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Application for a Business Visa (South African Embassy, Copenhagen)
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What the document holds
South African Embassy Copenhagen (DIRCO) checklist "Application for a Business Visa" (6 pp.; the stored text repeats once): legal basis (s. 15 as amended, excluded sectors under s. 15(1A)), documents, requirements for a new business (R5,000,000 cash, or cash plus new machinery/equipment, from abroad; 60% South African staff undertaking; registrations; dti recommendation) and for an established business (same amounts available or already invested; proof of 60% staff; registrations; financial statements and proof of investment), police, medical and radiological reports, family documents, fee DKK 882, notes (staff proof within 12 months; visa up to three years; proof of investment within 24 months and every two years; waiver for national-interest businesses; multiple entry). Earlier: R5,000,000 new-business cash rule. This pass added 7 rules: the cash-plus-equipment alternative and the two established-business amounts, the 60% staff requirement, the DKK 882 fee, 3-year maximum validity and the investment-proof intervals.
What it supports
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Rules and prices (8)
- Business investmentnew business: cash from outside the Republic available to be investedZAR 5,000,000Date not stated · DIRCO (South Africa) 2025South Africa · Business visa (formerly business permit) and permanent residence for business investors (Immigration Act 13 of 2002, ss. 15 and 27(c))
- Business investmentnew business: cash plus a capital contribution (new machinery and/or equipment) from outside the Republic, available to be invested (alternative to cash only)ZAR 5,000,000Date not stated · DIRCO (South Africa) 2025South Africa · Business visa (formerly business permit) and permanent residence for business investors (Immigration Act 13 of 2002, ss. 15 and 27(c))
- Business investmentestablished or existing business: cash from outside the Republic available to be invested or already investedZAR 5,000,000Date not stated · DIRCO (South Africa) 2025South Africa · Business visa (formerly business permit) and permanent residence for business investors (Immigration Act 13 of 2002, ss. 15 and 27(c))
- Business investmentestablished or existing business: cash plus a capital contribution (new machinery and/or equipment) from outside the Republic, available or already investedZAR 5,000,000Date not stated · DIRCO (South Africa) 2025South Africa · Business visa (formerly business permit) and permanent residence for business investors (Immigration Act 13 of 2002, ss. 15 and 27(c))
- Application feebusiness visa application at the South African Embassy in Copenhagen (per applicant)DKK 882Date not stated · DIRCO (South Africa) 2025South Africa · Business visa (formerly business permit) and permanent residence for business investors (Immigration Act 13 of 2002, ss. 15 and 27(c))
- Validity of the visabusiness visa3 years (maximum per issue)Date not stated · DIRCO (South Africa) 2025South Africa · Business visa (formerly business permit) and permanent residence for business investors (Immigration Act 13 of 2002, ss. 15 and 27(c))
- How often the permit must be renewedbusiness visa holder: proof that the prescribed financial or capital contribution has been invested24 months from issuance (first proof), then every 2 yearsDate not stated · DIRCO (South Africa) 2025South Africa · Business visa (formerly business permit) and permanent residence for business investors (Immigration Act 13 of 2002, ss. 15 and 27(c))
- Jobs to createbusiness visa: share of the business's staff who must be South African citizens or permanent residents employed permanently; proof (Department of Labour letter) within 12 months of issue60 percent of total staff (minimum)Date not stated · DIRCO (South Africa) 2025South Africa · Business visa (formerly business permit) and permanent residence for business investors (Immigration Act 13 of 2002, ss. 15 and 27(c))
About the document
What it covers Requirements for a South African business visa (new and existing business): accountant certificate that at least R5 000 000 in cash (or cash and capital contribution) from outside the Republic is available to be invested; 60% local staff undertaking.
Notes Undated form; upload path dated 2025/12. Restates the Immigration Act s. 15 as amended and the ministerial determination of the R5 million contribution (2014 notice not stored).
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