There is hardly a more picturesque place in the world to marry than South Africa. Before tying the knot with a local, there are certain formalities that need to take place before you're able to officially marry. ...
An applicant can apply for permanent residence on the basis of their financial situation if they can show a minimum amount of assets to the Department and are willing to pay a once-off lump sum for their residency....
Despite what one may be told or believe, if your child is born in South Africa they are not immediately South African citizens, unless of course, you are. In fact, any child born in South Africa begins their...
You've finally received your permanent residency - after months or possibly years of waiting for an outcome. What does this mean for you now?...
An unspoken discretion has been given to immigration officials at the ports of entry and exit in South Africa to ask a permanent residency holder to 'prove' their status in whichever way they see fit, if at all. Find...
In 2016, no new applications for start-ups were approved for South Africa (48 total applications were submitted) and only 25 of 148 applications for business visa renewals were approved. In our latest blog, we discuss what can be...
Statistics released by StatsSA give us insight into how many permanent residency applications are being approved annually - and according to which category of submission. ...
For either temporary or permanent residency (eg; a stay longer than three months) it is essential to provide a police clearance, if not multiple police clearances. However, when and what is needed can be confusing, so it is...
With a minister who is more interested in Candy Crush than parliamentary debates, it comes as no surprise that Home Affairs continues to fall behind with basic services....