Individuals seeking temporary or permanent residency in the Republic in order to start or run their own business can apply for a South African business visa. Please note that, those who are investing in a business, but not moving to South Africa, or working in the business, do not need to meet any South Africa Business Visa requirements and are free to invest into any South African business.
Of course, there are certain criteria to considerwhen you want to apply for a South African Business Visa. The country designed this visa to inspire entrepreneurs to enter and stay in the country and explore all the business opportunities for future growth. We strongly recommend that you pay careful attention to the overview, required documents and processing time of your chosen visa category, before proceeding with your application.
Who should apply for the South Africa visa?
A South Africa Business permit allows entry to foreigners who intend to establish or invest in business in South Africa.
Foreigners who are contemplating investing in the South African economy by establishing a business or by investing in an existing business in the country must apply for a business permit. As an applicant, you will be required to invest a prescribed financial capital contribution.
The capital requirements may vary with respect to the following types of industries/businesses:
- Information and communication technology
- Clothing and textile manufacturing
- Chemicals and bio-technology
- Agro-processing
- Metals and minerals refinement
- Automotive manufacturing
- Tourism
- Crafts
South Africa Visa Application process:
STEP 1: Like any other visa application process, the first step requires you to determine the visa type and select the visa option that appropriately suits the purpose of your visit to South Africa. There are various types of South Africa visas available but the most widely issued are the Tourist Visa and the Business visa.
Tourist Visa: A tourist visa is a temporary stay visa, which allows the foreign nationals to visit the country for tourism purpose. The visitor’s visa for South Africa also covers many subsets including- long stay visitor visa, visitor visa with spouse and visitor visa with children. The visa allows visitors to stay for up to 90 days and the validity is as per the Embassy. You are required to apply for a visa prior to the arrival in South Africa.
Business Visa: Foreign nationals who are contemplating investing in the South African economy by establishing a business or by investing in an existing business in South Africa can apply for a business visa.
STEP 2: Now that you already know about the most important document for your South Africa visa, let us tell you about the other supporting documents you had required for your visa application.
- Valid Original Passport
- Two color photographs
- Personal covering letter
- Bank statement of last 6 months
- Confirmed return flight tickets
- Hotel reservation
- Day wise itinerary
- Vaccination Certificate (yellow fever)
For a complete list of documents,
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STEP 3: Preparing your South Africa Visa application can be a lengthy and stressful process, especially if you are a first timer. It is essential you get the right advice and there could be no better source than the Visa Experts at Akbar Travels. All you must do is visit our website and submit your details. You will shortly get a call from one of our Visa Experts.
STEP 4: Once you have gathered all the required documents in place, the Visa Experts will get your documents collected from the comfort of your home without you having to visit our office. Thereafter, on receiving your documents; our Visa Experts will perform a complete check based on the Embassy requirements and will then submit the application on your behalf to the Embassy/Consulate. While this process is ongoing, you just need to sit back and relax.
STEP 5: Once the Embassy/Consulate approves your visa application, we will collect your passport and hand it over to you at your doorstep securely. Excluding the date of submission, weekends and public holidays, it typically takes 10-15 days to process your South Africa visa application.
Note: Before collecting your documents or checking your financials, there is one thing, which is mandate is to get yourself vaccinated for ‘Yellow Fever’. There are 41 hospitals across India authorized to vaccinate and endorse it on the International WHO Vaccination Card. You are required to submit this card along with your other supporting documents for South Africa Visa application.
How can Akbar Travels help you obtain the South Africa Visa:
From collecting your documents, verifying them, filling the visa application, submitting the application to the Embassy on your behalf to returning your passport with the South Africa Business Visa, we have you covered. Akbartravels.com takes care of your complete end-to-end visa application. Because of our many years of engaging with the Immigration and the various embassies around the world, we are able to offer you professional visa services. assist you throughout the submission and follow-up process, thereby ensuring that you get your visa in time.
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