HOME AFFAIRS HAS A BACKLOG OF OVER 56 000 VISAS
The South African Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has revealed in a parliamentary question session that it has a backlog of over 56 000 visa applications that are waiting to be processed. According to DHA they are hoping to clear this backlog by June 2024. The extent of the backlog is absolutely startling. Prior to Covid a visa application never took longer than 12 weeks to be processed. Since the beginning of 2022 most visa applications are taking in excess of 12 months to be processed. How t...
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