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Latest Immigration News
February 2009
23.02.09
Visa road-blocks for South Africans
Since the UK Home Office announced that South Africans will face stricter immigration rules to cross its borders and will need a visa to travel to the UK, The Smooth Group has been inundated with phone calls. Many South African nationals living in the UK are unsure about what these new rules mean for their families who would like to visit them.
18.02.09
UK promises visa flexibility for South Africans
MediaClubSouthAfrica.com has reported that British High Commissioner, Paul Boateng, has offered his assurances to South Africans that the UK Governemnt will do its utmost to be accomdating and flexible with regards to stricter visa rules.
10.02.09
South Africa faces new visa rules
BBC News has reported that nationals from South Africa, along with Bolivia, Lesotho, Swaziland and Venezuela, will need a visa to visit the UK from March 2009.
Under the new rules issued by the homes office, nationals from these countries will now need to provide fingerprints and pay a fee to obtain a visa before travelling to the UK.
November 2008
24.11.08
LOTW: A review of interesting UK immigration stories from the week
Last week saw some interesting, useful and rather arrogant UK immigration stories emerge.
The first of these was reported on iol.co.za and looked at the efforts of the Home Affairs Department in South Africa to stop the UK Government imposing visa requirements on SA residents in the future.
24.11.08
Number of offices granting UK visas to be halved
APAnews.net has reported that the UK Government is implementing a programme that will see the number of high commissions around the world granting UK visas reduced from 100 to about 50 in the next few years.
July 2008
14.07.08
UK to impose stricter visa regulations on high risk countries
According to a news update on the UK’s Border and Immigration Agency website today, the UK has given 11 countries, South Africa being one of them, until the end of the year to convince the UK why they should not impose stricter visa regulations on them.
08.07.08
Two-Year Working Holiday Visas for South Africans
There are many people currently talking with “authority” on the subject of South Africa and the upcoming changes to the Two-Year Working Holiday Scheme. The only known fact at the moment is that the UK and South African authorities are currently in discussions about the matter. No decision has been made whether or not South Africa will participate in the scheme.
June 2008
20.06.08
Brain drain South Africa
South Africa is losing professionals in droves as they up stakes and move to work in other countries.
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