The department had announced in February this year, following consultations with the Zimbabwean government that the adjudication of permits from undocumented Zimbabwean nationals will be finalised by the end of July 2011. At the end of December 2010 we had received 275 762 applications for documents. With a week to go, we are firmly on [...]
The Gauteng schools admission process for 2012 will open on 1 August 2011 and close on 30 September 2011. The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has released Admission Circular 5/2011 and will be available on the GDE website. The GDE encourages parents to apply as soon as the admission process is opened because of demand [...]
CoRMSA would like to once again inform all refugees and asylum seekers who were reporting at Crown Mines (Johannesburg) Refugee Office that this office was closed on 1st June and moved to Pretoria Showgrounds. For the extension or renewal of your statuses and temporary asylum permits, and other related services please use the following address: [...]
The Department of Home Affairs issued a statement on Sunday, 3 July 2011 appealing to Zimbabwean nationals who submitted applications for work, business and study permits, to respond to sms messages requesting the submission of outstanding documents required to finalise their applications. Please open the following link for more details. http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=19668&tid=36459 For inquiries please call [...]
On 21st June 2011, a day after the Refugee Day was commemorated worldwide, the Refugees Amendment Bill and the Immigration Amendment Bill were both signed off by the Home Affairs Portfolio Committee. They have been sent to the National Assembly for assent, and the President will then sign off on the Bills. The Department of [...]
JOHANNESBURG – CoRMSA and its partners welcome the apology by the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs, Ms Maggie Maunye as quoted in media reports today. Her xenophobic comments were made after a briefing by a delegation of the Department of Home Affairs to the Portfolio Committee. Ms Maunye’s comments on Wednesday [...]