TEMPORARY MEASURES IN RESPECT OF FOREIGN NATIONALS IN LIGHT OF A BACKLOG EXPERIENCED IN PROCESSING OUTCOMES ON WAIVER APPLICATIONS AND VISA APPLICATIONS
Article Posted: 12/09/2022
Applicants whose waiver application outcomes are pending are hereby granted a blanket temporary extension until 31 March 2023, in order for the Department to process these applications and for applicants to collect their pending outcomes and submit applications for appropriate visas. Applicants who wish to abandon their waiver applications and depart from South Africa when able to do so will be allowed to exit at a port of entry on or before September 30th, 2022 without being declared undesirable.
Applicants whose visa applications are still pending are granted a blanket temporary extension until 31 March 2023, of their current visa status. Those who wish to abandon their visa application and depart from South Africa when able to do so will be allowed to exit at a port of entry on or before 31 March 2023, without being declared undesirable.
Applicants are not allowed to engage in any activity other than what the visa conditions allow for. Applicants with pending long-term visa applications who originate from countries that are exempt from port-of-entry visa requirements and who wish to travel may do so by presenting their VFS receipts on arrival back at the port of entry for admission into South Africa and collecting their visa outcomes. However, those applicants with pending long-term visa applications who originate from countries that are visa restricted would require a port of entry visa and their VFS receipt in order to be re-admitted into South Africa.