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SA Migration Newsletter
26 / 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.
• South Africa`s Department of Home Affairs is struggling with a major visa backlog.
• The backlog includes more than 56,000 applications across all visa categories.
• Home Affairs hopes to have cleared these by June 2024.
• In the meantime, average turnaround times for visas have grown far beyond what the department`s performance plan dictates.
South Africa`s Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is battling its way through a vast backlog of visa applications, which it hopes to have cleared by June 2024.
Home Affairs is drowning in outstanding visa applications. This backlog, made worse by the department`s disastrous decision to centralise the adjudication of long-term visas, has led to longer processing times, frustrated foreign applicants, and missed work opportunities.
The department of home affairs has reversed a decision to centralise the adjudication of long-term visas.
• That plan lasted for only a couple of months, and did not go at all well.
• Embassies ` previously accused of sometimes endangering national security or harming the economy ` are now back in charge.
As of 1 September, South Africa is no longer centralising the adjudication of long-term visas, the department of home affairs (DHA) confirmed on Tuesday.
That brings to an end a fraught six-month period for those who applied for such visas, previously handled by individual South African missions abroad, and makes consular officials responsible again for deciding who is let in to South Africa
Visa specialists Xpatweb first noted the reversal on the weekend, saying it expected an announcement from the department on the transitional arrangement for visas already in process.
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.
New Zealanders pushing for pathways to Australian citizenship will lobby Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil in Canberra this week, as more than 11,000 Kiwis remain stuck in a years-long visa processing backlog.
After Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern pledged renewed co-operation between the two countries in June ` including progress on citizenship and enhanced voting rights ` campaigners say applicants for the 189 visa stream were left languishing by the former Morrison government.
Johannesburg - Birth registration is a fundamental human right as it triggers the ability to access other rights. South Africa’s regulatory framework is premised on the fact that one’s residence status determines whether a child’s birth can be registered or not.
The registration of children born to foreign nationals, who are not permanent residents or refugees, is subject to the provision of valid documentation.
Senior Associate in the Pro Bono and Human Rights practice at law firm Cliffe Dekker Hoffmeyr, Elgene Roos, said the consequences of not being documented can be far-reaching and result in a child not being able to access basic services that they are entitled to under the Constitution.
There are also reports that Operation Dudula is selling jobs held by Zimbabweans to South Africans.
The latest court action opens up another front in a legal battle between Zimbabweans facing potential deportation next year and the Department of Home Affairs. Image: AdobeStock
The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders Association (Zepha) heads to court next week seeking an urgent interdict to stop banks and schools in South Africa from harassing Zimbabweans who are under threat of deportation once the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) system expires in 2023.
A successful immigration policy needs to be based on secure borders.
We need a practical and sustainable procedure for bringing people to the United Kingdom whose skills are needed or to unite with settled families. We need safe and legal routes to bring people here who are genuinely escaping danger or persecution and have a legitimate claim to a secure haven in the UK rather than another destination. We need an efficient and fair way for processing the claims of applicants and removing those who have not reached the threshold, and an effectively functioning department of government to operate it all with pragmatism and compassion.
We understand that navigating the complex immigration system of South Africa is a daunting process and can cause your anxiety levels to jump through the roof. The process alone is frustrating and being notified that your visa application was rejected will make you panic.
There are many reasons why your visa application has been refused and 9/10 times the reason for rejections is because of a document which could have been omitted by you. 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. Home Affairs is trying to clear a backlog of 56,543 visas ` which may be done by June 2024 3. Home affairs has dropped central adjudication of visas, after months of complaints 4. Few Zimbabweans in the queue for new visas 5. Kiwis push for pathways to citizenship in Australia 6. Birth registration: How SA’s legislation harms foreign national children 7. Zimbabweans head to court to stop SA banks and schools being ‘weaponised’ 8. Our immigration system is failing on nearly every front 9. South Africa Visa Rejected by the Department of Home Affairs?
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