Article Posted: 30 June 20222
UPDATE ON ON WAIVER APPLICATIONS AND VISA APPLICATIONS.
Applicants whose waiver application outcomes are pending are hereby granted a temporary blanket extension until September 30 2022, 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 temporary blanket extension until September 30 2022, 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 September 30, 2022, 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 exempt from the 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 to collect 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.
Read the full Circular here: Circular blanket visa extension until 30 September 2022