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Few Zimbabweans in the queue for new visas

Source: Business Day, 15/12/2022

Just 6,000 applications from an estimated 178,000 people had been received by September
Only 3% of the estimated 178,000 Zimbabweans living in SA under the special exemption permit had applied for alternative visas by September, home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Tuesday.
But in a written reply to a question by DA MP Angel Khanyile, Motsoaledi said â€œmore applications are streaming in on a daily basisâ€
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If you are visiting SA or already here on a visa, take this as a public-interest warning. In 2025, a quiet, but sharp, shift has taken hold inside parts of home affairs adjudication ranks: applications are being refused almost mechanically if they were not submitted at least 60 days before visa expiry.A wave of refusals repeating near-identical wording:The applicant did not submit his/her application no less than 60 days prior to the expiry date of his/her.

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