The intra-company transfer visa is a temporary South African work visa. Today we’re going to address some of the most commonly asked questions around this visa.
The intra-company transfer work visa is meant for multi-national companies with a need to transfer overseas staff to a branch, affiliate or subsidiary in South Africa. Read more FAQs: Intra-company transfer visa
Sit in the Intergate offices for a day and you’ll hear at least three conversations around changing from one type of South African visa to another.
Most people assume you can do it while still in South Africa but this is unfortunately not the case. In many cases, a visa holder has to return to their home country to apply for a new visa category. Read more Changing from one South African visa to another
Transatlantic business trips are no longer the exception. Over the past few years it has become the norm to fly across the world to do business.
As with all forms of travel, travelling for business requires the appropriate documentation.
For South Africa, business travels for up to 90 days require a visitor’s visa that is endorsed for doing business.
Read more South African Visitor’s Visa endorsed for Doing Business
The South African corporate visa is one of the visas South African employers can use to employ foreign nationals. Like its counterparts, the corporate visa is best used in certain circumstances. This brings us to our first question that South African employers often ask when presented with their visa options:
You have probably come across mentions of VFS, South Africa’s visa facilitation centres, during research on the types of work visas for the employment of foreigners. Often the mention is the name only, with no explanation as to what role VFS performs.
We’d like to help clarify it for you. Understanding who and what VFS is will help you understand application processes better too.
Read more The Role VFS Plays in South African Visa Applications
Due to notice periods, the average waiting period for the arrival of a new employee tends to be around one month. On the odd occasion, a candidate will have a 2-month notice period, while 3 months are not unheard of for senior workers.
The longer notice periods are often met with hesitation by employers. In most cases, as an employer you can’t afford to wait for a candidate meaning you are forced to favour the candidate with the 1-month notice period.
This can mean comprising your recruitment in terms of the best candidate due to time constraints, in particular a foreign candidate you feel needs to apply for a general work visa.