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2010 Football World Cup

ISS — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:42:45 +0000

2010 Football Visa

You want to be able to say “I was there for the first world cup in Africa” but you need a visa?

South African Migration can help.As South Africa’s premier visa service we get results and have a proven track record for speedy service.

Immigration Specialists in Visas, Permits for South Africa and all related migration services & relocation services

Once we confirm that you will qualify for the permit or visa, we will guarantee you a successful application. This is normally done in the first consultation – which is for free.

To get your football world cup visa, Contact Rod or Taryn Directly on + 27 21 465 0333 Land line or email us on rod@samigration.co.uk.

volunteer

ISS — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:04:28 +0000

Volunteer Visa for South Africa

Most volunteer programs are for 3 months. This allows volunteers to come into South Africa on a normal tourist visa and work in the country. However, some volunteers will come into the country on programs that last for more than 3 months. This is where SA Migration Intl can assist. With extensive knowledge on migration law and especially the volunteer visa, we will assit you in obtaining your visa no matter where you are in the world. We have also teamed up with DriveSouthAfrica and African Impact to facilitate the entire process.

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Research by ISS on February 23rd, 2009
Research Permit for South Africa The interpretation of research activities should not be confused with activities for which a work permit will be required.

Research

ISS — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:22:13 +0000

Research Permit for South Africa

The interpretation of research activities should not be confused with activities for which a work permit will be required. If an employment position/post is offered wherein the incumbent will be on the establishment (personnel structure) of the institution, then a work permit will be required.:”work” means business, commercial or remunerative activities within the Republic, excluding work on the basis of a permit referred to in sections 12 or 14, or work for a foreign employer pursuant to a contract which only partially calls for activities in the Republic, or work as a business or profession mainly based outside the Republic but requiring activities within the Republic.

Nationals who are visa restricted must apply for a visa if they wish to enter South Africa for any period not exceeding three (3) years for the purpose of engaging in research activities.

Certain Nationals may proceed to South Africa without a visa, at which point they will be admitted for an initial period of 3 months, within which they may apply for the renewal of their permits in South Africa.

Getting a Research Permit

Fill out the enquiry form below to give us more information on your current status. Once we have all your information, we can deduce whether or not you will qualify for a research permit.

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SA Migration International
Trust the Leader in Migration Permits / Visas to South Africa!

SA Migration International (SAMI) arranges all your required Visa and Permits.
Thinking of migrating or moving permanently to South Africa,
want to work, study, conduct business, seek medical treatment in South Africa.
Are you joining your spouse, life partner or other relative in South Africa,
or simply you want to retire permanently or stay longer in South Africa?
You are at the right place!
Let us help you to fulfil your dreams! Contact us now here.

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Volunteer Visa for South Africa Most volunteer programs are for 3 months.

Citizenship

ISS — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:09:28 +0000

Citizenship – South Africa

South African Citizen by Descent;
Anybody who was born outside of South Africa to a South African citizen. His or her birth has to be registered in line with the births and deaths registration act 51 of 1992. South African Citizen by Naturalisation: Permanent Resident holders of 5 or more years can apply for citizenship. Anybody married to a South African citizen qualifies for naturalisation, two years after receiving his or her permanent residence at the time of marriage. A child under 21 who has permanent residence permit qualifies for naturalisation immediately after the permit is issued. Automatic loss of Citizenship This occurs when a South African citizen:

Obtains citizenship of another country by a voluntary and formal act, other than marriage, or;
Serves in the armed forces of another country, where he or she is also a citizen, while is at war with South Africa.
Deprivation of Citizenship A South African citizen by naturalization can be deprived of his citizenship if

The certificate of naturalisation was obtained fraudulently or false information was supplied
He or she holds the citizenship of another country and has, at any time, been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in any country for an offence that also would have been an offence in South Africa.
Acquisition of the citizenship or nationality of another country Any person who wants to apply for citizenship in another country must apply to the Minister of Home Affairs to retain his or her South African citizenship before acquiring the citizenship of the other country.
Resumption of South African citizenship: Any former citizen by birth or descent who:
Gave up his or her South African citizenship, or
Automatically ceased to be a South African citizen; can apply for the reinstatement of his/her South African citizenship. However this person must return permanently to South Africa.

