Home Affairs unveils changes to immigration regulations
Updated | By Cliff Shiko
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi unveiled the second amendment to South Africa's immigration regulations on Tuesday.

The amended regulations aim to streamline and enhance the immigration processes.
The initiative seeks to facilitate easier travel for tourists, businessmen, and skilled workers.
Key proposals include introducing a remote work visa, a point-based system for general work visas, and a trusted employer scheme to expedite visa processing.
In a media briefing, Motsoaledi said the focus is to attract essential skills, bolstering economic growth.
"This will be people in IT, auditing, finance, and any other job which allows you to work remotely. But the catch here is that none of them must earn an equivalent of less than R1 million.
"The offer given to them is that they do not have to pay tax for employment of six months."
The department also introduced the Trusted Employer Scheme for qualifying companies to provide a flexible pathway for employers to obtain work visas expeditiously in line with best practices.
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"You have to invest R100 million or more and this investment must be proven, have 100 or more employees, with 60% of them being South Africans,” Motsoaledi said.
"Priority is given to these sectors: energy, especially power generation, and infrastructure, skills transfer or graduate development program, me for those who are South Africans, BEE credentials which the Department of Employment and Labour must provide."
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