A minimum of 80 points is required to qualify for the Scheme.
Pledges/Proven Investment – 30 points
Employment – 25 points
Sector – 15 points
Skills Transfer/Development – 20 points
Equity Equivalence – 10 points
Total – 100 points
The TES contributes to the establishment of a more effective and streamlined process for recruiting foreign talent and is a big positive step from the DHA to improve visa processing for employers.
Submission will be allowed without a SAQA verification and Professional Body registration. This will speed up the process for Critical Skills Work Visas significantly. The documents still need to be secured and kept on file for any future requests by the DHA.
Submission will be allowed without the Department of Labour Certificate or a waiver for this requirement. This will have a significant benefit to the overall timeline of an application.
Submission will be allowed without a skills transfer plan, while this may seem like a smaller benefit, this significantly alleviates the submission requirements. This requirement has been revoked as the Company already has a Graduate Development Program in place.
Applications submitted at Head office will be finalised within 5 – 10 days and applications submitted at foreign missions will be finalised within 5 – 20 days.
The benefits and timeframes for work visa documents will be extended to family members of applicants.
All PR application while needing to meet all the document requirements will be processes within 8 months.
All waivers will be finalised within 60 days.
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