South Africa Visa GuideFor Cape Town Expats and Visitors to Cape Town South Africa
My South Africa Visa Guide shall help you to find answers and good resources for your South Africa Immigration Questions. Cape Town is so breathtakingly beautiful that many of the visitors to the Mother City not only want to come here for a holiday but also plan to come here for work for a couple of years. There are many opportunities for foreign nationals with skills and experitise to join the South African workforce or work in one of the numerous charities in South Africa.
When you decide you would like to move to Cape Town South Africa, you should make sure which kind of visa will apply for your immigration.
South Africa Tourist Visa- The most important things you should know -For visitors coming to South Africa for holiday purposes the immigration issue is easy solved. When entering the country either by land, air or sea, you will be granted a three-month-holiday visa.• Your passport which needs to be valid at least one month after your departure date and needs to have at least one blank page for your South Africa visa. • Your outbound flight ticket to prove you intend to leave South Africa at a set date before the 90 day limit of a holiday visa. • Extension of your visa is possible for another period of up to 90 days when asking before the due date on your visa. You can do this yourself at one of the Cape Town Home Affairs Offices or better still, have it organized through a reliable immigration consultant. • Should your journey to South Africa bring you via a country where there is yellow fever an occurrence, then get a yellow fever jab and a certificate before you enter South Africa. The South Africa Work Permit:- Moving to South Africa for a longer stay for work purposes -Getting a work permit without a concrete offer of work and a subsequent sponsorship by your new South African employer is quite difficult in South Africa.The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) will usually only approve work permits if your employer can show that your skills are scarce and rare in South Africa and the company needs your expertise and the skills are not available in the country. You will find general information about the South Africa Visa by the Department of Home Affairs. Work permits are usually granted in connection with a temporary residency permit, which permits work for only the company which is specified in your visa. But there are quota permits for rare and scarse skills, where you can change jobs as long as you stick to your occupational category.
More info about jobs in South Africa here. Your life partner or spouse usually is granted a temporary residency permit as well for up to three years, but he/she will not be allowed to take up work without getting a work permit for himself/herself. Extensions of the temporary visa are possible and have to be applied for at least four weeks before any renewal date is due. You have to apply for your work permit at one of South Africa’s missions abroad or at the Department of Home Affairs in South Africa. Usually it takes about a month to get the permit.
Find a list of South Africas foreign offices and missions here. Then there are intra-company transfers, when employees are brought into the country for service in the international company and there are also exchange permits for young people who are up to 25 years of age and take part in social, cultural and economic exchanges. Find more info about the several types of permit can be found at the website of the Department of Home Affairs. SouthAfrica Student Visa- Moving to Cape Town for Study Purposes -When moving to Cape Town with school-age children, you also will need to apply for a study permits for each of your children if you are here with a temporary residency permit.Get these South Africa visa "Study permits" organized before you move here or before the new school term/year starts or you risk keeping your kids out of school until the study permit has been granted. I know of several cases of schools in Cape Town having sent foreign children home when they could not show valid study permits for the specific school. This also applies when moving children from one school to another school. If you are a student taking up studies at a South African college or university, then you will have to apply for a study permit too. This study permit will enable you to take up a job for 20 hours a week too. South Africa Business Visa- Setting up your own Business in Cape Town South Africa -South Africa supports international visitors if they want to open a business in the country. But there are certain regulations you have to obey when you are not a South African resident yet.The best way to deal with a South Africa Visa for Business Purposes would be to contact a local immigration consultant. Who can help when applying for a South Africa Visa?There are several immigration consultants working in Cape Town who can assist you with your South Africa Visa application.Immigration experts work closely with the Department of Home Affairs and are informed about the newest regulations and updates regarding your immigration to South Africa. For more information on how to find a reliable consultant please
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