The Division of Residence Affairs (DHA) has issued a brief blanket concession for brand spanking new and present everlasting resident holders. This concession offers PR holders who can not journey to South Africa in the intervening time extra time to satisfy their everlasting residence necessities.
For PR holders who need to activate their PR standing
Underneath regular circumstances, everlasting resident holders who utilized for PR at a South African mission overseas should journey to SA inside 12 months of receiving their PR to activate their standing. Failure to take action might trigger the everlasting resident standing to lapse.
With the concession, the DHA is giving new PR holders till 31 December 2021 to activate their standing. This course of is just presenting the everlasting residency certificates at a South African border management.
That signifies that your PR gained’t lapse should you activate your standing after 12 months of receiving it – supplied you do it on or earlier than 31 December.
For present PR holders
There isn’t a minimal keep requirement for South African everlasting residence however PR holders mustn’t stay outdoors of South Africa for greater than three years at a time.
With the concession, PR holders now have till 31 December 2021 to journey to South Africa to fulfill the entry requirement.
In different phrases – should you’ve already been outdoors of South Africa for greater than three years, or will exceed three years throughout the course of this 12 months, your everlasting residence will stay legitimate so long as you enter South Africa earlier than 31 December this 12 months.
Contact us should you want any immigration recommendation
Our immigration consultants are more than pleased to help you with any immigration issues, together with this concession.
You possibly can name us on +27 (0) 21 424 2460, or request a free name again for us to contact you as an alternative.
Intergate Immigration has handled greater than 40,000 visas and visa associated queries! We’re within the good place to help you.