For those who want to live in South Africa and work remotely for international corporations, the country is going to introduce a point-based system for work visas and licenses.

According to Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber, the revised rules for both visa categories have been approved, and implementation is anticipated to take place over the next 30 days.

People who are paid and work abroad will be able to live in South Africa and use their foreign income there thanks to the new system. "A person who is employed and paid in another country will now be able to move to sunny South Africa to spend all of their dollars, yen, euros, pounds, or renminbi right here," said Schreiber, highlighting the advantages. He explained that these distant workers only need to register with the tax authority if they spend more than half of the year in South Africa.

The Department of Home Affairs is simplifying the previously laborious visa application procedure under his direction. Due to protracted processing timeframes that frequently exceeded a year, the backlog has finally been cut in half. Reform is urgently needed because the agency has been the target of lawsuits from people requesting decisions on their immigration applications. The visa system has been cited by the president and leading business associations as a barrier to economic growth, which has averaged less than 1% over the previous ten years and hasn't much decreased the 33.5% unemployment rate in the nation.