What does one needs to travel to south Africa?
How much in total? because I have someone there inviting me
And how do I get a permanent Work permit?
Please I need a suggestion

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Don't do it, except you are really going to marry him. In some countries, a promise is binding and to think that you both have an affidavit to prove promise. Besides, I don't understand what was meant by relationship not recognized cos I have invited a few [legitimate] friends as friends, and there was no issue.

samtol4:
submit fresh application don't appeal .make sure you submit genuine docs

Thanks, but he already sent the documents through DHL to the embassy in abuja. What do you suggest i do after this whole pandemic please? My passport is with me and I would love to reapply.
Can I reapply even after submitting documents for appeal?

Any latest news?

I understand everyone talking about Visit visa and all. I have a different question:

Anyone have an idea on routes to go for PR in SA? Especially if one has been here with a work permit and then spousal visa+work permit (but divorced from PR partner) for more than 5 years? Thank you.

Is your permit still valid or it has expired?? If its still valid you look for another spouce to add to your work permit when you're submitting for the renew and when its out then you can submit for your Pr.

Shembe4life:
Is your permit still valid or it has expired?? If its still valid you look for another spouce to add to your work permit when you're submitting for the renew and when its out then you can submit for your Pr.

Yes It is still valid...look for another Spouse where? Haha...I may just go another permit route...

You can try volunteer work permit or critical skill if you have Saqua

Shembe4life:
You can try volunteer work permit or critical skill if you have SAQA

Yes, going through Critical Skills, as I can then apply for PR immediately. Just that the money involved ehn, hmmm...My professional body fees alone hmmmm

Plz am new here,i am an nd holder i intnd to move to SA afrer pandemic for greener pasture what are my chances of getting a job there and what kind of visa can i apply for and what the cost?

Pls is there anyone in this forum that is stranded like me and has sent his/her information to the Nigeria consulate email address that was circulated recently?

Please let’s reason together and keep ourselves abreast of new information as regards our evacuation.

Thanks

Hello greeting to everybody, pls I have an uncle who wants me to come over there in the SA, for a greener pasture, which I will stay in his house and hustle in the country. Pls what kind of visa do I need to apply and what are the documents involved. Thank you

JustEdward:
Hello greeting to everybody, pls I have an uncle who wants me to come over there in the SA, for a greener pasture, which I will stay in his house and hustle in the country. Pls what kind of visa do I need to apply and what are the documents involved. Thank you

Visitor visa

tataiwo09:


Visitor visa

Wow thank you, please what re they documents involve I am applying from Abuja

yeme7:
What does one needs to travel to south Africa?
How much in total? because I have someone there inviting me
And how do I get a permanent Work permit?
Please I need a suggestion

Hi Yeme7, what do you want to know? Please be specific.You said ... "because I have someone there inviting me...." Please dont come to South Africa with visitor visa because you wouldn't be able to change your status. ....... "how do I get a permanent Work permit? You can not get temporary work permit, now you are imagining permanent work permit. Yeme7 if you desire South Africa then you have 2 options STUDY PERMIT OR CRITICAL SKILLS WORK PERMIT.

JustEdward:
Hello greeting to everybody, pls I have an uncle who wants me to come over there in the SA, for a greener pasture, which I will stay in his house and hustle in the country. Pls what kind of visa do I need to apply and what are the documents involved. Thank you

Hi Edward let me tell you better truth about South Africa. Please don't come to SA with visitor visa ooooooooo. Try to get study permit or critical skills work visa. With visitors visa you would not be able to change your visa.

alkaline00:
I understand everyone talking about Visit visa and all. I have a different question:

Anyone have an idea on routes to go for PR in SA? Especially if one has been here with a work permit and then spousal visa+work permit (but divorced from PR partner) for more than 5 years? Thank you.

Hi alkaline, I don't understand your question. Did you married and divorced SA? If your marriage is 5 years before you divorced i believe you can apply for your permanent residence permit but if not you can not apply. But if you have valid work permit and you have work in SA for 5 years you can apply also. Then if you are on Critical skill work permit you can apply for permanent residence permit when you get job offer or contract.

alkaline00:


Yes, going through Critical Skills, as I can then apply for PR immediately. Just that the money involved ehn, hmmm...My professional body fees alone hmmmm

It better to go through that process and get your PR than other that will make you regret. I gone through Critical skill work permit when I got to SA in 2O15 I applied for my PR and it came out Dec 2016 with God on my side.

femiaction:
Hi Edward let me tell you better truth about South Africa. Please don't come to SA with visitor visa ooooooooo. Try to get study permit or critical skills work visa. With visitors visa you would not be able to change your visa.

