Relatives visa

 

Applying for a South Africa Relatives Visa, allows the immediate relatives of a permanent resident or citizen to move to South Africa based upon their familial connections. However, this service does not apply to spouse immigration or immigration for the life partners of permanent residents or South African citizens.

 

Visas in South Africa are granted on the basis of the purpose of the visit and the duration of the applicant’s stay in this country. Immigration services are available for both temporary and permanent residency. Those who wish to travel to this country or want to visit his/her family members can apply for a Visitor Visa in South Africa. 

 

Those who want to stay in South Africa for a longer period and wish to study or work there can apply for a Study Visa or Employment Visa respectively. 

 

An immigration consultancy provider can help can help to ensure that you obtain the most appropriate visa for South Africa for your needs. You can find out about the visa services available, the eligibility criteria for applying for a South Africa visa from the consultants. For your initial enquiries and information about immigration services in South Africa, professional consultancy would surely be a great help. 

 

Unlike South African business visa, which requires candidates to invest in the country, and South African work permit, which requires a job offer to be in place, successful applicants immigrating to South Africa through relative visas need only to be related to their sponsor in an applicable category.

 

Applicants entering the country through this immigration service are not permitted to work in the country when their temporary residence permit is granted.

 

However, in some circumstances where an applicant is successful in applying for a permanent residence permit, he or she would be permitted to work.

 

In South Africa, immigration for family members can be applied for as either a temporary or a permanent permit. Like South African retirement permits, both temporary and permanent routes are available with slightly different requirements.

Applying for a South Africa visa under this route as a temporary solution is open to people within the second degree of kinship.

 

In these circumstances, the permit would be granted for a period of two years and applications would rest on a sponsor being in place, which is either a South African permanent resident or has a grant of South African citizenship.

The sponsor would be required to sponsor the applicant and provide evidence that a minimum of R5000 per month can be provided.

 

In cases where permanent residence permits are applied for by relatives with sponsors in place, the applicant must be within the first degree of kinship with the sponsor.

 

In cases where the applicant is a minor child of a permanent resident - that is, a person below the age of 21 - it will be necessary for such candidates to confirm their status within two years of reaching the age of 21.

 

Once again, the sponsor in these circumstances would need to be able to demonstrate the ability and intention to financially support the applicant.

 

With a South Africa Relatives Visa that supports temporary residency in the country, an applicant will not be allowed to invest in a business, take up employment or pursue any study program. But if an applicant is a permanent visa holder through the family sponsorship program, then he/she will have no restrictions to work here. 

 

Applicants migrating to South Africa via this immigration visa service may not bring their partner, spouse or dependents with them on the application. For immediate family members of the applicant to join them in South Africa it would be necessary for them to apply and qualify in their own right.