MPs grill home affairs on visa delays
Complaints have increased since a visit to the department’s office five months ago, ANC MP Bongani Bongo says
29 August 2023 - 19:00
The department of home affairs is doing “nothing” to deal with the backlog in granting work and critical skills visas, frustrated MPs of the portfolio committee on home affairs told the department while grilling them on the delays.
“Literally nothing is happening,” said ANC MP Bongani Bongo, adding that since the committee visited the department’s Pretoria office five months ago, the piles of complaints on his desk have grown. Some applications have been delayed for three to five years, he said. ..
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