Schreiber waives 60-day visa filing rule — too little, too late
Daily Maverick | 12.10.2026 19:23
One year to the day after I warned that South Africa’s 60-day visa filing rule had become a trap, the minister of home affairs has granted a blanket waiver by signing Immigration Directive 13 of 2026, whereby he finally acknowledges the “unintended consequences” of the rigid application of regulations 9(8)(c) and 9(5)(a). Whilst this is a necessary course correction, it is also one that has arrived too late.
