Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has moved to clarify a misunderstanding on the gazetted regulations recommendations on the Critical Skills and General Work Visas.
This comes after some media reports had stated that the department had done away with the Critical Skills Visa in favour of a point-based system.
"Sub-section 4 is the one dealing with critical skills this means general work is anything that is not covered in the critical skills list. The prescribed requirements mentioned in the Act are found in regulation 18 of the previous regulation before the amendments." Motsoaledi said. "What Home Affairs does is go to the Department of Higher Education and Training . The DHET usually asks the Human Sciences Research Council , and the council will work with other institutions, including labour market surveys, to put up a list of skills which they think are critical for the economy of the country," Motsoaledi explained.
"Once the profession we have got appears on that critical skills list, which would have been gazetted by the Minister of Home Affairs, you get a letter of employment, then Home Affairs is forced to give you a Critical Skills Work Visa," Motsoaledi explained, adding that the visa is one of the easiest to give, as it only requires a profession.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
The Minister said the point-based system will consider at least six criteria, including age; qualifications; language skills, work experience; offer of employment; and the ability to adapt within the Republic.
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