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From Critical Skills to Permanent Residency, we simplify the complexity of the Department of Home Affairs regulations for individuals and businesses.
If you're planning to live, work, visit or establish a long-term presence in South Africa, we specialize in a variety of visas to meet your needs, including:
For investors and multinational companies.
For individuals intending to establish or invest in a business in South Africa.
Permanent Residency Pathway
Bring Your Family
R5 Million Investment (or waiver)
Allows a corporate entity to employ a determined number of foreign workers for a limited period.
Fast-Track Deployment
Scalable Workforce Solution
Need for large volume of staff
Keeping families together across borders.
For legally married spouses of South African citizens or permanent residents. This visa can also be endorsed with working rights so the spouse can be employed in South Africa.
Direct PR Pathway
Easy Work/Business Endorsements
Proof of relationship (2+ years)
For partners in a permanent, proven relationship with a South African citizen or resident. Like the spousal visa, this can be endorsed to allow the foreign partner to work, study, or run a business.
Equal Legal Recognition
Add Working Rights Easily
Proof of relationship (2+ years)
For immediate family members (first kin, such as parents or children) of South African citizens or permanent residents looking to join their family in the country.
Direct PR Pathway
Long-Term Stability
Proof of Immediate Kinship
Keeping families together across borders.
For individuals possessing skills determined to be critical for South Africa. No job offer required to apply.
Fast-track processing
Direct path to PR
Occupation on Critical Skills List
For foreign nationals with a specific job offer where no SA citizen is available or holds the necessary qualifications.
Requires a specific employer
SA Job Offer
For remote workers employed by foreign companies. Live in South Africa while earning abroad.
Tax exemptions available
Bring your family
Gross Income > R650,976/year
Keeping families together across borders.
For foreign students accepted at primary, secondary, or tertiary learning institutions registered with the Department of Higher Education.
Part-Time Work Allowance
Pathway to Critical Skills
Acceptance by Learning Institution.
For individuals wishing to retire in South Africa, provided they receive a guaranteed monthly pension or irrevocable annuity.
No Age Limit or Working Restrictions
Path to Permanent Residency
R37,000 monthly income/assets
The ultimate, unrestricted pathway to South African Permanent Residency for high-net-worth global citizens.
For high-net-worth individuals and global citizens seeking an unconditional, direct route to Permanent Residency in South Africa, without the need to secure employment, start a business, or rely on family ties.
Immediate Permanent Residency
Absolute Freedom
Proof of a global net worth exceeding R12 Million and Government fee paid to Home Affairs upon approval
The fastest, fully digital route for short-term business and tourism.
For tourists, business travelers, and short-term visitors from eligible countries who want to completely bypass embassy queues and handle their application entirely online.
100% Online Process
Accelerated Processing
A valid passport from an e-Visa eligible country, a return flight ticket, and standard supporting documents uploaded directly to the digital portal.
The premier pathway for South African business leaders expanding into the United States.
South African executives, managers, and business owners who want to transfer to an existing US parent/subsidiary office, or who want to establish a brand-new branch in the American market to escape local economic limitations.
Direct Path to a Green Card
US-Licensed SA Attorneys
You must have worked at least one continuous year for the South African company within the past three years in an executive or managerial capacity.
Permanent Residency (PRP) grants you the vast majority of rights and privileges of a South African citizen. It is generally available after 5 years of continuous work visa status, or immediately for Critical Skills holders and large investors.
If you're traveling to South Africa for a short visit and require a visa, please check the list below to determine if you need one:
Disclaimer: “Please note that submitting your application 60 days before expiry is advantageous. Should you be in line with this, make contact through our website genie to guide you accordingly.”
For automatic visas on arrival, please refer to our list to see if this applies to your country. If you require an E-visa, check our list of eligible countries.
E-visa Eligible Countries
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