IEASA advocates on behalf of international students and staff with regard to visa-related matters such as applications, processing procedures, interventions and exemptions. In these efforts, IEASA is guided by RELEVANT LEGISLATION, including the following:
- Immigration Act 13 of 2002https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/a13-020.pdf
- Immigration Amendment Act 13 of 2011https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/a1320110.pdf
- Immigration Act 2002, Immigration Regulations (May 2014) IMMIGRATION ACT, 2002 IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS MAY 2014
- White Paper on International Migration for South Africa (July 2017)http://www.dha.gov.za/WhitePaper-Gazette_z.pdf
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Protocol on Education and Training in the Southern African Development Community (SADC, 1997)https://www.sadc.int/files/3813/5292/8362/Protocol_on_Education__Training1997.pdf
For more information about immigration matters, please consult http://www.dha.gov.za/.
IEASA has a long-standing collaboration with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), which has resulted in the following:
- IEASA is the preferred contact for the Department in terms of its immigration-related communication with the South African higher education sector.
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South Africa’s public HEIs have been included as clients being serviced by the DHA’s Corporate Accounts Unit (CAU).
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IEASA and the DHA regularly co-host workshops on immigration topics.
