INTERNATIONAL IMMIGRATION NEWS

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TRUMP FOLLOWS THROUGH ON CAMPAIGN PLEDGES

On Wednesday, 25 January 2017, The US President, Donald Trump took his first step to enact his pledge(s) by signing the executive orders to ‘Build a Wall’ on the Mexican border and to prevent sanctuary cities from offering protection to undocumented immigrants.

This wall will be built on the border between the United States and Mexico – the border is stretched by 2 000 miles (3 200 kilometres).

President Trump claims: “a nation without borders is not a nation”, by signing this order, he believes that the United States of America gets back their borders.

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SAQA Fee Increase

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The evaluation of qualification tariffs will change from R950-00 to R1010-00 effective 1 January 2017.

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Department of Home Affairs: Contact Centre Launched

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The new system aims to improve the following items as identified –

  • Inadequate tracking and record keeping
  • Weak coordination and handling of queries among officials
  • Inconsistency with applying the standard operating procedures
  • Low compliance with service delivery standards

The Department of Home Affairs’ new contact centre will be operated by highly skilled officials and consultants with the necessary knowledge. The Contact Centre will enable the people of the public to lodge their complaints at a central point. All cases will be registered on a central case management system. The Department also endeavours that there will be consistent feedback as all the customer related services will be offered centrally at one branch.

It should be noted that the Department of Home Affairs are in the process of loading additional components of the National Population Register to enable maximum access to information of all the Home Affairs services. The National Identification System, The National Immigration System and the Movement Control System will be integrated within the upcoming months.

The Department of Home Affairs are set on measuring the complaints and compliments to improve the services that are being rendered to the public of South Africa.

You may contact the Contact Centre on 0800 60 11 90 or email hacc@dha.gov.za for any enquiries/complaints or compliments.

Carte Blanche – Visa Vitriol

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But for foreigners – many of whom bring rare skills and investment into the country, applying to live and work in South Africa and complying with immigration regulations is still a nightmare experience. They report an expensive and cumbersome process in which the Department of Home Affairs allegedly rejects 40 percent of applications out of hand.