The home affairs department will allow officials at SA missions abroad to process visa applications received between January 12 and end-August.

The department's director-general, Tommy Makhode, said in a directive that the permission was being granted because missions had been unable to timeously transmit visa applications received between these dates for adjudication by the head office in Pretoria...

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