Posts under Immigration Law

The new critical skills list in support of the Critical Skills Visa has been published in terms of S18(5) of the Immigration Regulations. The Critical Skills Visa replaces the Quota Work Permit and the Exceptional Skills Permit. Unlike the Quota Work Visa it allows the holder 12 months in which to confirm employment in South Africa.

Financial Assurance For Relatives Visas The financial assurance which a South African Citizen or permanent resident has to prove in respect of a foreign applicant applying for a visa to accompany the individual in South Africa, shall be an amount of no less than R8 500. Minimum Net Worth A foreign applicant who would like...

On 2nd June the Department of Home Affairs informed the public that it will no longer take in visa applications effective immediately. This is in response to VFS centres in Pretoria, Rustenburg and Kimberly opening on 2nd June, however, centres in Durban, Bloemfontein and George will only open on 9th June. The centre in Johannesburg will go live even later on 18th June,  Cape Town on the 20th of June and finally,  Polokwane, Nelspruit and Port...

Over recent years certain foreign nationals who received a Visitor’s Visas upon entering South Africa have crossed the border to neighbouring countries (e.g. Namibia) to avoid applying for an extension of their Visitor’s Visas at Home Affairs. Some people have managed to receive new 90 day/30 day visas upon re-entry into South Africa. This, however, is now over....

This is an urgent update for everybody with pending visa applications for South Africa planning overseas trips. The Department of Home Affairs has introduced “Directive 9 of 2014” which states that any foreigner leaving South Africa with an expired visa and a visa submission receipt (pending application at the Department of Home Affairs) that has...