• If the applicant falls within one of the professions listed on the quota schedule and is in possession of a permanent contract of employment
  • If the applicant possesses extraordinary skills or qualifications
  • If the applicant has established a business in South Africa and has invested the prescribed financial contribution
  • If the applicant is a refugee and holds formal recognition of refugee status for more than five years
  • If the applicant intends to retire in South Africa and has the right to a pension or retirement annuity which pays out a prescribed minimum payment for the rest of his or her life
  • If an applicant has a prescribed minimum net worth and has paid a prescribed amount over to the Department of Home Affairs
  • If the applicant is a relative of a South African citizen or South African permanent resident within the first step of kinship