Immigration regulations are closing SA for business

Source: 702 radio, 02/03/2018

Immigration attorney and founder of Eisenberg & Associates, Gary
Eisenberg, says when the department of Home Affairs introduced
amendments of the immigration laws in May 2014, the light went out.
For a foreign spouse to apply for temporary residence visa, he/she is
required to go back home and apply from there. Eisenberg says it is a
violation of fundamental law and the immigration regulations are non-
compliant with the Constitution.
If we talk about identity theft; if you talk about duplication of ID
documents and fraud, the Department of Home Affairs should look
carefully at its system. They often point a finger at foreigners and
corrupt syndicates perpetrating fraud on the department.
��` Gary Eisenberg, Immigration Attorney and Founder of Eisenberg &
Associates
Problem over here is the departments own officials and its own
systems are corrupt; that being the problem all along since this
democracy in 1994.
��` Gary Eisenberg, Immigration Attorney and Founder of Eisenberg &
Associates
Speaking to Bongani Bingwa, Eisenberg said the Department of Home
Affairs allows people who have permanent citizenship to apply for
citizenship after 10 years of obtaining the right to citizenship. He
says this is indirect conflict with the clear wording of the
Citizenship Act.
The message is South Africa is closed for business, the message is
its fortress South Africa in direct contradiction to what Madiba
stood for.
��` Gary Eisenberg, Immigration Attorney and Founder of Eisenberg &
Associates
However, the departments director general Mkuseli Apleni says
immigration must be managed effectively for the benefit for the
country.
Which country in the world is opening up and getting everything? Why
do we have boarders. We allow people who must come to country who
will add value.
��` Mkuseli Apleni, Home affairs DG
We approve about 90% of people who are critical skills within four
weeks of their application.
��` Mkuseli Apleni, Home affairs DG
Apleni says the department is not against South Africans marrying
foreigners. He says they are fighting marriages of convenience where
people sell their citizenship for people to come to the country.
If they don`t comply with the regulations what must we do? We can`t
sell our country to the highest bidder.
��` Mkuseli Apleni, Home affairs DG