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Thecassanova:
Why don't you apply for PR straight since you already have a certificate in a critical skill field?

No work experience or professional body needed. Mind you, you know you need to join a body and have those cumbersome documents for critical skills.

It's Just about confusing the home affairs how impact your skills would be. A colleague of mine that did honours last year, currently doing MSc now is putting up his documents together for PR application. PR is not as hard as we think it is, so far you graduated from SA with a scarce skills.

I am already a member of my professional body and I have a letter to that effect. Which other cumbersome document will I need?

sekinatmi:
Hi,Please i am also trying to apply for honours program but i want to confirm if you used saqa evaluation.I already sent my documents to saqa but it is taking forever for nipost registered mail to deliver since May 17th.I am interested in Statistics/Mathematical Statistics.

Yes, I used SAQA evaluation for my application but I didn't ask them to send it to me in nigeria. I only asked my friend in SA to collect it for me from SAQA office and send a scanned copy to me which I used to apply for visa and also submitted a certified hard copy for me to the admission office.

samtol4:
A colleague got his PR aftr finishing PhD in social science using study permit . I assumed you are schooling or schooled in SA . if not I advise you get critical skill permit first and after few months apply for PR

Yes, I graduated last year from Wits. It was an honours program. Am still in SA and my permit would expire by december.

How long did it take your colleague to get the PR?

Please have anyone heard of a success story for any recent graduate from a SA university from a critical skill field area who applied directly for permanent resident and was given?

I have the option of applying for critical skill permit or PR (base on the new regulation) but am not confident enough about the PR due to uncertainties.

Please gurus in the house should shed some light on this matter.

welf99:
http://www.workpermitsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PR-critical-skills-waiver.pdf

Does this mean I can apply directly for a permanent residence as a graduate of a south african tertiary institution in critical skill area even though I don't have a critical work permit yet?

millyajay:
you must be a saddist

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millyajay:
you must be a saddist

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millyajay:
you must be a saddist

Realist I would say. Not saddist.
These kind of thing never ever happens- somebody giving you an outrageous amount of money to do stupid things such as slapping your girlfriend or going back to primary school. Where will the money even come from?

Stop dreaming guys. No one will give you N 0.1M to go back to primary school. No, not BillGate, not Dangote, not Adenuga, no one, I mean nobody.

Stop and ask yourself- would you pay a student say N100,000 for him to repeat a class? How stupid would that be! Have you every heard or seen that done before?

Tzardom:
Spokesperson, which business of his am I in middle of? And which of his comments on a thread about SA visa apps made you think he was concerned about SA's political/economic situation?

SA has plenty of forums where discussion centre around things that concerns us and our country. I figured nairaland would be the same since it is after all a Nigerian forum. But to my surprise, it doesn't.

If SA and her people weren't berated everyday on this forum by people like your prophet friend up there - I wouldn't be here.

Hate begets hate.

The man predicted a collapse in the south african economy if something is not done fast. Although he sounded very pessimistic or more like a prophet of doom and even though i don't agree with him on that, it is his opinion - his business. The next guy had a different idea and he presented his argument with facts too, his analysis seemed optimistic. If you have a valid argument for or against the motion then present it intellectually. Not that "stay in your country" thingy.

Look around, Nairaland is not centered on Nigeria alone, there are topics on everything Nigerian and non Nigerian as well. There are sections for cars, programming, romance and many others. In this travel section there is also a thread for U.S, Germany, UK, Australia, Canada etc. Nigerians are not only concerned about Nigeria.

My classmate then told me he can never leave south africa. He said "if i go to U.S how am i going to compete with the Americans, Indians, Chinese, etc for Jobs". I understood his position. But i told him, i don't mind competing with those people if i have the chance to.

If you are only concerned about SA and you thought that Nairaland is only about Nigeria, you shouldn't be here in the first place.

You surely have a lot of work to do since your job description is to respond to comments that "berates" SA on internet forums and social media. Am sure many other African countries have their own Nairaland. So google them out and find out who else "berating" SA. More grease to your elbow.

Tzardom:
South Africa is not your country! South Africans are not your people! Zuma is not your president! Therefore, not your problem!

Stfu already and focus on things that concern you!

What an irony! You ask someone to mind his business while you yourself are in the middle of his own business.

There should be a South Africa forum for you. Why did you sign up for Nairaland when you hate foriegners this much. Isn't there a "RandLand" for south africans.

And anybody can be concerned with the politics of any nation if he has an interet in that nation whether directly or indirectly. Most of us africans were concerned about the outcome of the u.s election, weren't we? Even russians and iranians were concerned. I bet the owners of mtn, multichoice, shoprite etc will be concerned with nigerian politics as they know that the economics policies of the govt affects their buisiness.

If you don't have any interest outside south african you can mind you business within and allow others to also mind theirs anywhere in world.

staggerlee:
This is the reasoning of an average South African, they dont want you. They hate foreigners

I think it is rather the reasoning of the poor and hopeless South africans, the ones on the streets and townships and maybe a very few average. Because the few average I know don't reason like that.

Tzardom:
That will be wonderful.

So what are you going to do? Wait and hope the economy of SA crashes so that the forigners have no choice but to leave or you lead an "S/A must fall" campaign. Maybe you will be considered a revolutionist.

