by admin | Apr 14, 2020 | News
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 DHA has moved...
by admin | Oct 14, 2018 | General
It has been a long road since the 3rdof February 2016 when the then Director General issued Directive 21 that withdrew Circular 10 of 2010 effectively closing the door for any Refugee or Asylum Seeker from applying for a Visa or Permanent Residence Permit in terms of...
by admin | Jul 2, 2017 | News
THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS LANDMARK RULING IN LAWYERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS V MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS AND OTHERS [2017] ZACC 22 It has long been assumed that an illegal foreigner must be detained and upon detention such person does not have the same rights of a person...
by 1gridadmin | Jul 29, 2015 | General
Introduction Applying of a visa in South Africa has several challenges, but none is more common that not receiving a timeous response from the Department. Many applicants are kept at the pending status for many months and sometimes years with no end in sight. This has...