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...
by 1gridadmin | Jun 24, 2016 | General
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...
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...