SAQA Processes: Processing Timeframes And Stumbling Blocks

SAQA Processes, Processing Timeframes And Stumbling Blocks

In a recent conference organised and hosted by Xpatweb, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) was one of the hot topics. As of recently, many in the Immigration and Mobility services industry have been facing frustratingly lengthy delays with regards to the issuance of SAQA evaluation certificates, for their clients/employees’ foreign qualifications. What used to […]

Teaching Back On The Critical Skills List

Teaching Back On The Critical Skills List

Education: The grassroots of professional occupations. One of the most important new additions to the Critical Skills List is the inclusion of the teaching fields.

Mauritius Could Be Paradise For Emigrating South Africans. But Will SARS Let You Go?

Already a popular destination with South Africans, recent developments in Mauritius promise to make this tiny island paradise more accessible to expatriates than ever.

Withdrawal Of Waiver For Critical Skills Graduates In SA

Withdrawal Of Waiver For Critical Skills Graduates In SA

Foreign Nationals who completed their studies in a one of the occupations listed on the Critical Skills List, were in the past, under Ministerial waiver, granted exemption from certain requirements. One of the requirements being post qualification experience, as well as the requirement for a letter confirming they qualify as a Critical Skill, from the […]

Critical Skills List Gazetted But What Comes Next?

Critical Skills List Gazetted But What Comes Next?

Gazetted in February 2022, the latest Critical Skills List added numerous skills that have been in short supply in South Africa for some time. The list was previously updated back in 2014.