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The next frequent hurdle that South Africans face relates to meeting the visa qualifying requirements. Selecting a visa – as detailed in step 1 (alone) is not the only hurdle that applicants need to address.
The next challenge is to build a case of supporting documents that will meet the visa qualifying requirements. Different UK visas have different visa qualifying requirements. To demonstrate that applicants meet the UK governments visa qualifying requirements, South Africans are expected to present paper based evidence.
To help proactively point out the basic qualifying requirements (summarized), the following can be said:
For applicants to qualify for the UK visitor visa, they need to meet the following 3 requirements:
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This is the least complicated application, when compares to all the UK’s visas. Applicants need to evidence the following:
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This applies to South Africans claiming ancestry working rights (as opposed to British nationality through descent).
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This particular visa gets the most compromised (when it expires). Hence the British government have made it deliberately administratively challenging, as a means to scare off “trouble makers”. Needed is the following:
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This caters for South Africans claiming dependency on either a family members British nationality, EU nationality or their permission to live in the UK. To qualify:
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A big shift in UK immigration legislation now welcomes investors and entrepreneurs over qualified high earners. To qualify:
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Getting a UK job offer (alone) is not enough to get the new work permit (Tier 2 General). South Africans have quite a few hurdles to jump through in this “updated” category. Need to qualify is the following:
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This caters for South Africans that have received Tier 5 sponsorship from UK employers. To qualify therefore:
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Now that the visa qualifying requirements have been addressed and you are confident that the visa requirements can be met, the next step is to address where the UK Visa Application Centre (VAC)’s are located.
The next step (Step 6 of 12) is: Where to Apply.
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Contact Move Up
If you have any further visa related questions, call +27(0) 21 761 4608 now.
Alternatively email info@moveup.co.za for general visa inquiries.