Getting Citizenship

Fill out the enquiry form below to give us more information on your current status. Once we have all your information, we can deduce whether or not you will qualify for citizenship.

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Medical Permit for South Africa

ISS — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:55:03 +0000

Medical Permit for South Africa

A person wishing to receive medical treatment in South Africa
must first apply for a medical visa.

All applications for visits for medical purposes must be supported by a letter from the applicant’s medical practitioner or medical institution, indicating the nature of the ailment, the reason/necessity for treatment, the period of treatment and particulars of the appointment/s made in South Africa. Full details of the person or institution responsible for the medical expenses and hospital fees must be furnished. Should the individual’s medical scheme or employer not be liable for the expenses incurred, proof of medical cover must be submitted.

Emergency patients transported by emergency flights or vehicles will
be allowed entry, if not in possession of visas. Immigration
officers will facilitate their entry by not applying the clearance
procedures. However, it is the duty of the person in charge
of the emergency flight or the pilot or owner of the aircraft
or the owner or driver of the emergency vehicle, to report
the entry and presence of the patient as soon as possible
at an office of the Department of Home Affairs.

An immigration officer must then visit the patient and if
such patient is found to be an alien in possession of a valid
passport, s/he will be issued with the necessary medical permit.

Getting a Medical Permit

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on your current status. Once we have all your information, we
can deduce whether or not you will qualify for a medical permit.

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Visitors Permit for South Africa

ISS — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:22:51 +0000

Visitors Permit for South Africa

The maximum duration for this permit is 3 months. If a longer stay is required the applicant must apply in advance abroad or he can extend the visitor’s permit locally, confirming the purpose of stay.

A valid return air ticket, proof of sufficient financial means, the application fee and/or a deposit must be accompany an application for extension.

At this stage that a visitor’s permit can only be extended once. Please be aware that all extensions and changes need to be applied for 30 days before expiry of the current permit. Missing the cut-off date without demonstration of good cause (e.g. illness, accident) will mean that you have to leave South Africa.

Extended Visitor Permit

Countries exempt from South African visas:

The exemptions pertain to ordinary, diplomatic and official passport holders. Official visits (on invitation of the South African Government) and accreditation for holders of diplomatic and official passport holders are not dealt with here. Visas are not required by citizens of the following countries for the periods and subject to the conditions indicated: Holders of South African passports, travel documents and documents for travel purposes. Holders of passports of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland including the British Islands Bailiwick of Guernsey and Jersey, Isle of Mann and Virgin Islands as well as the Republic of Ireland are totally exempt from South African visa control and thus do not require visas for any purpose regulated by visas. Please Note: Nationals of the British Dependent Territories are subject to visa control. The Territories are: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory,British Indian Ocean Territory, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands,Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn,Henderson, Cucie and Oeno Islands,the Sovereign Base Area of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Turks and Caicos Islands.

