Hi everyone. On Friday, I saw the qualification I was going to use to apply for permanent residence has been removed from the latest critical skills list - a lot of qualifications have been removed. How do you guys feel about the new critical skills list? Have any of your qualifications been...

I am glad to find Expat forum. I am now in South Africa, holding a 3 year section 11(6) short term relative visitor’s visa and I am now married to a South Africa PR holder for almost 2 years. I would like to apply for a permanent residence visa at the soonest and I am still considering the...

I am gathering documents for Critical Skills Visa. And, one of the document required is -- Registration with the relevant South African professional/trade organisation, board or council as per statement on SA home affairs website. "you might also have to obtain registration with the relevant...

DIAC have just made changes in their skill migration program and introduced a new occupations list named as CRITICAL SKILL LIST. Any one whose occupation is on this list will be given preferences on others. So, what would be new time frame according to this new list?? Share your experiences...