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Finalising permit applications
Reasonable period of time to finalise temporary & permanent residence permit applications Finalising permit applications - Our specialist immigration law firm is constantly being contacted and mandated to assist and advise on long outstanding temporary...
Exceptional skills work permits – temporary & permanent residence
Exceptional skills work permits, whether through temporary or permanent residence, remains one of the most sought after categories of permit options. For temporary residence, an exceptional skills work permit entitles the applicant the right to pursue work...
From asylum seeker, refugee to resident of South Africa
With the formal disintegration of apartheid in 1994, South Africa acceded to a number of far-reaching international legal and human rights instruments like the 1951 and 1967 Convention and Protocol for Status of Refugees and the 1948 Universal Declaration...
Definition of “spouse” and residency rights for foreign “spouses” as per South Africa’s immigration laws
Our immigration law and family laws are extremely progressive and must be welcomed as they has overcome many of the conservative sentiments surrounding same-sex relationships, customary marriages and civil partnerships. From a family law perspective there...
Exemption requests, internal appeal ander the Immigration Act and relief by courts
There are a myriad of circumstances that may arise wherein an applicant may apply to the Minister of Home Affairs to grant certain concessions in terms of section 31(2)(b) or under 31(2)(c) under the Immigration Act (the “Act”) that may pertain either to...
Section 11 Visitors Permit “work authorisations”
There are a number of foreign visitors who have an intention to come to South Africa to undertake activities that are not purely of leisure, which gives rise to a number of uncertainties in terms of the Immigration Act (the “Act”) and “work authorisations”...
Outstanding documents when lodging temporary residency applications
As an applicant there is a prescriptive process to follow in order to satisfy the requirements to successfully acquire the necessary temporary residency applications applied for. Many of such South African residency applications have generic and specific...
Admission on a quota work permit and new quota lists determined by the Minister of Home Affairs
In terms of section 19(1) of the Immigration Act the Minister of Home Affairs determines the quotas of specific professional categories and classes of skills that will enable foreign work seekers to come to South Africa under a quota work permit. Each year...
Asylum seekers right to non-refoulement without fear of detention and deportation
When South Africa acceded to the international principles and standards set out in the various Conventions and Protocols on Status of Refugees after 1994, it imposed on itself the widely held right of non-refoulement. In refugee parlance this right is...
Permanent Residence – retirement or settlement options in South Africa – at what price?
We will explain two distinct but closely aligned residency categories, namely, the retired person and the ‘financially in-dependent’ permanent residence permits that normally appeal to a similar applicant. Yet, we will highlight certain fea-tures that...
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