Antigua and Barbuda Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits
Argentina: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 90 days and transits
Australia: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits
Austria: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits
Barbados: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits
Belgium: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits
Belize: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits
Benin: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits
Bolivia: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits
Botswana: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits
Brazil: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 90 days and transits
Canada: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits
Cape Verde: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits
Chile: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 90days and transits
Costa Rica: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits
Cyprus: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits.
Diplomatic and official passport holders visiting the RSA for holiday purposes are exempt for 90 days.
Czech Republic: Holders of diplomatic and official passports for holiday visits not exceeding 90 days and transits
Denmark: Bona fide holiday and business visits only (period unspecified) and transits Ecuador:
Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 90 days and transits
Egypt: Holders of diplomatic and official passports for holidayvisits not exceeding 30 days and transits
Finland: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits
France: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits
Gabon: Bona fide holiday & business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits
Germany: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits
Greece: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits
Guyana: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits
Hong Kong: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits This exemption is only with regard to holders of Hong Kong British National – Overseas (BNO) passports, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) passports and Hong Kong Certificates of Identity.
Hungary: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits Diplomatic and official passport holders visiting the RSA for holiday purposes are exempt for 120 days.
Iceland: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits Israel: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 90 days and transits Italy: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits Jamaica: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 90 days and transits Japan: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits Jordan: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits Lesotho: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits Liechtenstein: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits Luxemburg: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits Macau: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits This exemption is only with regard to holders of Macau Special Administrative Region passports (MSAR). Malaysia: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits Maldives: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits Malta: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 90 days and transits Malta: Holders of diplomatic and official passports for holiday visits not exceeding 90 days and transits Mauritius: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits Mexico: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits Morocco: Holders of diplomatic and official passports for holiday visits not exceeding 30 days and transits Namibia: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits Netherlands (Kingdom of the): Bona fide holiday and business visits only (period unspecified) and transits New Zealand: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits Norway: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits Paraguay: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 90 days and transits Peru: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits Poland: Holders of diplomatic and official passports for holiday visits not exceeding 90 days and transits Portugal: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits Romania: Holders of diplomatic and official passports for holiday visits not exceeding 120 days and transits San Marino: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 90 days and transits Seychelles: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits Singapore: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits Slovak Republic: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits South Korea: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits Spain: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits St Helena: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 90 days and transits St Vincent & the Grenadines: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 90 days and transits Swaziland: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 90 days and transits Sweden: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits Switzerland: Bona fide holiday & business visits only (period unspecified) and transits
Thailand: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits
Tunisia: Holders of diplomatic and official passports for holiday visits not exceeding 30 days and transits
Turkey: Bona fide holiday & business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits
United States of America: Bona fide holiday and business visits only (period unspecified) and transits
Uruguay: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 90 days and transits
Venezuala: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 90 days and transits
Zambia: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits
Zimbabwe: Bona fide holiday and business visits not exceeding 30 days and transits.
Only government officials, including police on cross border investigation

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Life Partner Permit

ISS — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:39:48 +0000

Life Partner Visa and Spousal Visa – South Africa

Foreigners who are spouses of South African citizens or permanent
resident holders may apply for their life partner visa and
upon receiving it, apply for permanent residence.

To obtain permanent residence, you would have to have been
with your partner for more than 5 years. This came about with
the new regulations published on the 1st July 2005.
The life partner visa is very similar to the spousal visa
but accommodates same sex partnerships.

You will have to prove financial and emotional support and
may be called upon to be interviewed by the department.

SA Migration Intl will guide you through the entire process
and make sure that all is in order for your application. Once
your application is in you will be able to track the progress
of it by entering a unique reference code in
our application tracking system and be kept fully up to date
with the progress of your application.

Once we confirm that you will qualify for the visa we will
guarantee you a successful application. If you are in the
UK and you need a life partner visa for South Africa please
contact us now!

Getting a Life Partner Visa

Fill out the enquiry form below to give us more information
on your current status. Once we have all your information, we
can deduce whether or not you will qualify for either the life
partner or spousal visa.

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Taxation

Rod — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:16:30 +0000

Tax in South Africa

Pre-Migration to South Africa Checklist

If client activity is a reliable indicator, it would seem that South Africa (SA) is increasingly a retirement destination of choice for United Kingdom (UK) resident individuals. SA has a favorable climate, a vibrant economy and a positive outlook but there could be potentially adverse UK and SA tax consequences for an individual migrating to the country so careful planning is required to mitigate such consequences as much as possible. This article highlights some of the more important aspects that a UK resident immigrant should consider and on which he should obtain prior professional advice.

