SA residency applications reopen after a 22-month break – but don’t expect approval before 2025

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SA residency applications reopen after a 22-month break – but don’t expect approval before 2025
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South Africa's department of home affairs has reopened applications for permanent residency permits, but is still dealing with a huge backlog.

department of home affairs reopened applications for permanent residency permits in January.

Foreigners who were eligible to become permanent residents when the suspension was first imposed are likely to endure a 5-year wait.Foreigners looking to become permanent residents in South Africa have been barred from applying since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. This suspension was lifted in January, but a burgeoning backlog of applications spells a long wait for immigrants.

Those applying on retirement, relative, spousal, work, and financially independent grounds have waited much, much longer.

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