by VISA Immigrations | Jul 5, 2024 | Articles
South Africa’s new Home Affairs Minister, Dr Leon Schreiber, has extended a temporary concession for foreign nationals awaiting decisions on visa applications, waivers, and appeals. This move aims to protect applicants from negative...
by VISA Immigrations | Dec 13, 2022 | Articles
Over 56,000 visa applications have been piled up at the Department of Home Affairs, and it estimates that they will only be processed by the middle of 2024. Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi stated in response to a written parliamentary question and answer...
by VISA Immigrations | Sep 8, 2022 | Articles
The Department of Home Affairs has reversed a decision to centralise the adjudication of long-term visas. That plan lasted for only a couple of months and did not go at all well. Embassies – previously accused of sometimes endangering national security or harming the...
by VISA Immigrations | Apr 11, 2022 | Articles
Visa extension for waiver and visa applicants until 30 June 2022 The Department of Home Affairs has admitted to many delays in the processing of waivers, and visa applications. Previously, temporary residency visa applications took 6 to 8 weeks to process, however,...
by VISA Immigrations | Feb 24, 2022 | Articles
Please see the updated Directive in regards to the New Critical Skill List for 2022 As of 2nd of February 2022, the Department of Home Affairs issued a new Critical Skill list, as to the job titles that are deemed critical in South Africa. As per the previous Critical...
by VISA Immigrations | Jan 28, 2022 | Articles
Home Affairs office / Image via Facebook The Department of Home Affairs, (DHA) after 22 months, has resumed the processing of permanent residency (PR) applications, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Effective from the 3rd of January 2022. Foreigners looking to become...
by VISA Immigrations | Dec 15, 2021 | Articles
The Department of Home Affairs has extended operating times at front offices and ports of entry to ease congestion associated with the festive season. Home Affairs Minister Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi said operating hours at front offices will be extended by two and a half...
by VISA Immigrations | Nov 10, 2021 | Articles
New, more accurate JSE data showed that foreigners are buying more South African bonds than previously thought. A JSE director says this points to investor confidence in the government’s fiscal policies and appetite for yields that are among the highest in emerging...
by VISA Immigrations | Oct 12, 2021 | Articles
As of Monday at 4am, South Africa was removed from the red list preventing entry to the UK, much to the delight of the national portfolio committee on tourism. South Africa was one of 42 countries to be removed from the list on Monday. The announcement that South...
by VISA Immigrations | Sep 30, 2021 | Articles
Twenty-one percent of the country’s adult population is now fully vaccinated after 6 187 people either received a Johnson & Johnson shot or the second jab of the Pfizer vaccine on Sunday. According to Health Department, South Africa administered 9 419 jabs in...
