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60 DAY SUBMISSION PERIOD WAIVED FOR VISA APPLICATIONS

09 Oct 2026

The Immigration Regulations have always included a provision that visa applications whether they be new applications, extension applications or change of conditions applications must be submitted while the applicant still has at least 60 days left on their existing visa. This provision was for the most part not strictly applied provided the applicant had a good reason for the late submission and included a letter requesting condonation for the late submission. Towards the end of 2025 the Depart...

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REMOTE WORKING VISA DELAYED

16 Sep 2024

The Remote Working Visa (or Digital Nomad Visa) was published in the Government Gazette on the 20th May 2024. It has been eagerly awaited after being in the pipeline for a number of years. However despite the publication in the Government Gazette in...

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CAPE TOWN RANKS IN TOP 20 FOR EXECUTIVE REMOTE WORKING

02 Sep 2024

The Savills Executive Nomad Index has ranked Cape Town at number 17 in its survey for “Executive Nomads”. Executive Nomads are differentiated from the more common digital nomads, typified by backpackers, by virtue of them being older and...

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NEW MINISTER COMMITS TO REDUCING VISA BACKLOG

18 Jul 2024

One of the consequences of the huge backlog of visa applications and the extremely long processing periods is that many applicants have turned to the courts to force the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) to process their applications timeously. This i...

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FURTHER EXTENSION FOR APPLICANTS WITH PENDING VISA APPLICATIONS

04 Jul 2024

The saga of South Africa’s visa backlog is never ending. Each time the Department of Home Affairs appears before Parliament it states that is it making progress with the visa backlog, but yet always reports higher number of visas in the backlog...

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SOUTH AFRICAN REMOTE WORKING VISA GAZETTED

21 May 2024

The Remote Working Visa was first gazetted at the end of March 2024. Unfortunately, the Minister of Home Affairs (in his wisdom) gazetted it before the public participation process had ended thus leaving it susceptible to legal challenge. It was thus...

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