Immigration Amendment Act? - LPP Netherlands - South Africa

Hi.

I am not too sure about the holiday/LPP visa story, I applied for my LPP while I still had my student visa. 

However there was a big emphasise on the shared habitation, so I think that is going to be a big problem for you to get a LPP without those documents.  Don’t worry too much about the shared financial responsibility (shared bank account) you must just show them that you both got funds/income.

You need a police clearance for every country you have lived in since your 18th  (it took me 10 weeks to get the one from S.A.)

Your medical certificate can be from Holland or S.A. it must just not be older than 3 months. (It is properly cheapest to get it in S.A. I paid less than R1000 for my TB x-rays and  the medical certificate)

Regarding opening a bank account, you are only able to open a bank account when you have a visa, and a proof of address in S.A.

What are you planning to do in S.A.??? I am asking because maybe the LPP is not the best visa for you to apply for..

If you are going to work then maybe rather apply for a work permit and then apply for the LPP later. There are companies that will sponsor your work permit if you have needed skills. There are call centres always looking for Dutch speakers, look for positions on Gumtree.

If you have funds to support yourself (or your BF supports you) maybe you should apply for a study visa, take a year at uni or something. Get some cohabitation under your belt before applying for the LPP.
You can also apply for a volunteer visa, you will just need a organization that will support your application, that will give you something to do here as well, getting to know people.

I hope I am being to some help and not just making it harder for you

Just on last advise: (+27) 0800 60 11 90 the hot line number for Home Affairs.

Well, good luck, and feel free to ask more questions if need be.

Regards
Sarah

Hi Lindsey

You must make sure that you can apply for the LPP while on a holiday visa, I am not sure if you are still allowed to do that.

Also I applied for my LPP in September and I am still waiting, calling Home Affaires every week, but I am just being told that it is still being processed, I am now going to initiate an investigation into why it is taking so long, and mean while I am not allowed to work, to be honest I am considering cancelling my application and go to DK and apply from there.

So if I was you, I would try my very best to get the visa before coming here.

Good luck with everything.

Sarah

Lindsey.dV wrote:

Hi Sarah,

Imagine you applied for an LPP WITHOUT a work endorsement/job offer, and it was issued to you after 6months (I heard it can take 2-8months in SA!) and you were to find a job while you were on your LPP, meaning; you'd have to apply all over again for an LPP WITH a work endorsement, would you be allowed to work whilst the application is being processed before it is issued, or do you have to wait ANOTHER so many months before you're actually allowed to work at the job?

Lindsey, what I know you're NOT allowed to work while waiting for your permit to be processed. That's the stupidity of this situation. In theory they must issue a permit within 30 days after they accepted your application. So I guess that's the reason the law forbids you to work till you get your permit. But in reality it takes up to 6 months for it to be issued. And the law doesnt take it into account.
So there're two options: 1) you work illegally (of course if you can persuade your employer since they risk to pay a fine); 2) you lose your job offer... But who cares...

Honestly I'd love to know other people's experience. How do they handle this situation?