How Much Is A Visa In South Africa 2020
2015 has been an exciting year when it comes to Immigration in South Africa. The Department of Home affairs is working very hard to make the visa application process easier and more transparent than ever before. Earlier this year the department launched the Visa Facilitation Service which is designed to help foreigners to apply for a South African visa.
The Department of Home Affairs will accept Visa and MasterCard debit cards issued by South African banks for their fees. You can also pay using Internet banking. We have the full breakdown of which fees to expect and the payment options you have when applying online, but first, let’s take a look at the new visa prices from 1 November 2018.
South Africa is made up of a wonderful mix of exciting game parks, enchanting nightlife, vineyards and of course people from different races. Nigerians represent a significant percentage of people who visit South Africa on a yearly basis for a variety of reasons. For the tourists, this may be the games parks and beautiful cities, for students, the availability of quality education while for the business minded people it’s the economy and myriad of opportunities in the country that comes in very attractive.
Applying for a South African visa in Nigeria is not an especially hard task. Apart from the couple of forms you have to fill and the very important the documents you must provide, a vital aspect you must take care of is the payment of all necessary visa application and service fees. These fees vary and depend on the class of visa for which you are applying such that applicant going for a short term tourist visa will pay a significantly different amount from what a person applying for a long term critical skill work permit will pay.
In this article, I am going to make a list of South African visa types available and discuss all accompanying visa application and processing fees attached to each visa type.
- Short Term Visa Fees
The short term visa types are issued to individuals travelling to South Africa for not longer than three months. As soon as the visa becomes invalid, the holder must return back to his/her country.
It is permissible for a Nigerian to study during a short stay visit as long as it remains within the period for which the visa was issued. Short term visas include visitor’s visa, visas issued to applicants pursuing certain classes of business or attending trainings, conferences, interviews, meetings or those seeking medical care at private hospitals within South Africa. Short term visa is also issued to tourists and those travelling to visit relatives for a short period.