Tzardom:
If South Africa falls, will the hordes of "hardworking" desperadoes from all over Africa stop flocking in?

Yes they will stop. I guess you now have something to gain if/when she falls.

welf99:
honestly you are expected to work in the occupation area applied for but the truth is that your permit doesn't have any restriction stated on it. don't forget that you are required to report at home affairs with prove of employment.

So what then happens when you can only report of an employment in a different field?

welf99:
Basically most info about this visa category is available here but IT professional specific info...see below
1. SAQA - WWW.saqa.org.za to evaluate your academic credential and issue you the result
2. IITPSA - WWW.iitpsa.org.za for membership and issuance of confirmation of skills and work experience. read about the requirement on this site
3. note that you need a minimum of 5 years work experience to stand a chance.
4. Your occupation or profession must be on the critical skill list approved by home affairs
5. go to WWW.dha.gov.za to read about visa application requirement
6. this visa is issued for 5 years. it allows you to work as a professional in the republic
7. you can apply for permanent residence immediately
8. you can work and change employer at will
9. you can study part time with this permit

Can you use the permit to work in a different area from the one you applied for? For example i am a geophysicist, after obtaining critical skill permit as a geophysicist, can i work as a programmer while looking for a geophysics job?

aril:
Am glad you are a student there. I want to enroll for a degree programme. Please what can you tell me about wits university. Are you also running a degree programme there or masters? How is the atmosphere there and I hope they don't discriminate too much?

Im already filling the online form for admission. Got struck somewhere and I needed to contact them for assistance and they have been helpful.

hope to read from you soon.

Am doing a postgraduate degree program. So far, I have not experince any discrimination. Wits is a big school and among the top best in SA and Africa as a whole. The atmosphere is friendly.
I hope this answers your question. Feel free to ask more specific questions and I will try to answer them to the best of my ability.

aril:
Please... anyone here attending University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg?

Yes. I am a student at wits.

naruto02:
Hello, I'm travelling to southy on monday and I have issues on hw to move money. My school has already bOoked my accomodation (will pay when I get there)and they'll pick me up at d airport. I need advice on hw to move money I have 3 atms gtb stanbic and diamond although I don't know which 1 works there also I need to know how much max in both $ and rand I can enter d country with.

GTB atm card does not work for cash withdrawal. But you can use it in Pos machines.

stevetop:
Thanks for your response my visa is for 4.11 yrs

Which of the schools are you going to?

stevetop:
Una weldone o! Please can one buy a one way ticket when going to SA - cos I don't have an idea of when I'm due back - I'm on a study visa.

yes, i beleive you can. i came with a one way ticket myself. the avaiation officers ask why but the moment they saw that i had a student visa they were okay with it.
i beleive your visa is for 1 or 2 years like mine.

staggerlee:
like i said if you come in with a different visa for another course you wont be allowed to register. whether same faculty or not. just make sure what is on your visa is what you are coming to study.

I actually have a visa that has geography written on it but I went ahead to register for my geophysics course without any questions asked.
I think the most important thing is that the school is the same.

Although mine maybe a bit different from yours because I actually have an admission for geophysics but the embassy mistakenly wrote geography on my visa instead of geophysics.

But nobody asked me why do you have geography on your visa and you want to do geophysics. Or maybe they didn't look close enough...

tweb1:
I am trying to book flight to travel to SA. I see some flight having stop overs, some of which may last up to 12hrs. Please where will the passenger be during this long hours of waiting? What will he/she be doing doing during the long wait?

Please somebody should help answer this question.

I am trying to book flight to travel to SA. I see some flight having stop overs, some of which may last up to 12hrs. Please where will the passenger be during this long hours of waiting? What will he/she be doing doing during the long wait?

Please has anyone obtained his visa from lagos embassy before the date stated on the receipt? I wish I could get mine at least a week earleir or within two weeks

Please, the bank statement to be used for application for SA study visa, how many months should it span?

HankVoight:
You will need a letter of sponsorship from your Uncle then you can use his bank statement.

So just the letter of sponsorship together with the bank statement will do, right?

Keneking:
If you apply on Tuesday next week, expect to get 5th February 2016. There is so much backlog from last year and this week's applicants have been told to check back on 29 January 2016. Hope this satisfies your query?

Which of the school admitted you?

I was admitted to the university of witwatersrand.
Can i used my uncle's statement of account even though we don't have the same surname? Will they ask for profe?

Please has anyone gotten student permit from Lagos embassy recently? I just want to know how long it took so that i can see how i will meet up with te registration at the school where i was admitted.

Please, has anyone been to the SA embassy in Lagos for study visa this November? I want to know when to go there for my own. Is it still Tuesdays only? Or have there been any change?

I am preparing to start my post graduate course by Feb 2016 in Joburg at wits. I want to get there on time and settle down with a part time job for my support before the program begins. I already have my eye on teaching as an option for a part time Job.
Please our Naija brothers and Sisters in SA, will it be cool to travel by January?
When do their secondary school resume in the new year?
Can i get a teaching Job online from here before i leave?

yinksob002:
They will start accepting applications from November. Which programme are u pursuing at wits?

Ok. I am going for Honours program.