If you’re planning on going to work in Australia, you may never get a better chance than this. Their government have embarked on a wildly ambitious plan to bring more foreign employees into the country, but it comes with a few requirements. How can I apply to work in Australia? For starters, you won’t be..
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Australia: Government lists 117 occupations which need foreign workers – It’s a very good day indeed for any South Africans thinking of finding work in Australia. A lucrative offer has been made by the government, but comes with T’s & C’s
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#LandExpropriation: South-African farmers are now leaving SA for Canada due to uncertainty created by the South African government’s move to expropriate land without compensation
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Due to uncertainty created by the South African government’s move to expropriate land without compensation, several South African farmers are migrating to settle in other countries, agricultural industry association Agri SA said on Wednesday. “This is extremely serious, and the knock-on effect on the whole economy is going to be there. If you don’t have..
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Almost 2,000 South Africans, mostly white people, currently move on a monthly basis – numbers expected to increase in the coming years
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Experts predict that emigration amongst white South Africans seeking better lifestyle and living conditions in other countries will surge in the coming years. A recent report by Pew Research estimates that about 900,000 people born in South Africa lived in foreign countries in 2017. At the current rate it will increase by 2021 to more..
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Here’s how many South Africans are leaving for New Zealand
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While New Zealand reports a decline in net migration in 2018 after reaching a record high in 2017, the number of South Africans moving to the island country continues to grow. According to a Statistics New Zealand report released earlier this month, annual net migration was 62,700 for the year ended September 2018 – down..
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Jong, wit Suid-Afrikaners voel nie meer welkom in SA
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Suid-Afrika is ’n ontwikkelende land en een van meer as 23 lande wat deur die Internasionale Monetêre Fonds (IMF) as ’n ontluikende mark geklassifiseer word. Boonop probeer ons land ná dekades van apartheidsregering ook nog transformeer om die land te wees wat oudpres. Nelson Mandela in die vooruitsig gestel het. Daar was ’n tydperk van..
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More South Africans are leaving their homes empty as they emigrate
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A growing number of homeowners on Johannesburg’s East Rand are opting to leave their homes empty as they emigrate – with the hopes of selling the property at a later date. Speaking to BusinessTech, real estate agents from the area said that this was likely due to a combination of factors – including a desire..
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The surprising locations where South Africans are buying second passports
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Forget destinations like the UK and Australia, a large number of South Africans are looking to get second passports from more obscure places. Recently-released data from Henley and Partners reveals that a growing contingent of South Africans are looking to buy their way into foreign citizenship, by choosing some unconventional destinations. The report, which was..
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Moving to the UK: The Unmarried Partner Visa – all you need to know
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Many people assume that there is a separate type of visa application for the unmarried partner. However, this is not the case. If one fulfils the criteria to be an ‘unmarried partner,’ one would apply in the same way as the spouse or dependent of the main UK visa applicant. One can thus be the..
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Four things South Africans might find strange about the US
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If you’re planning a visit or maybe even a big move to the United States there are a few things that we Saffas might find a bit odd about life in the states. Together with the emigration experts over at Grant Kaplan, we’ve put together our list of things that would leave most South Africans..
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South African Citizenship and dual nationality, what you need to know!
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Recently, the fact that South Africans can lose their South African citizenship if they do not retain their SA citizenship before taking on any other nationality through naturalization made the headlines again. Many individuals and organisations are making calls again for the law on this to be amended. Breytenbachs Immigration Consultants strongly suggest that any..
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