UK Domicile Status

The immigrant firstly needs to ascertain his UK domicile status. Domicile is a concept of international law, which determines an individual’s civil status for jurisdictional purposes such as marriage, divorce and property ownership.
The concept of domicile is extremely important in a UK tax context because of the UK tax advantages that are allowed to foreign-domiciled individuals. The relevance of domicile, in the context of migration, is that a person who leaves the UK and establishes a domicile of choice in another country is deemed to remain UK-domiciled for a period of three full UK tax years after having acquired his new domicile. His worldwide estate would remain liable to UK inheritance tax (IHT) for the three-year period and any settlement by him of assets on offshore trustees in excess of his so-called “nil-rate band” (which is currently £285,000), would attract an immediate 20% IHT charge. This reduces the opportunities for pre-migration planning to persons who are UK-domiciled or deemed UK-domiciled. In this regard it is important to note that if the immigrant has a foreign domicile but has been tax resident in the UK for 17 out of the preceding 20 tax years, the immigrant will be deemed to be UK-domiciled for IHT purposes.

Settlement of an Offshore Trust

The immigrant should consider whether he could benefit from SA estate duty advantages by settling an offshore discretionary trust, within his “nil rate band”, prior to migrating to SA.

SA Residence Permit Applications

The type of Residence Permit the immigrant intends applying for must be considered. Because it can take up to a year for an application to be approved, the type of application should be decided on well in advance of migration to SA.

Purchase of Immovable Property in SA

An immigrant will probably want to acquire immovable property in SA. He needs to decide whether to buy the property in his own name or through a corporate entity or trust.
One of the SA tax benefits of the immigrant purchasing property in his own name is that the so-called primary residence exclusion would reduce exposure to capital gains tax on resale. This excludes the first R1.5 million taxable capital gain realised from the sale of the property. The exclusion is not available if the property is acquired through a corporate entity or trust. However, the advantage of the primary residence exclusion is offset by the fact that by acquiring the property in the immigrant’s own name, the asset would form part of his dutiable SA estate on death and would potentially be subject to SA estate duty.

Application of the SA Exchange Control Regulations

Migrants to SA need to be aware of how the SA Exchange Control Regulations may affect them.
New immigrants to SA qualify for a five-year “holiday” from exchange control. In essence this means that if an immigrant remains in SA for a period of less than five years, he will be permitted to externalise all the assets that he introduced into SA during such period (as well as the growth in the assets), without any exchange control restrictions. After the five-year period, the immigrant will only be permitted to externalise the Rand value of the assets that he introduced into SA. The growth in the value of the assets would be subject to normal exchange control restrictions.

Suitable Exit Strategy

The ease with which the immigrant can exit from SA should he wish to do so, and the potential UK and SA tax consequences of his doing so, should also be considered. This aspect will primarily be determined by the manner in which the immigrant structured his affairs prior to migrating to SA.

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Permanent Residence

Rod — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:11:53 +0000

Permanent Residence in South Africa

One should only apply for permanent residency if you are serious about staying in South Africa on a permanent basis. There are many categories you can apply under.

- Business /Life Partner
- Work
- Retirement
- Financially Independent

On the 1st of July 2005 it became mandatory for a life partner couple to be together for 5 years or more before they apply for Permanent Residence under the life partner category. The rule came about because of the increased number of “quick” marriages that were taking place in order to get people into the country.

Permanent Residence applications take on average 10 – 15 months due to the back log at Home Affairs.

Getting your Permanent Residency

Fill out the enquiry form below to give us more information on your current status. Once we have all your information, we can deduce whether or not you will qualify for permanent residency.

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Financially Independent Visa

Rod — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:10:20 +0000

Financially Independent Visa – South Africa

If you are financially independent and wish to apply for immigration to South Africa under this category, you will have to transfer an amount of R75 000 to Home Affairs plus show a net worth of R7.5m

You will also be required to refrain from engaging in employment or establishing your own business without the approval of the Department of Home Affairs, and to notify the Department of any change of address during the three-year period.

To find out more about this visa type, fill in the enquiry for below and let us know your criteria. Based on what you tell us we will qualify you for entry into South Africa. Once you qualify for entry we can begin the application process.

Getting a Financially Independent Visa

Fill out the enquiry form below to give us more information on your current status. Once we have all your information, we can deduce whether or not you will qualify for a financially independent visa.

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