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SA Migration Newsletter
16 / 2023 |
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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.
Worksite immigration enforcement has increased, but still few employers charged with illegal hiring. The recent immigration enforcement raids at several chicken-processing plants in Mississippi netted hundreds of arrests and dozens of criminal indictments against undocumented workers. But the action brings up a long-standing question, especially in an era of increased worksite enforcement: Where are the charges against the employers for hiring unauthorized workers?
As China`s president, Xi Jinping, attends the BRICS summit this week, the bilateral relationship between South Africa and its largest trading partner is expected to grow. In his weekly newsletter, President Cyril Ramaphosa notes the strength of this relationship and commits to working closely with China.
South Africa could drop out from the United Nations refugee convention, while also repealing its domestic refugee, immigration and citizenship laws in efforts to ‘reshape the destiny of our country’, according to an ANC WhatsApp group message making the rounds from Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s WhatsApp message asks for readiness to publicly comment on the release of the almost completed White Paper, or a government policy statement, that has emerged rather than the single new immigration law the governing ANC 2022 national conference had resolved on.
Going the White Paper route takes Home Affairs back to 2017, and its never implemented international migration policy.
In the first five months of 2023, the US market recovered to 94% of the arrivals in the same period in 2019. Black American travellers make up a large proportion of those travellers.
Jerry Mpufane, President of South African Tourism North America, said South Africa’s rich history, diverse cultures, stunning landscapes, and vibrant communities, held tremendous appeal for travellers seeking a profound and transformative experience.
“Black American travellers, in particular, seek to reconnect with their ancestral roots and explore the continent as a powerful journey of self-discovery,” noted Mpufane.
The Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi, has confirmed in a letter to the Western Cape Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Opportunities and Tourism, that his department has missed its own deadline to introduce the Remote Working Visa in South Africa by the end of June this year.
This means that it has now been 527 days and counting since President Ramaphosa first announced the intention to introduce this much needed and sought after visa category, in his February 2022 State of the Nation Address.
Remote workers, or Digital Nomads, are people who have jobs elsewhere in the world, who because of remote working options, would prefer to conduct this work (and spend their foreign earnings) in our beautiful destination.
The home affairs department has poured cold water over claims thata suspended immigration officer was back at work. The immigration officer, identified as “Elizabeth”, from North West was suspended amid allegations she was selling identity documents for R50,000. She was allegedly exposed during an episode of Sizokthola on Moja Love. The show focuses on drugs and addiction and their effects on society, among other problems.
What is a Temporary Residency Visa for South Africa
Types of Temporary Visa
• Temporary business visa
• Temporary work visa
• Temporary retired person’s visa
• Temporary life partner visa
• Temporary spousal visa
• Temporary relative visa
• Temporary study visa
Where can I apply for a Temporary Residency Visa?
Temporary residency visa in South Africa are applied for through a Department of Home Affairs service point. The obtaining of a temporary visa is the normal way that an immigrant will enter South Africa and obtain their first visa to allow them to reside in South Africa and carry out an activity or retire. This is due to the fact that permanent residency takes anywhere between 12 and 30 months to obtain (in some cases longer).
Elsewhere around the world, larger numbers of irregular migrants have been regularised.
Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi during a press briefing at the Department of International Affairs in Pretoria on 16 March 2020. Picture: Jacques Nelles
Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi recently lost a court case that anyone could have anticipated was unwinnable. He probably expected to lose it too. He lost it on humanitarian and technical grounds.
It prevents him from terminating the South African government’s concession to refugees from neighbouring Zimbabwe nearly 15 years ago. SA
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Table of Contents
1. About SA Migration
2. Do Employers Face Consequences for Hiring Unauthorized Workers? 3. South Africa commits to work closely with China for a shared future 4. Wholesale review of immigration regimen may see SA (temporarily) exit UN convention on refugees 5. Black American travellers seek to reconnect in SA 6. South Africa: Western Cape Finance and Economic Opportunities on missed deadline for Remote Working Visa 7. Immigration officer remains suspended after caught ‘selling IDs for R50k’ in TV ‘exposé’: Home affairs 8. Temporary Residency Visa South Africa 9. Why not regularise all law-abiding Zimbabweans living under ZEP?
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