by 1gridadmin | Aug 7, 2016 | General
A police clearance is one of the general requirements in an application for any visa or permit to reside in South Africa. While it may seem to be a straight forward matter, many have found their applications rejected for failing to produce a “valid police clearance”...
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 | May 1, 2016 | General
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...
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...
