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SA Migration Newsletter
13 / 2018 |
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 SA Migration
International was created out of the need for a
specialist organization to assist people wishing to immigrate,
volunteer, work, bring family, study or open businesses in South
Africa.
Rule changes for travelling minors to SA planned ahead of busy
December holiday season and waivers will soon be announced - including
changes to requirements for travelling minors in SA - to be officially
gazetted in October.
Cabinet received a joint report from the Ministers of Home Affairs and
Tourism - Malusi Gigaba and Derek Hanekom - which laid out many
visa-related reforms that will make it easier for tourists, business
people and academia to visit South Africa.
After a number of calls from fathers explaining the difficulties
they`ve faced registering their child`s birth without the mothers
present, Bongani Bingwa invited Home Affairs to respond.
Acting Director-General of Home Affairs Thulani Mavuso says there are
two categories when one registers a birth.
Children born in wedlock and children born out of wedlock. In South
Africa, children that are born out of wedlock are registered under the
mother`s surname.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday asked the Jewish community to
join hands with the government in taking the country forward, assuring
those who owned land that a solution addressing land reform would be
found.
The Department of Home Affairs` deputy director general of immigration
services has denied any knowledge of corruption relating to the
issuing of the Gupta dynasty`s visas to stay in South Africa, as
alleged in the GuptaLeaks emails.
`I did not know anything, except of course what I have read in the
leaked emails,` Jackson McKay said about the thousands of pages of
emails between various members of the Gupta business empire.
Their companies included Sahara Computers, the now closed ANN7
television channel and The New Age newspaper.
Some Zimbabweans who applied last year are still waiting as September
deadline looms for ZEP permits
Morgan (surname withheld) applied on 7 December 2017 for a Zimbabwe
Exemption Permit. She has been tracking her application online. “Up to
now nothing new, almost nine months after submission,” she said.
Port Elizabeth office not receiving new applicants, two years after
deadline set by court
More than two years after a deadline set by the courts, the Port
Elizabeth Refugee Reception Office is still not fully operational, MPs
were told last week.
After battling for more a year and going to court twice, Wendy Kessman
and Nomfundo Ngidi, a lesbian couple, have finally been granted a visa
` but it is the wrong one.
The easing of the stringent water restrictions will restore
international confidence in Cape Town as a destination for tourism and
investment, say business leaders. SA
Migration International
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Migration
Tel.: +27 (0)71 632 9555 Fax: +27 (0)21 461 2611 Email: info@sami.co.za
Table of Contents
1. About SA Migration
2. Rule changes for travelling minors to SA planned ahead of busy December holiday season 3. How difficult is it for an unmarried father to register a child`s birth? 4. Ramaphosa woos Jewish community, seeking to allay land fears 5. Home Affairs immigration head denies knowledge of Gupta visa `corruption` 6. Home Affairs taking nine months to process permits for Zimbabweans 7. Refugee Reception Offices still not fully functioning, MPs told 8. Lesbian couple finally get a visa but it’s a ‘housewife’ permit 9. Easing of water restrictions will restore international investor confidence in Cape Town
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