Immigration Amendment Act

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Jurisdiction: South Africa
Instrument: Act or statute
Citation: Act 8 of 2016
Version: Undated source snapshot
Language: en
Updated: 27 Sept 2016
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Certain overstayers do not qualify for entry visas, visas, admission, or permanent residence during the prescribed period; the Director-General may waive that disqualification in exceptional circumstances on application. A foreigner who leaves the Republic after a visa has expired is dealt with under section 32(1A). This section says the Act is called the Immigration Amendment Act, 2016, and starts on a date the President sets by proclamation in the Gazette. Foreigners who are unlawfully in the country because they overstayed are not entitled to certain entry or residence documents, unless the Director General waives that disqualification in special circumstances. This amendment replaces subsection (1) so that a person from another country entering the Republic is dealt with under the cited sections.

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Section 32 of the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No. 13 of 2002) (hereinafter referred
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AI-assisted research summary: Certain overstayers do not qualify for entry visas, visas, admission, or permanent residence during the prescribed period; the Director-General may waive that disqualification in exceptional circumstances on application.

1. Section 32 of the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No. 13 of 2002) (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the principal Act’’), is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsections: ‘‘(1A) Foreigners who are illegal by virtue of having overstayed, as prescribed, do not qualify for a port of entry visa, a visa, admission into the Republic or a permanent residence permit during the prescribed period. (1B) Upon application, as prescribed, from outside the Republic by the illegal foreigner contemplated in subsection (1A), the Director-General may waive the disqualiﬁcation contemplated in subsection (1A) where exceptional circumstances, as prescribed, exist.’’. 5 10 Amendment of section 50 of Act 13 of 2002, as amended by sections 46 and 47 of Act 19 of 2004 and section 25 of Act 13 of 2011 15
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Section 50 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection
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AI-assisted research summary: A foreigner who leaves the Republic after a visa has expired is dealt with under section 32(1A).

2. Section 50 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection: ‘‘(1) Any foreigner who leaves the Republic after the expiry of his or her visa shall be dealt with in terms of section [30(1)(h)] 32(1A).’’. 20 Short title and commencement
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This Act is called the Immigration Amendment Act, 2016, and comes into operation
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AI-assisted research summary: This section says the Act is called the Immigration Amendment Act, 2016, and starts on a date the President sets by proclamation in the Gazette.

3. This Act is called the Immigration Amendment Act, 2016, and comes into operation on a date determined by the President by proclamation in the Gazette. No. 40302GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27 September 2016Act No. 8 of 2016Immigration Amendment Act, 2016 3 EMANOTSI JIKELELE EKUCHAZA: [ ] Emagama labhalwe ngalokugcamile lakubakaki labasikwele akhombisa lokukhishiwe kulemitsetfo lekhona. Emagama ladvwetjelwe ngemugca locondzile akhomba loko lokufakiwe kulemitsetfo lekhona. (English text signed by the President) (Assented to 26 September 2016) UMTSETFO Kuchibiyela Umtsetfo Wekungena Nekuphuma Kuleli, 2002, kute kutsi banikwe lapha tinhlawulo letanele labo labachamuka kulamanye emave labahleti sona ngemva sikhatsi eRiphabhulikhi bate bengcelwa kwekuphelelwa sikhatsi kwemavisa abo; kanye netindzaba letiphatselene naloko. lebebancunyelwe UTAWUMISWA yiPhalamende ngalendlela:— yeRiphabhulikhi yaseNingizimu Afrika, Kuchitjiyelwa kwesigaba se-32 seMtsetfo we-13 wanga 2002, njengoba uchitjiyelwe ngesigaba se-33 seMtsetfo we-19 wanga 2004
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Sigaba se-32 seMtsetfo Wekungena Nekuphuma Kuleli, wa-2002 (Umtsetfo Nom.
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AI-assisted research summary: Foreigners who are unlawfully in the country because they overstayed are not entitled to certain entry or residence documents, unless the Director General waives that disqualification in special circumstances.

1. Sigaba se-32 seMtsetfo Wekungena Nekuphuma Kuleli, wa-2002 (Umtsetfo Nom. 13 wanga 2002), (lapha lobitwa ngekutsi ‘‘nguMtsetfo lomkhulu’’), uyachitjiyelwa ngekufakwa ngemva kwesigatjana se-(1) kwaletigatjana letilandzelako: ‘‘(1A) Bantfu bakulamanye emave labangekho emtsetfweni ngenca yekuhlala bengcelwe sikhatsi labancunyelwe sona, njengaloku kuncunyiwe, abakafanelwa kutfola ivisa yekungena nekuphuma, ivisa, kwemukelwa lapha eRiphabhulikhi nome imvume yekuhlala siphelane ngesikhatsi lesincunyiwe. (1B) Nakafaka sicelo, njengaloku kuncunyiwe, ngaphandle kweRiphabhulikhi umuntfu wangaphandle longekho emtsetfweni njengaloku kushiwo kusigatjana se-(1A), Umcondzisi Jikelele angakuyekela lokungafaneleki lokushiwo kusiga- tjana se-(1A) nangabe kunetimo letehlukile, letikhona njengaloku kuncunyiwe.’’. Kuchitjiyelwa kwesigaba se-50 seMtsetfo we-13 wanga 2002, njengaloku sichibiyela tigaba te-46 ne 47 seMtsetfo we-19 wanga 2004 kanye nesigaba se-25 seMtsetfo we-13 wanga 2011
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Sigaba se-50 seMtsetfo lomkhulu siyachitjiyelwa ngekufaka esikhundleni
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AI-assisted research summary: This amendment replaces subsection (1) so that a person from another country entering the Republic is dealt with under the cited sections.

2. Sigaba se-50 seMtsetfo lomkhulu siyachitjiyelwa ngekufaka esikhundleni sesigatjana (1) lesigatjana lesilandzelako: 5 10 15 20 ‘‘(1) Noma ngabe ngumuphi umuntfu wakulelinye live lophuma lapha sikhatsi eRiphabhulikhi kutawubukwana naye ngekulandzela sigaba se-[30(1)(h)] 32(1A).’’. emva kwekutsi ivisa yakhe iphelelwe ahambe Sihloko lesiﬁshane nekucala kusebenta
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LoMtsetfo ubitwa ngekutsi nguMtsetfo Wekuchibiyela Kungena Nekuphuma
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AI-assisted research summary: This section says the Act starts on a date set by the President through a notice in the Gazette.

3. LoMtsetfo ubitwa ngekutsi nguMtsetfo Wekuchibiyela Kungena Nekuphuma Kuleli, 2016, futsi utawucala kusebenta ngelusuku lolutawuncunywa nguMengameli ngesimemetelo kuGazethi. 25 No. 40302GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27 September 2016No. 8 wa 2016UmTsetfoso Wekuchibiyela Kungena Nekuphuma Kuleli, 2016

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