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Home Affairs is the only body which can verify the status of an employee, but it is an exceptionally slow and dysfunctional body.
As long as your partner has a valid visa and a letter of non-impediment, the process is the same.
You will still be V-listed. These bans are not taken off until they have been successfully appealed.
Yes, but you need to get a South African birth certificate first.
No, but you can apply for a relativeās visa.
You can apply for a replacement copy or a full death certificate at any Home Affairs office.
Unfortunately not. UNHCR says that refugees are identified for Resettlement based on their protection needs.
The Director-General of Home Affairs can issue an order that will allow a foreign ex-spouse who applies for a visitorās or relativeās visa to stay in the country.
If either of your parents has permanent residency in South Africa, you would qualify to apply for permanent residence too. Then after five years, you could apply for citizenship by naturalisation.
The court ordered that a foreign ex-spouse should be allowed to live and work in the country to discharge parental duties.