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SA Migration Newsletter
20 / 2016 |
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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.
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) will appear in the Constitutional Court
tomorrow (Tuesday 8 November 2016) to challenge the constitutionality
of the provisions of the Immigration Act relating to detention.
Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba told Parliament that his
department had issued more than 680 000 smart ID cards to South
Africans 16 and older in the last year.
Visa changes for South African nationals:
All South African visitors to New Zealand will require visitor visas
from the 21 November this year.
IT`S just a year and half left before the Zimbabwe Special Permits
expire on 31st July 2017 and the conditions are clear.
As many as 13 246 people were denied boarding to South Africa for the
period June 2015 to July 2016 because of the requirement that minors
travel with an unabridged birth certificate (UBC), according to
statistics provided by the TBCSA presented in the Portfolio Committee
on Tourism meeting in Parliament.
(Johannesburg) November 8, 2016 — Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United
States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, visited
Jesuit Refugee Service South Africa`s Urban Refugee Program November
1, to learn first hand about the challenges faced by vulnerable
refugees — survivors of SGBV and refugees from the LGBTI community.
Francis Tahlo Mohodi (57), former Immigration Officer at the
Department of Home Affairs was found guilty by the Springbok Regional
Court on a charge of corruption.
He was arrested at Sendelingsdrift Port of Entry in Upington on 19 May
2016 and later released on warning. The Hawks Investigation into the
alleged corruption ensued soon after information was received from the
Home Affairs Counter Corruption Office. SA
Migration International
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SA
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. LHR to Challenge Constitutionality of Immigration Detention laws 3. Home Affairs still issuing ID books at its small rural offices 4. RE: South African passport holders require visas for New Zealand as from 21 November 2016: 5. Towards 2017 – how prepared are we as Zimbabweans in SA ? 6. Thousands of tourists denied entry to SA – Shadow Minister 7. South Africa: U.S. State Department hears of harrowing refugee experiences during visit to JRS 8. South Africa: Former Immigration Officer Found Guilty of Corruption
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