home Affairs has issued a new Directive regulating the handling of the ZEP application process. The online Application process for ZEP renewals closed on the 30th of November 2017 meaning that all persons who did not take...
To Change or to Renew? Moving from ZSP to Main stream Immigration.
As the much anticipated announcement was made on Friday the 8th of September , one could not help but feel the sense of relief that came with it. The ZSP is being renewed and shall be called the Zimbabwe Exemption...
THE RIGHTS OF ILLEGAL FOREIGNERS NOT TO BE DETAINED FOR MORE THAT 48 HOURS AND WITHOUT JUST CAUSE.
South African Constitutional Court outlaws arbitrary detention of illegal immigrants
Re-application for PRP for those who applied prior to 02 June 2014
The Department of Home Affairs received permanent residence applications prior to 02 June 2014 utilising the Track and Trace system . The Department has noted that it does not have 4616 applications on hand as per Track and Trace system....



