The Duke and Duchess of Sussex began their royal tour of South Africa with a visit to the Nyanga township in the Cape, kicking things off with separate speeches condemning the scourge of violence against women. Former Suits actress and Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, spoke to a crowd in South Africa’s ‘murder capital’ of […]
Brexit has brought some seismic shifts to the United Kingdom’s (UK) immigration policies. One of the changes the UK government will be implementing shortly is an expansion of the Shortage Occupation List (SOL), which means that South Africans whose career paths match the SOL jobs, may find it easier to qualify to live and work […]
Current TLS tracking status: Disrupted. Last edited: 5 Sep 2019. We live in an ever-changing world. In our meeting with the Regional Manager of UKVI in Southern Africa, earlier this year, we were informed that the UKVI has taken over the development of their commercial agents’ website. South Africa knows them as Teleperformance (or TLS […]
The managing director of Move Up, a locally based immigration agency specialising in UK visas, has challenged the recent visa refusal statistics released by the Home Office in the UK. In an interview with John Maytham on popular radio station Cape Talk earlier this month, Nic Cheeseman – the University of Birmingham’s Professor of Democracy […]
Part of the process of deciding to move to the United Kingdom (UK) is weighing up the impact on your extended family. Who can you take with you, and who has to stay behind? While even simply the idea of leaving loved ones behind can be devasting, moving from South Africa to Britain will most […]
Rand Merchant Bank’s analyst, John Cairns, has given an insightful perspective on the strong Rand (at present) and predictions based on other past trends. I see this as a helpful “traders tip” for those that deal in foreign exchange or those with excess cash laying around and open to trying to make a quick buck. […]
This comparison below tends to be my default explanation when explaining the UK immigration industry. This UK immigration industry can be compared to a board game. Where the British government sit down and draw up a set of rules for South Africans to follow. Their expectation is that each and every visa applicant has to […]
The British Chamber of Business held talks yesterday with regional manager of Southern Africa’s United Kingdom Visas and Immigration Department (UKVI), Lorna Feldtman, where it was announced that Cape Town will be the new recipient of a 24-hour-turnaround visa service. Formerly only available to applicants in Tshwane and Johannesburg, Move Up’s managing director, Ryan Rennison […]
One of the biggest factors influencing a decision to move to the United Kingdom is money. Can you afford to make the move? And will you be able to afford the lifestyle you want once you have settled there? We’ve compiled a list of the expenses you are likely to incur on your journey to […]
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced Thursday that they will be visiting South Africa, Angola, Malawi and Botswana later this year. Harry has spent a lot of time in Africa over the years doing volunteer work, playing polo and representing the Crown on official state visits – he even took Meghan on a romantic […]
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