by admin | Sep 3, 2021 | blog, General
Applying for critical skills work visa in South Africa as an artisan has been a challenge for the longest time. In 2014 when the current amendments to the Immigration Act were gazetted several gaps were identified in the Act which included the absence of a SAQA...
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 | Jan 29, 2019 | blog
2018 has come and gone, 2019 is here and it promises to be quite a busy one on the immigration front. We ended the year with amendments to the Immigration Regulations, more on that later. We have a new Minister and an Acting Director General so the leadership...
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...