Spousal permits / visa's are issued in the case of a husband or wife of a South African citizen or permanent residency holder wishing to reside temporarily or permanently in South Africa Life partner permits are issued to foreigners wishing to reside temporarily or permanently in South Africa with a South African partner ,either a boyfriend or girlfriend (life partner) with whom they are in a permanent relationship and cohabit together. V.3
This type of South Africa Spouse or life partner permit is available to people in either heterosexual or same-sex relationships and can be applied for as either a spouse temporary residence permit or a permanent residence permit depending on the length of the marriage or relationship in question.
Foreigners who are spouses of South African citizensor permanent resident holders may apply for permanent residence in terms Section 26(b) of the Immigration Act 13 of 2002.
To obtain permanent residence, you would have to have been with your partner for more than 5 years. This came about with the new regulations published on the 1st July 2005.
The life partner visa is very similar to the spousal visa but accomodates same sex partnerships.
You will have to prove financial and emotional support and may be called upon to be interviewed by the department.
SA Migration Intl will guide you through the entire process and make sure that all is in order for your application. Once your application is in you will be able to track the progress of it by entering a unique reference code in our application tracking system and be kept fully up to date with the progress of your application.
Once we confirm that you will qualify for the visa we will guarantee you a successful application.
If you are in the UK and you need a life partner visa for South Africa please contact us now!
Fill out the enquiry form below to give us more information on your current status. Once we have all your information, we can deduce whether or not you will qualify for either the life partner or spousal visa.
