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SA Migration Newsletter
02 / 2022 |
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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.
2. Corrupt Home Affairs Officials Panick as Police Arrest Lady with 14 New Asylum Papers and R67,000 
Despite the warning issued to corrupt Home Affairs Officials on daily basis with respect to issuing South African documents to unqualified individuals, it seems these scrupulous elements are hell bent on engaging in criminal activities. View pictures in App save up to 80% data.
In an emerging report, Police in Pretoria West have successfully arrested a lady who was in possession of 14 ready-to-be-issued asylum documents gotten directly from Home Affairs on Thursday.
The suspect was apprehended in Maltzan Street near Luttig Street.
Constable Sibongile Vuma who is the police spokesperson, during his statement said that when the woman was interrogated on what she was doing with the documents and blank home affairs papers, she allegedly admitted that they were fraudulent.
The minister said he and Makhode were keeping a close eye on all cases of alleged fraud, corruption and maladministration.
A full-scale operation targeting senior officials suspected of corruption and gross negligence costing taxpayers millions of rands is under way at the home affairs department.
This was confirmed to City Press by Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi in an interview following the recent suspension of three senior officials accused of failing to execute court orders, resulting in three warrants of arrest being issued to Motsoaledi and his director-general, Livhuwani Makhode.
• Visitors from the United Kingdom accounted for 30% of all overseas tourists in South Africa prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.
• But travel restrictions, including the controversial red list, dropped the number of incoming UK tourists by around 90%.
• The same is true for tourists from Germany, which has traditionally been South Africa’s second-highest source market for overseas tourists, behind the UK.
• South Africa`s department of home affairs reopened applications for permanent residency permits in January.
• This, after abruptly suspending all new applications at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, to deal with a backlog built over the past decade.
• But the department didn`t make a dent in the backlog and the Immigration Practitioners of South Africa believes that outstanding applications exceed 50,000.
• Foreigners who were eligible to become permanent residents when the suspension was first imposed are likely to endure a 5-year wait.
• As of the 2019/20 financial year, the Refugee Appeal Authority
of SA says the backlog stood at more than 153 000.
• The new deal with the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees will see around R147 million given to RAASA and technical
support to eliminate this backlog.
• The number of people now who must be cleared via this backlog
is 163 000.
The Department of Home Affairs has signed an agreement with the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR ) to eliminate delays
and a backlog in decisions for asylum seekers.
Employment and labour minister Thulas Nxesi has raised concerns around illegal recruitment practices, including the hiring of foreign workers who are in the country unlawfully.
Image: Jairus Mmutle
Amid the labour department’s “mega-blitz inspections†at hospitality venues in the Western Cape this week, minister Thulas Nxesi has announced new rules aimed at foreign workers in SA.
ActionSA is one of the group engaging in this operation aimed at
stopping illegal businesses owned by foreigners from operating in
South Africa.
In one of the operation, ActionSA visited a warehouse situated in
Palmridge where immigrants produce and sell fake South African
documents.
Some of the documents found in the custody of the business owners
include Visas, different types of permit documents, business operation
permit, municipality permits, birth certificates etc.
This will definitely serve as a deterrent to individuals who undermine
our local laws and also ensure that documentation fraud is reduced to
its barest minimum. SA
Migration International
Tel.: +27 (0)71 632 9555 Fax: +27 (0)21 461 2611 Email: info@sami.co.za |
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. Corrupt Home Affairs Officials Panick as Police Arrest Lady with 14 New Asylum Papers and R67,000 3. Motsoaledi vows to clean up home affairs 4. Americans have become SA’s biggest overseas tourists â€` overtaking Brits and Germans 5. SA residency applications reopen after a 22-month break â€` but don’t expect approval before 2025 6. Home Affairs signs deal with UN refugee agency to deal with asylum seekers backlog 7. From quotas to critical skills exchange â€` four changes proposed for foreign workers in SA 8. Action SA Unravel a Warehouse where Fake Permits, Visas, Passports are Produced in Palmridge.
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