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Chris Watters

Admitted as an attorney in 1985 Chris Watters practices exclusively in the field of immigration law. Chris is the Vice-Chairperson of the Immigration Law Committees of the Law Society of the Northern Provinces and the Law Society of South Africa. He is a member of the SA Law Reform Commission's project team on immigration law and is a former member of the Immigration Advisory Board. He is a member of the US-based Association of Business Immigration Lawyers [www.abil.com]. Chris Watters Attorneys [immigrationlaw@global.co.za] assists in all aspects of temporary and permanent residence permit applications, immigration enforcement ‘disputes' and refugee law matters.

Immigration Law -Chris Watters

South African asylum seeker suffers setback in Canada

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The media reported recently, and perhaps with a little less passion than previously, that Canada's Federal Court of Appeal had dismissed Brandon Huntley’s appeal against the refusal of his application for refugee status in Canada had been...

By: Chris Watters

28 Oct 11

Immigration Law -Chris Watters

Department of Home Affairs failing refugees

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What is it with so many South Africans and refugees? Why do so many have such a jaundiced view of people who are 'forrin'?

By: Chris Watters

21 Oct 11

IMMIGRATION LAW

Emigration from South Africa – sound bites and other silliness

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It is well known to many people, except, perhaps, one or other government spokesperson, that South Africa is plagued by a skills shortage and endemic unemployment or underemployment. At the same time, one of the many other tragedies of South...

By: Chris Watters

15 Jul 11

Immigration Law

Hundreds of South Africans granted asylum in other countries

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I have usually been wary of relying on statistics in the immigration context, mindful of the image conjured up by the saying attributed to WIE Gates about “the man who drowned crossing a stream with an average depth of six inches”.

By: Chris Watters

08 Jul 11

IMMIGRATION LAW

Home Affairs and its backlogs

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George Eliot is accredited with posing the question: What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other. It appears that someone at the Department Home Affairs missed the ‘George Eliot Day’ during their studies.

By: Chris Watters

29 Apr 11

IMMIGRATION LAW

Draft immigration law will recreate ‘Fortress South Africa’

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The response of the Department of Home Affairs to the public input into the Immigration Amendment Bill 2010 may lead some to believe that there are officials at Home Affairs who have their heads stuck so deep in the sand that they are in danger of...

By: Chris Watters

18 Feb 11

IMMIGRATION LAW

Immigration policy needs rethink

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A hallmark of South Africa’s immigration policy has been the haste with which legislation has been tabled by the Department of Home Affairs and passed in the past seven or eight years.

By: Chris Watters

29 Oct 10

IMMIGRATION LAW

Reflections on the amnesty for Zimbabweans

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The recently announced amnesty for Zimbabweans who either do not have the correct – or any – temporary residence permit or who even have false South African documents is both good news and bad news.

By: Chris Watters

15 Oct 10

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