As human beings, our innate feeling is to constantly reject change. This is almost programmed into our minds, but for some instances, change can be for the better. When a new legislation comes in we are bound to protest against any change without knowing its intentions. But with change comes opportunity. This was the case with South Africa’s 2014 immigration legislation revision.
While the initial aftermath of the revision created some doubts and hurdles, it brought about much-welcomed changes. Now, a certain type of workers are able to easily find work and settle down in South Africa much faster. Immigration consultants can help you knowing more about the legeslation version
What are Critical Skills Visa's?
It is a working visa provided to a foreign national who has any of the critical skills which are listed by the South African department of labor. If you happen to have a mentioned skill set, then you are automatically eligible for the visa as such people are scarce in South Africa and the skill is economically in demand.
Reasons Why it is great to have a critical skills visa?
1. A job is not mandatory for getting the visa
This is a great change. In the past, even highly skilled professionals who were qualified for work were not accepted by companies as they were reluctant to offer jobs to non-visa holders. The truth was that they did not have a proper understanding of the immigration rules and did not want to make complicated visa applications for a foreign national. With the critical skills visa, you can now apply for jobs with the visa in your hand
2. It presents a much broader list of skills than the previous one
Before the critical skills visa, there was the quota work visa, which considered skills which were scarce to South Africa. It listed skills for only 50 types of jobs. The new South Africa critical skills visa lists skills for 150 different types of jobs, moreover it has been developed by determining the economic demand so that visa holders can easily get employment.
3. Fast Application approval from industry peers
In the past, when you were applying to work in South Africa based on a general work visa or an exceptional skills visa, you had to get your application approved from a government body which may not be related to your industry. This resulted in slow application processing and approval. With the critical skills visa, approvals are presented by an authority related to the industry. For example, if you are physician applying for a visa, you will get your application processed by a governing body for health care.
4. There is no competition
The quota visa had limitations on the number of visas granted to an individual. With the new visa, there are no such limits and you can avoid competing with your peers for the same position.
5. You can select the best job in your domain or shift to a better job without any constraints
With the old quota visa, you have only 90 days to find a job before it got expired, with the critical visa you get more time. They will get 12 months to experience life in South Africa and to find a suitable job for his skills. The visa holder can also easily switch between jobs if he wants to.
6. Permanent Residency made easier.
For individuals looking to settle in South Africa permanently, they just need to prove their qualification in a particular field and have 5 years of work experience in the field. This will help people looking for permanent residency to apply immediately if they are qualified.
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