Acquisition of Temporary and Permanent Residence Permits
Immigration Litigation Services from Immigration Specialists
We will ascertain your immigration objectives, assess your eligibility status and map out the most prudent and efficient method to achieve your temporary and permanent residence objectives in the most economical and time-efficient manner. This is an assurance provided to you by Craig Smith & Associates, immigration specialists based in South Africa.
This Temporary and Permanent Residence Permits’ service provided by us will entail:
- Consultations with client and needs/eligibility assessment conducted by immigration specialists
- Legal advice and overview of immigration options
- Temporary and Permanent Residence Permit preparation with supporting documentation and lodgement
- Status reports to client and expediting decisions with Department of Home Affairs in South Africa
- Collection of Temporary and Permanent Residence Permits from authorities and delivery to client
As immigration specialists in South Africa we offer immigration litigation services and are able to attend on the courts to either enforce or defend the rights of our clients.
We are one of the very few immigration specialists in South Africa that can provide such a specialist service in this field.
Our immigration litigation services include:
Magistrates Court Attendances which could result in immigration deportation or immigration detention.
- Criminal charges and defending immigration offences pursuant to the Immigration and Criminal Procedure Acts in South Africa
- Bail applications and attendances on investigating officer in terms of the Criminal Procedure Act in South Africa
- Representations to State Prosecutor to withdraw criminal charges in South Africa
- Civil action against wrongful arrest or prosecution by Department of Home Affairs or officials in South Africa
High and Constitutional Court Attendances
- Oversight of administrative immigration actions and decisions by Department of Home Affairs or officials in South Africa
- Urgent and non-urgent court applications
- Civil action against wrongful arrest or prosecution by Department of Home Affairs or officials in South Africa resulting in immigration detention and immigration deportation.
Immigration Legal Services from Immigration Specialists in South Africa |
Being immigration specialists in South Africa, our attendances extend beyond temporary and permanent residence permit acquisition and include more technical attendances that require an advanced and detailed working knowledge of the Immigration Act/Regulations and other interrelated laws in the areas of adjudication, enforcement, and oversight by the authorities in South Africa, including immigration detention, immigration deportation, immigration exemptions, etc.
Our immigration legal services include:
- Applications for section 31 immigration exemptions to dispense with requirements or forms or grant permanent residence in South Africa in terms of the Immigration Act
- Applications for section 32 status authorisations in terms of the Immigration Act/Regulations
- Enforcement of section 8 rights to reviews and appeals and representations to Director-General or Minister of Home Affairs in South Africa
- Defending illegal immigration detention and immigration deportation matters and attendance on Immigration Officers in terms of section 8, 34 and 41 of the Immigration Act in South Africa.
Guide to Immigration Legal Services in South Africa
As immigration specialists our immigration services are diverse and extensive and consist of:
- Acquisition of Temporary and Permanent Residence Permits for South Africa
- Immigration legal Services
- Immigration Litigation Services