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• One of the highlighted topics: Critical Skills Visa. - Key Insight: Is your profession on the Critical Skills List? This visa is your fast track to working in South Afr... - This matter relates to critical skills visa and its broader implications. - Individuals are advised to seek professional guidance. Is your profession on the Critical Skills List? This visa is your fast trac... Read more...

• One of the highlighted topics: Critical Skills Visa. - Key Insight: Is your profession on the Critical Skills List? This visa is your fast track to working in South Afr... - This matter relates to critical skills visa and its broader implications. - Individuals are advised to seek professional guidance. Is your profession on the Critical Skills List? This visa is your fast trac... Read more...

• One of the applicants, Phindile Mazibuko, became a victim of identity theft in 2012 when fraudulent transactions occurred, using her personal details. -The Pretoria High Court found that the department of home affairs had violated constitutional rights without due process. -Only half of Lawyers for Human Rights` test group has been unblocked, while 385 000 identities remain blocked nationwide. -LHR appeals extension, urges affected people to seek help now. Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) are intensifying pressure on the department of home affairs over the national ID-blocking crisis, accusing the state of acting too slowly to unblock qualifying individuals despite a landmark court ruling. In January last year, the Pretoria High Court found that the department`s practice of blocking IDs without due process was unlawful and unconstitutional. One of the applicants, Phindile Mazibuko, a Swati citizen and South African permanent resident since 1998, fell victim to identity theft in 2012 when fraudsters used her personal details. ... Read more...

• One of the highlighted topics: Critical Skills Visa. - Key Insight: Is your profession on the Critical Skills List? This visa is your fast track to working in South Afr... - This matter relates to critical skills visa and its broader implications. - Individuals are advised to seek professional guidance. Is your profession on the Critical Skills List? This visa is your fast trac... Read more...

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• One of the highlighted topics: Critical Skills Visa. - Key Insight: Is your profess... Read more...

• One of the highlighted topics: Critical Skills Visa. - Key Insight: Is your profession on the Critical Skills List? This visa is your fast track to working in South Afr... - This matter relates to critical skills visa and its broader implications. - Individuals are advised to seek professional guidance. Is your profession on the Critical Skills List? This visa is your fast track to working in South Africa! It`s designed to attract highly skilled foreigners in sectors facing a shortage. The list is periodically updated, so it`s vital to check the latest DHA publication. A va... Read more...

• The United States could forfeit an estimated 9.4 billion dollars in visitor spending over the next three years following the introduction of a new 250 dollars `visa integrity fee,` according to industry groups, who warn the policy risks undermining tourism and costing thousands of jobs. The United States’ decision to introduce a 250 dollars `visa integrity fee` on international visitors has triggered sharp criticism from the global tourism industry, with officials warning that the measure could deter millions of travellers and cost the U.S. economy billions. The 250dollar `visa integrity fee,` part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed on July 4, 2025, will take effect later this year. According to immigration law firm Envoy Global, it applies to all nonimmigrant visa holders which include students, tourists, temporary workers, and business visitors particularly from African countries.... Read more...

• On 22 July 2025, the Gauteng High Court dismissed Sitrusrand Boerdery`s review of the Department of Employment and Labour`s refusal to issue a Working Conditions and Salary Benchmarking Certificate, an essential precondition for obtaining corporate visas under the Immigration Act. Acting Judge Kekana AJ held that the Department`s decision was lawful, rational and procedurally fair. This judgment illustrates how businesses can - and must - structure their corporate visa applications to meet statutory requirements, and how legal practitioners should prepare robust review challenges when administrative authorities decline to recommend foreign-work permits. ... Read more...

• A Washington state mother and her 6-year-old son have been released after spending more than three weeks in US immigration detention due to a brief trip to Canada and a small paperwork mistake, her attorney told CNN on Saturday. Sarah Shaw, a New Zealand citizen who has lived legally in the US since she arrived in 2021, was detained at the Blaine, Washington, Customs and Border Protection checkpoint when returning home after dropping her two oldest children off at the Vancouver airport for a flight to visit their grandparents in New Zealand. Shaw, 33, chose the flight out of Vancouver because it was direct and she didn`t want her children to have to navigate a layover alone, her attorney Minda Thorward, told CNN. ... Read more...