The Preamble of the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No. 13 of 2002) (“the Immigration Act”) states that in providing for the regulation of admission of foreigners to, their residence in, and their departure from the Republic and for matters connected therewith, the Department of Home Affairs must ensure that the South African economy has access at all times to the full measure of needed contributions by foreigners and that the contribution of foreigners in the South African labour market does not adversely impact on existing labour standards and the rights and expectations of South African workers.
Section 19(4) of the Immigration Act stipulates that subject to any prescribed requirements, a critical skills work visa may be issued by the Director-General to an individual possessing such skills or qualifications determined to be critical for the Republic from time to time by the Minister by notice in the Gazette and to those members of his or her immediate family determined by the Director-General under the circumstances or as may be prescribed.
In view of the above, Notice is hereby given that after a thorough process led by the Department of Higher Education and Training, through its Labour Market Intelligence Research Programme and backed by an extensive scientific methodology, the Minister of Home Affairs intends to publish the new Critical Skills List of 2021.
Interested persons, communities, organizations and institutions are invited to submit written comments on the Technical Report for the 2021 Critical Skills List by 16h00 on 31 March 2021. Comments received after the closing date will not be considered.
The Technical Report on how the Critical Skills List was compiled is available on www.dha.gov.za
Kindly direct all enquiries and written submissions to the following address:
By email: cswv@dha.gov.za
By post/hand delivered:
Attention: Mr Phindiwe Mbhele
Department of Home Affairs (Hallmark Building)
17th Floor
236 Johannes Ramokhoase Street
Pretoria
0001
Enquiries by telephone : (012) 406-7068 / 4572
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS