Skilled immigrants looking to enter South Africa to address the country’s shortage of skills in a range of sectors face long processing times and are increasingly being rejected.
In an interview published on Business Tech, Marisa Jacobs, director at leading immigration firm Xpatweb, said that the Department of Labour (DoL) issues a certificate to employers who can prove that they are unable to find suitably qualified or skilled local candidates for a position, requiring an experienced foreign national to fill the role instead – and that acquiring this certificate is difficult and time consuming.
“Unfortunately, the DoL certificate is an onerous process and takes months to be considered by the Department of Labour. This makes the process burdensome and impractical for employers, and as such, they turn to the Department of Home Affairs to waive this requirement.”
