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What We Do
If we handle your books, you don’t have to, leaving you free to focus on your business or other interests. We are committed to meeting filing deadlines and ensuring your business remains compliant.
ACCOUNTING
- Transactions are reviewed for accuracy.
TAX SERVICES
- Tax Planning
BOOKKEEPING
PAYROLL
- Record leave days, sick days and holidays
SECRETARIAL
- New Company Registration
Background to a General Work Visa South Africa: The whole basis on which general work visa are issued is two fold: To protect South African labour by ensuring that positions filled by foreign workers can not be met through locals. To enable companies to recruit foreign workers where they are unable to locally.
Frequently Asked Questions.
Applicants for a general work visa should first ensure that they do not meet the qualifying criteria for any of the other work visa categories. This can be done by either visiting the links below or taking advantage of our free consultation service. In addition they should be applicants who are not being transferred by their employer from an international branch or whose employer holds a corporate work visa.
No general work visa application is required for spouses or partners of South African citizens or permanent resident holders. The correct visa application for spouses and partners is a spousal or partner visa. This visa can then be endorsed to allow the applicant to work for a specific employer.
The following will be required for a general work visa application:
Health and good standing proof
SAQA confirming the applicants qualifications
Job offer and acceptance
CV
Proof of the employers attempts to recruit a “local”
Applications for a general work visa should be made at the embassy or consulate in the applicants home country. Renewing of a general work visa can take place in South Africa.
Only the holder of a general work visa is entitled to work. An accompanying partner or spouse visa can be applied for but this only allows for entry and stay in South Africa. Should the spouse or partner also wish to take up employment they would need to apply for the appropriate work visa themselves. Also children would need to have separate applications made for study visa.
Time frames for processing general work visa vary greatly. Once the application has been submitted it generally takes around 8 – 12 weeks but delays in this are common. Please note that compiling the application also takes some time as adverts must be run and SAQA obtained.
The validity period can vary but is typically between 2 and 4 years. General work visa can also be extended by a making a further application towards the existing general work visa expiry date.
The first step is to secure temporary residency and you cannot apply straight away for permanent residency. However, once you have held your general work visa for a unbroken period of 5 years you may apply for permanent residency.
Prospective immigrants to South Africa are often frustrated as they attempt to secure jobs. Often employees will not entertain the prospect of offering positions to foreigners who are not in possession of a work visa. Some of this is down to not understanding the process. You can however increase your chances of success. Start the process by obtaining your SAQA and informing the prospective employer that you have started the work visa process and retained an immigration company already.
