by admin | Dec 4, 2023 | General
Today, the Minister of Home Affairs has published Directives 3 and 4 of 2023 in the Government Gazette, implementing the Minister’s decision to grant new exemption permits for Zimbabwean and Basotho Nationals who have been residing and working in South Africa...
by admin | Sep 29, 2022 | blog, General
In the past week several media outlets ran with headlines that suggested that the Minister of Home Affairs had authorised law enforcement officers to conduct spot checks to ascertain a persons nationality. The news came with major concerns and widespread condemnation...
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 | Feb 18, 2018 | General
Recently we have encountered a number of Zimbabwe Exemption Permit ( ZEP) applicants whose applications were rejected for having a negative police record. Unlike other rejections that are handled in terms of sections 8(3) to 8(6) of the Immigration Act, the...