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The rules on Additional Working for Skilled Workers – UK

The South African – 19-04-2022

Migrants in the UK with Skilled Worker visas often consider undertaking additional employment or doing charity work.

The rules on Additional Working and Studying for Skilled Worker. Image: AdobeStock

However, many Skilled Worker migrants are unsure about the immigration terms and conditions for additional work or study. 

Sami has compiled some guidelines to avoid the pitfalls. 

Skilled Workers and Supplementary Work 

Generally, workers with permission to work in the Skilled Worker visa category can only work for their employer (sponsor). They may also only do the work as specified in the Certificate of Sponsorship. 

Skilled Workers can take up supplementary employment. However, they still have to continue to work in the employment for which the Home Office assigned their Certificate of Sponsorship. 

The supplementary work has to meet the following criteria; 

• It must be in the same profession and at the same professional level as the work described in the Certificate of Sponsorship; OR 
• The supplementary work must be for a job on the Shortage Occupation List. 
• The work may not be for more than 20 hours per week; and 
• It must take place outside the normal working hours of the sponsored job, for which you have received a Certificate of Sponsorship. 

The employer who provides the supplementary work does not need to be a licensed sponsor. The employee also does not need to inform the Home Office about the supplementary work. However, the employee has to make sure that the work fulfils the criteria of supplementary work. Otherwise, it will be a breach of your conditions of stay of your UK skilled worker visa. The Home Office does advise that the employee informs the employer that the work is supplementary so that the employer can make the necessary checks recommended for employers. 

Secondary Employment 

Skilled worker migrants can also take up a second job for which they do require a Certificate of Sponsorship. This is called secondary employment. 

Please speak to your Sami consultant for more information on the process of obtaining a second Certificate of Sponsorship for secondary employment. 

Voluntary Work 

Skilled Worker migrants will be allowed to undertake voluntary work. 

The worker may not receive any remuneration or payment for the voluntary work. However, the employer may reimburse the employee for reasonable expenses. 

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Like a deer in the headlights

City Press – 19 April 2022

Listening to Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and some of his Cabinet colleagues talking about the immigration question, you could be forgiven for believing that they were powerless folk.

It is as if the crisis of illegal immigration and the pressure it puts on public resources and services just miraculously happened.

You would also swear that nobody foresaw the violent backlash from working class South Africans against foreign nationals.

Motsoaledi was on JJ Tabane’s show Power to Truth on TV channel eNCA this week, pontificating about this crisis.

It is really bizarre that government seems to be waking up to this tinderbox issue only now that the populists and vigilantes are fanning the flames of hate towards immigrants and taking the law into their own hands.

One of the myriad disasters of those who have run our country for the past 28 years is the failure to manage immigration.

We say this recognising that the illegal movement of people across the borders is inevitable, as South Africa is perceived as an island of prosperity on the continent.

With wave after wave of undocumented immigrants flowing into the country and making this their home, government has been like a deer caught in the headlights.

Besides the pointless exercise of arresting those who are undocumented and deporting them, very little sustainable work is done to manage the crisis. The borders have remained porous, enabling the deported to immediately make their way back to South Africa as soon as they have said their hellos to their families and friends.

Government even failed to heed the bloody warnings of the massive xenophobic outbreaks in 2008 and 2015, and the sporadic flare-ups that take place from time to time in different locales.

Now government has promised to intensify its border management efforts. But that only tackles the inflow of the new immigrants.

The question is: What can be done about the millions of undocumented immigrants who are already in the country and are the targets of populists who prey on the grievances of the poor?

The opportunists who are waging a campaign of vigilantism are filling a leadership vacuum left by government’s paralysis.

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Don’t have a visa? Not to worry. South Africans to get visa on arrival when travelling to Egypt

IOL 19-04-2022

Egypt announced this week that South Africans travelling to Egypt for tourism no longer have to acquire a visa in advance from Egyptian embassies. They can now get their visa upon arrival at Cairo International Airport.

The land of the pharaohs is a destination that has long been on the bucket list of many South Africans given Egypt’s rich cultural heritage and attractively priced seaside resorts. According to an Egypt Today report, on April 3 The Pharaohs’ Golden Parade celebrated its first anniversary.

Golden Parade was an event held in Cairo on April 3, 2021, during which 22 mummies were moved from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Fustat.

Although Egyptian tourists travelling to South Africa still need to get a visa in advance, Egypt’s Ambassador to South Africa HE Ahmed El Fadly hopes that this move will encourage South Africa to consider following Egypt’s example. He said it would “enhance people-to-people relations between Africa’s two largest economies” and might one day lead to the lifting of all visa requirements between the two.

El Fadly said that this decision by Egypt, which for now doesn’t apply to any other African country, means that travel to Egypt is now easier for South Africans especially given the resumption of Egypt Air’s regular direct flights from Cairo to Johannesburg.

