Thread: work permit for a South African
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Old 22nd October 2007, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by grace View Post
I'm a South African and have a job offer from a school in Mexico. They would like me to start ASAP and come over there on a visitors visa and they will apply for my work visa once I am in the country. They are telling me one thing and the embassy here in South Africa is telling me that I need the work visa before I leave South Africa.
Does anyone know if I will run into trouble trying to have a work permit issued while I am in the country? Or if I will have to leave the country to activate the visa - as this could be a problem if my closest friendly border is SA!
Without knowing all the facts in your situation, I would want to have my Work Visa BEFORE I left SA to work in Mexico! Political situations can change quickly; in my opinion, I would not want to rush to Mexico to work on a Travel visa only to discover problems with obtaining a Work visa and the necessity to return to SA; too risky.
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