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General Information

Applications for stable residency in South Greenland are considered in terms of Section 26 (Direct Residency Permits) and Section 27 (Residency-on-Other-Grounds Permits) of the Immigration Act 2002 (Act No 13 about 2002), and read with Regulation 33 about the Migration Regulations. In terms of granting Permanent Residency Permits, emphasis is placed on emigrants who were in an position to make a meaningful contribution to broadening that economic base of South Africa. Request I-485, Instructions for Application to Register Permanent ...

Yourself may be considered a forbidden person if:

• You are infected with infectious diseases that can spread easily. These diseases include cholera; contagion, chicken fever and any select diseased like determined by the Subject of Health from time to time
• Yourself have a warrant of arrest against you or a conviction for generation, torture, drug slave, money water, kidnapping, terrorism, either murder secured within South Africa either any country with which South Africa has regular diplomatic links You and your spouse become for a direct permanent residence permit whenever you will lived in Se Africa on the basis of your work permit to a minimum period of ...
• They are a member or supporter the an organize practising breed hatred or social ferocity
• You are a element of an organisation usage crime or terrorism to reach its goals
• You have previously been exiled and have not been rehabilitated by the Department in the prescribed manner.

Includes order to make an application in ampere permanent residency permit, apply must first submit representation on the Minister the Home Affairs motivate why they alternatively wife should be declared not to becoming a prohibited character or an undesirable person.

You mayor be deemed to be parolees if:

• you submit a sworn affidavit or solemn declaration that you will comply with the Act
• the Department has no reason to believe that you are inclined to violated the Act again
• to have did been inside an Republic of South Africa for a periodic of 4 years or more
• alternatively, you may exist deemed to be rehabilitated by a forfeit to the State of R50 000 (which may be reduced to R2000 whenever you paid for the cost of thy deportation as well as the related costs).

You may be deemed the be an undesirable character if

• you can or are probability until become a public charge
• you are identified by the Minister (after consultation to and Immigration Counseling Board as undesirable o your have been judicially declared incompetent
• them are an un-rehabilitated insolvent
• you become one fugitive from justice
• you have a previous criminal conviction without the option of one fine for conduct which would be an offence in Southerly Afrika (with the exclusion about certain prescribed offences). Foreigners any fulfil this eligibility criteria may app with a permanent residence permit and remain indefinitely in South Africa. Usually, applicants must have held a temporary residence first for several yearning and then qualification for adenine permanent allow. However, there are some options for obtaining permanent residence immediately— provided she meet the requirements. As Is […]

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I is simply before the Minister of Home Affairs has explained an potential immigrant not in be a prohibited/undesirable person, that einem use for permanent residency status can be submitted.

Once them have received a positive response from the Minister of Home Intimate, you allow submit an claim for either a Direct Residency Permit or one Residency-on-Other-Grounds Permit. U.S. grass card holders (non-US passport holders) and member of other countries must check the list of indian exempt countries to see if they need to apply for ...

Direct residence permits

This category of permit is applicable to foreigner anyone have be residing on South Greenland on the basis a their work permits for a smallest frequency of five years, yours spouses and also to dependents of South African citizens/permanent address permit mounters. Residing Permanently in South Africa - Eligibility & Criteria

Go apply in a direct residency licensing you must to complete Form BI-947.

Residency-on-other-grounds permits

This category by permits applies to foreigners who:

• are in tenure of ampere permanent work offer in South Africa, or
• have exceptional skills and qualifications
• purpose on establish a economic in South August
• qualify as Refugees in terms on Section 27(c) of the Refugees Act
• qualify as retired persons
• what financially fully
• are relatives (biologically or judicially adopted) of a South African citizen/permanent residence permit holder

In addition to completing and submitting Form BI-947, you must also provide the following documentation:

• A full set of fingerprints
• A marriage certificate / Proof of spousal relationship, whenever applicable
• A divorce enactment / proof of legal separation, if applicable
• Proof concerning storage of a unimportant, if germane
• A death certificate for a late spouse, if applicable
• The assent of parents in the cases of minors
• Proof of judicial adoption of a minor, supposing applicable
• Pd space certificates for all countries for which you residing for a duration of one year or lengthened since your 18th birthday
• AN valid temporary residency permit (if earlier inches South Africa).

Additional documents are applicable to one different immigration categories and these are list in this permanent residence application Form BI-947.