Thank you for replying brother. What do you mean by critical work visa? Is their a way I can apply for a school for undergraduate. And pay when I get to SA. Can you explain the two for me! Thanks boss

JustEdward:


Thank you for replying brother. What do you mean by critical work visa? Is their a way I can apply for a school for undergraduate. And pay when I get to SA. Can you explain the two for me! Thanks boss

Critical skill work permit is for graduates under Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).You can apply for undergraduate study in SA if you have money to pay. But postgraduate study in some universities in SA are free ( Masters and PhD by research are free tuition fee)

femiaction:
Hi alkaline, I don't understand your question. Did you married and divorced SA? If your marriage is 5 years before you divorced i believe you can apply for your permanent residence permit but if not you can not apply. But if you have valid work permit and you have work in SA for 5 years you can apply also. Then if you are on Critical skill work permit you can apply for permanent residence permit when you get job offer or contract.

No, I wasn't married for 5 years. I was trying to say: I had general work permit first, got married and got on Spousal visa with work notorization. I do understand that since I am now divorced without being married for 5 years, I cannot get my PR yet. Thankfully, my skill is listed as a Critical skill in SA so going that route.

femiaction:
It better to go through that process and get your PR than other that will make you regret. I gone through Critical skill work permit when I got to SA in 2O15 I applied for my PR and it came out Dec 2016 with God on my side.

Good to hear & congratulations on your PR. Yes, will go this route. If you wouldn't mind, can I PM you? I can be lazy sometimes, so I need a bit of push

femiaction:
Hi Yeme7, what do you want to know? Please be specific.You said ... "because I have someone there inviting me...." Please dont come to South Africa with visitor visa because you wouldn't be able to change your status. ....... "how do I get a permanent Work permit? You can not get temporary work permit, now you are imagining permanent work permit. Yeme7 if you desire South Africa then you have 2 options STUDY PERMIT OR CRITICAL SKILLS WORK PERMIT.

So how do I get the study visa because I'm a graduate here done with service, is there anything I could do? As a graduate from the university here, why should I apply for study visa, and how do I go about it? While the critical visa is all about what?

femiaction:
Hi Yeme7, what do you want to know? Please be specific.You said ... "because I have someone there inviting me...." Please dont come to South Africa with visitor visa because you wouldn't be able to change your status. ....... "how do I get a permanent Work permit? You can not get temporary work permit, now you are imagining permanent work permit. Yeme7 if you desire South Africa then you have 2 options STUDY PERMIT OR CRITICAL SKILLS WORK PERMIT.

Can I have your WhatsApp number so I can add let's talk please

Hi Edward. Yeme7 is right about something but not all.... Its really hard to get critical skill work permit from Nigeria and even study permit so schools would want some part of your school fees..... I will advice you to do a visitors permit and you can change it when you're in South Africa cause the new rules now allow you to submit permit with your visitors permit and i'm sure about it and you need to have money to submit your permit with you when you're traveling to South Africa cause your duration of stay will be 14days or 30days

yeme7:



Can I have your WhatsApp number so I can add let's talk please

send you PM

Shembe4life:
Hi Edward. Yeme7 is right about something but not all.... Its really hard to get critical skill work permit from Nigeria and even study permit so schools would want some part of your school fees..... I will advice you to do a visitors permit and you can change it when you're in South Africa cause the new rules now allow you to submit permit with your visitors permit and i'm sure about it and you need to have money to submit your permit with you when you're traveling to South Africa cause your duration of stay will be 14days or 30days

Shembe. Please can you post the directive here. I am hearing this now. Please and please where is the link that you can change your status in SA with visitors visa. We need people with good and genuine information

@All you can not change your status with visitors visa since 2014. Please we need people with this information to comment. Thanks

femiaction:
@All you can not change your status with visitors visa since 2014. Please we need people with this information to comment. Thanks

Unless Shembe can provide a link about his above statement, please follow this. I also learnt it is difficult to change Visitors visa within SA...

My advice would be coming via Study permit...choose a school, pay the tuition fees, and organically get into the system by upgrading your permit slowly till PR. Good luck!

Una well done!!

My two cents on the discussions

1. The ONLY time you can change from a visitors visa within SA to from visitor to Spousal Visa ( married to a PR holder or SA Citizen) visa. Anything else na bobo

2. Any one coming to SA to hustle with visitors visa, please don't. Their people here are out of jobs and this covid ish has made the situation worse