News Flash VFS Update Regarding Appeal Applications
ATTENTION: APPEAL APPLICATIONS
All appeal applications will now follow a revised online process. This will be effective from the 26 January 2019.
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Unabridged birth certificates scrapped in time for festive season
As the festive season approaches, the department of home affairs will scrap regulations requiring parents travelling with minors to present an unabridged birth certificate at ports of entry.
Delinking Citizenship and Permanent Residency
On 28 July 2017 the Department of Home Affairs released its anticipated White Paper on International Migration that provides a policy framework that will result in changes to our Immigration Legislation. The amendment process has commenced and is expected to be finalised in March 2019.
Department of Home Affairs clamping down on illegal immigrant employment
It is now a matter of when and not if companies employing foreign nationals will be audited by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). The arrest of at least 25 illegal foreign nationals at the beginning of May by the Cape Town Police, accompanied by officials from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), sparked a scramble among the local business community who are concerned that they may unknowingly be employing foreigners who are working in the country illegally.
Citizenship for children born to foreign parents in SA under investigation
A child born in South Africa does not automatically qualify for South African citizenship if their parents are foreign.