by Lisa Aspeling | Oct 22, 2019 | News
A brief scroll through Instagram reveals that exotic leisure travel has become a life goal of hipsters, millennials and, heck – pretty much everyone else. If you’re a travelholic, it’s time to investigate getting your hands on one of the most... 
by Lisa Aspeling | Oct 17, 2019 | News
After damage to the tourism sector since the implementation of the controversial birth certificate rule, the South African government has abandoned the regulation – but only for SA passport holders. The rule concerned any adult arriving or departing from South Africa... 
by Lisa Aspeling | Oct 10, 2019 | News
Minister Aaron Motsoaledi eyes visa-free travel to the UK from SA. It’s been ten years since South African passport holders arrived on UK shores without requiring visas to enter the country, but the Department of Home Affairs is hoping to rectify the situation.... 
by Lisa Aspeling | Sep 23, 2019 | News
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... 
by Lisa Aspeling | Sep 17, 2019 | News, UK Work Permit
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... 
by Ryan Rennison | Sep 5, 2019 | News
Current TLS tracking status: Disrupted. Last edited: 5 Sep 2019. We live in an ever-changing world. Changes in GOV.uk online application. In our meeting with the Regional Manager of UKVI in Southern Africa, earlier this year, we were informed that the UKVI has taken... 
by Lisa Aspeling | Aug 27, 2019 | News
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... 
by Lisa Aspeling | Jul 25, 2019 | Family Dependency, Visas
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... 
by Ryan Rennison | Jul 24, 2019 | News
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... 
by Ryan Rennison | Jul 22, 2019 | News
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...