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High Court ruling – Holders of asylum seeker & refugees permits may now apply for the relevant immigration permits and visas
/in Archived, News, Xpatweb News /by Marisa JacobsThe much anticipated ruling on Immigration Directive 21 of 2015, barring Refugees and Asylum seekers from applying for a change of status to any visa or permit in terms of the Immigration Act, was handed down by in the High Court of South Africa on 21 September 2016. It has been declared that Directive 21 is inconsistent with the Constitution of the Republic and therefore invalid and must be set aside.
The judgement further clarifies that even failed asylum seekers must be permitted to apply for a visa by affording them the same opportunity as illegal foreigners in section 32 where allowing individuals to approach the Director-General for authorisation to apply for a visa.
Click here for a copy of the High Court JudgementThe Importance of South African Permanent Residency to your Expatriate / Human Resource Strategy
/in Archived, News /by Marisa JacobsThe work permit process can be time consuming and even painful, depending on your permit categorisation. One question often asked is whether an expatriate should not consider Permanent Residency application sooner, effectively lifting the expatriate’s status above the noise of normal work permit requirements. We found that there can be a significant upside however, depending on the complexities there may also be adverse consequences.
Why Permanent Residency?
Permanent Residency allows the holder to live and work in South Africa unlimited including the right to work without restriction, engage in business, own property, study and do all things a citizen is permitted to do with the exception of voting in the South African elections. You may only do so once you have been naturalised as a South African citizen. Permanent Residency in South Africa also allows its holder maximum flexibility with regards to entry and exit through the country’s borders. Read more
South Africa Not Renewing Zimbabweans Special Permits – Gigaba
/in Archived, News /by Marisa JacobsThe almost 200 000 Zimbabweans currently on permits issued under the Zimbabwean Special Permit (ZSP) project, have to seek alternative permits if they wish to extend their work, study or stay in South Africa beyond 2017, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has said.
“Those from Zimbabwe, as we announced last year when we announced the extension until December 2017, will in the meantime, between now and December 31st of 2017, have to regularise themselves in South Africa by applying for other permits and visas which are provided for in the Immigration Act,” Gigaba told reporters in Rustenburg in South Africa.
“The special Zimbabwe dispensation cannot exist forever. We therefore have to move towards a phase where we regularise them by ensuring that we provide them with visas in terms of the Immigration Act, and not through special arrangements.” Asked what would happen to the Zimbabweans based in South Africa if they have not attained other permits by December 2017, when their special dispensation permits expire, Gigaba said he wouldn’t speculate over the matter. Read more