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SA Migration Newsletter
15 / 2024 |
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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.
Travel Advisory - Flying on VFS Receipt you will be banned - Concession expired
All travellers with long stay visa pending applications with VFS receipts including short term receipts will be declared undesirable on exit, they had a meeting this morning and ports of entry were informed in terms of Directive December 2023 wherein the blanket waiver enabling long-term visa and waiver applicants to remain in South Africa and exit without being banned, expired on 30 June 2024 .
Visa expired - 31 plus days ago - declared undesirable for 5 year and banned from returning to SA
South Africa`s Home Affairs fails court order, leaving 700,000 IDs blocked amid fraud suspicions unresolved.
The department of home affairs (DHA) has failed to implement a court ruling instructing it to release some of the identity documents (ID) that were blocked on suspicions of fraud.
In January, a judgment was handed down by the high court stating home affairs blocking more than 700 000 IDs was unlawful as the department had not followed proper procedure.
Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), which represented more than 100 people, claimed none of its clients’ IDs had been unblocked in the stipulated 90 days.
As part of the administrative process, the department was ordered to obtain a court order to block the IDs which were suspected to be fraudulent.
Key Takeaways
• Canada is planning to limit the number of temporary residents to five percent of the population, compared to the current 6.2 percent.
• Authorities claim this move aims to guarantee a “sustainable†increase in the number of temporary residents coming into the country.
• Foreign workers in construction and healthcare will be exempted from the new rule the rule, due to the country’s labor shortage in these sectors.
Canada intends to impose caps on the number of temporary residents it accepts, as announced by Immigration Minister Marc Miller.
In accordance with the new decision, the number will decrease over the next three years, with the first cap being set in September, VisaGuide.World reports.
Such a policy will be applied to foreign students, foreign workers, and asylum seekers, as reported by BBC.
Proposed changes to the Citizenship Act fail to deal with the most serious problem: the department of home affairs
The final white paper released recently by the home affairs ministry has brought SA’s immigration landscape into sharp focus. While it highlights several areas of concern within the present immigration framework, it fails to address the deeper issue at hand: the department of home affairs itself.
The Department of Home Affairs has lost its legal battle over Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPs).
The Helen Suzman Foundation and the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA) previously took the Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi to court over his termination of the ZEP under the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, 2000 (PAJA).
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has set aside a judgment that opened the door to liability claims against businesses that send their banking details in an unsecured manner to a debtor who falls victim to cyber-crime.
In January last year, the High Court in Johannesburg ordered law firm Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs (ENS) to pay Judith Hawarden R5.5 million, plus interest and costs.
Hawarden lost the money in August 2019 when she transferred the balance owed on a R6m property purchase. Hawarden thought she was paying the money into ENS’s account, but a cyber-criminal had accessed her email account.
Here`s where SA ranks according to the Henley & Partners passport index. Image: canva
The latest Henley & Partners Passport Index for 2024 lists the 108 countries that South African passport holders can travel to without requiring a visa.
The index includes 199 different passports and 227 different travel destinations, ranking them in terms of travel power.
Each passport was scored on the total number of destinations that the holder can access visa-free.
South Africa placed 52nd with a visa-free score of 108. SA
Migration International
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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. Travel Advisory - Flying on VFS Receipt you will be banned - Concession expired 3. ‘Disregard for human rights’ - Frozen IDs still not unblocked by home affairs 4. Canada to Limit Number of Temporary Residents 5. The real culprit behind SA’s immigration woes 6. Big loss for Home Affairs in South Africa 7. SCA overturns precedent-setting cyber-crime judgment 8. Where does the South African passport rank in the world? The latest Henley & Partners Passport Index for 2024 lists the 108 countries that SA passport holders can travel to without needing a visa.
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