He said that Egypt expected the number of travellers from South Africa to increase significantly.

The Egyptian Embassy said visas upon arrival would be valid for a period of 30 days and that this this procedure puts South African tourists on par with visitors that come to Egypt from the EU, Japan, the US and Canada.

Egypt Travel and Covid-19

Travellers who have a Covid test on arrival should stay in their hotel room until they receive the result, which takes 12 – 24 hours.

In the case of a positive result, self-isolation for 14 days is mandatory. The traveller covers the cost of this test.

People travelling to the coastal governorates with a valid vaccination certificate do not need to get tested before departure or on arrival.

At the airport, passengers arriving from overseas will be asked to present this certificate, a public health declaration form, and proof of health insurance.

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THE CONSEQUENCES OF OVERSTAYING YOUR VISA

 

Section 30(1)(h) of the Immigration Act of South Africa and Regulation 27(3) of the Immigration Regulations.

A person will be declared ‘undesirable’ and will receive a ban regardless of the reason for the

overstay. The ban applies to any person who has overstayed, adults and children. The ban and

being declared ‘undesirable’ also affects people who leave South Africa while their application for a visa (or visa extension) is pending, if their current visa has expired.

what happens if i overstay my visa?

 

In 2014, the Department of Home Affairs introduced new immigration regulations, which

effectively 'ban' foreign nationals who overstay in the Republic from re-entering South Africa for a set period of time.

The immigration laws in South Africa state that a person who overstays in the Republic after the expiry of their visa will be declared as 'undesirable'. This person would receive a document, confirming them to be an 'undesirable' person, when they exit South Africa. Their passport is also stamped. The document 'bans' them from re-entering South Africa. The length of time that you are banned for depends on how long you have overstayed your visa.

Persons who overstay their visa for a period of less than 30 days will be declared

‘undesirable’ and banned for a period of 12 months. This means that this person will not

be allowed to re-enter South Africa for 12 months.

 Persons who overstay their visa by more than 30 days will be declared ‘undesirable’ and

banned for a period of 5 years. This means that this person will not be allowed to reenter

South Africa for the next five years.

 

If you hold a visa issued by the South African Department of Home Affairs, you must always check and be aware of the visa expiry date. If you are staying in South Africa longer than the validity of your visa, you must apply for a renewal of the visa 60 days before the visa expires, or you must leave the country before the expiry date. Failure to do so has severe consequences. This is set out in South Africa's

Immigration Act.

 

WHAT CAN I DO IF I RECEIVE A BAN?

 

You are able to appeal a ban. The Immigration Act allows for people to lodge a formal appeal

request to the Department of Home Affairs if they have been declared ‘undesirable’ and received a ban. The appeal must be submitted within ten working days of the day that you received the ban.

 

To submit an appeal, you must email your request to the Department of Home Affairs,

Written representations/letter with clear reasons for overstay,

A copy of the document declaring you 'undesirable' (you would have received this at

the border upon leaving South Africa, and a stamp in your passport), A copy of your passport: the information page and other relevant pages, such as pages with your South African visa(s), stickers or stamps,

 

If you had applied for a visa extension, also include the acknowledgement of receipt

of that application,

A medical certificate if you overstayed due to medical reasons and

Any other relevant documents that support your written representations (including

documentary evidence proving your reasons for overstaying.

For confirmation that the appeal has been received, you should contact IMS

how can i avoid receiving a ban?

You can avoid receiving a ban by lodging your visa renewal application 60 days before the expiry of your current visa. If possible, we advise that you submit your application 90 days before your visa expiry date so that the Department of Home Affairs has enough time to look into your application. (You cannot submit the application six months before the expiry of the current visa, however.) If your visa has expired and your application for extension is still pending, do not leave South Africa unless travel is absolutely necessary.

 

Contact us  should you have to travel.

My ban has finished - can i return to south africa?

No You can only return to South Africa once you have applied to the South African Department of Home Affairs for the ban to be lifted as it is not automatically removed from the system.

You must apply for the ban to be lifted. If you do not, you will be refused entry into South Africa at the Port of Entry. You can make this application at the email address provided above. It is also advisable to speak to your local South African consulate/embassy.

 

HAS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACTED THIS?

 

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the South African government implemented a nationwide

lockdown as well as a closure of its borders. This meant that many people were unable to return to their country of origin before their visas expired.

 

The Department of Home Affairs issued Directions specifically for people whose visas expired during the National State of Disaster, from 15 March 2020. These Directions state that if your visa expired from 15 March 2020 and you remained in the Republic during the period of the national state of disaster, you will not be declared an undesirable person and you should not receive a ban when leaving the country up to and including 30 June 2022.

Any person who did receive a declaration of undesirability during this period, should have that ban set aside. You should contact the email address provided above to clarify this situation and ensure that any ban that may have been noted, is removed.

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