SOUTH AFRICA COMPLETE LIST OF LATEST CRITICAL SKILL VISA OR PERMANENT RESIDENT PERMIT WHICH MEANS SHORTAGE OCCUPATIONS WHERE COUNTRY NEED FOREIGN WORKERS WITH THESE QUALIFICATIONS Processing Time in South Africa: Between 30-40 days Processing Time if lodged abroad: 30 Days Government Fee in South Africa: R1520 Government Fee abroad: Dependent on Currency Who qualifies? The newly published “Skills or qualifications determined to be critical for the Republic of South Africa in relation to an application for a Critical Skills Visa or Permanent Residence Permit” – Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No. 13 of 2002) – Section 19(4), to be read with Regulations 19(5), lists the following as being considered some of the critical skills. The Critical Skills List - Published 3rd June 2014 Business, Economics and Management Studies Agricultural Engineer Agricultural Scientist Forestry Technician Sheep Shearer Architect Construction Project Manager Land Surveyor Quantity Surveyor Urban and Regional Planner Actuaries and Risk Assessors Corporate General Manager External Auditor Financial Investment Advisor Information Communication & Technology CISCO Solution Specialist CISCO Engineers Solutions Architects in Telecommunications and ICT Integrated Developers (PHP, PERL, JAVA) Network Analyst IT Security Specialist System Integration Specialist Enterprise Architects Data Centre Operations Network Specialist (Security) Database Specialist Microsoft System Engineers Network Controllers AV Specialist (Anti-virus) Desktop Support Engineer Engineering Energy Engineer Metallurgical Engineer Chemical Engineer Civil Engineer Electrical Engineer Electrical Installation Inspector Electronics Engineer Geologist Industrial and Production Engineers Industrial Designer Manufacturing Managers Materials Engineer Mechanical Engineer Mining Engineer Production/Operations Manager Quality System Manager Research and Development Manager Ship’s Engineer Telecommunications Engineers Electrical Engineering Technologist Energy Engineering Technologist Mechanical Engineering Technologist Metallurgical Engineering Technologist Mining Engineering Technologist Air Conditioning and Mechanical Services Plumber Automotive Electrician Automotive Motor Mechanic Boiler Maker Chemical Engineering Technologist Civil Engineering Technologist Diesel Mechanic Electronics Engineering Technologist Fitter and Turner Materials Engineering Technologist Mechatronics Technician Metal Fabricator Physical and Engineering Science Technicians Pressure Welder Structural Plaster Toolmaker Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Medical Superintendant/Public Health Manager Public Health Physician General and Specialist Medical Practitioner Hospital Pharmacist Nursing Professionals Veterinarian Registered Nurse (child and family health) Retail Pharmacist Life and Earth Sciences Environmental Engineers Environmental Manager Industrial Pharmacist Aquatic Scientist Animal Scientist Advanced Composites Engineering Archaeological/Paleontological Specialist Bioeconomist Biochemists Bioinformatician Bioinformaticist Biological Scientist Botanical Scientist Chemical Scientist Computational Biologist Environmental Scientist Ecological Scientist Food Scientist Engineering Geologist Geochemist Geohazards Specialist Geologist Geophycist Laboratory Technologist and Technician Marine Bioscientist Materials Scientist Metallurgical Scientist Metrology Microbiological Scientist Polymer Scientist Protein Scientist Seismologist Soil Scientist Toxicology Scientist Water Resource Scientist Professionals and Associate Professional Land and Engineering Surveyors Electronic Engineering Technician Materials Engineering Technologist Electrical Engineering Technician Safety, Health, Environment and Quality Practitioner Draughtsperson Mechanical Engineering Technician Chemical Engineering Technician Organisation and Methods Analyst (Incl. scheduler, estimator) Surveying Technician Geomatics Technician Quantity Surveying Technician Civil Engineering Technician Materials Engineer Non-destructive Testing (NDT) Materials Engineering Technician – Road materials Materials Tester Construction Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) Agent/Manager/Officer Aeronautical Engineering Architectural Senior Technologist Architectural Draughtsperson Astronomer Physicist (SKA) Geomagnetic Physicist Solar Physicist Space Physicist Plasma Physicist Space Technologist Space Weather Specialist Magnetic Technology Specialist Radar Engineering Radio Frequency Engineering Environmental Technologist Industrial Engineer Industrial Engineering Technologist Industrial Engineering Technician Landscape Architect Landscape Contract Manager Landscape Horticulturalist Mining Technician Trades Millwright Boilermaker (For Strategic Infrastructure Projects) Industrial Machinery Mechanic Pipe Fitter Double Coded Welder Rigger Moulder Raise-bore Operators Raise-bore Foreman Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Software Development Engineers and Managers Systems Architects, Engineers and Managers Foreign Language speakers for specialist language support and technical or sales support (German, Swiss German, Flemish, Greek, Swedish, Danish, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Mandarin and French) Business Analyst Quality Analyst Quality Assurance Specialist/Auditor Customer Service Manager/Team Lead Academics and Researchers Doctoral Graduates (Acquired Abroad) Research in any of the following areas; Galaxy Formation and Evolution Galaxy Structure and Dynamics Pulsars and Black Holes Pulsars and Black Holes Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Deep Observations of the earliest Radio Galaxies Dynamic and Transient Burst VLBI Operations Search for CO to investigate role of Molecular Hydrogen Deep Surveyors of Neutral Hydrogen Gas in the Early Universe Cosmology and Dark Energy Cosmic Magnetism Calibration and Imaging of Radio Interferometer data Pulsar Research Pulsar and Gravitational Waves VLBI Operations Signal Processing Observational Radio Astronomy in General Algorithm for Radio Astronomy Signal Processing for Radio Astronomy Supercomputing for Radio Astronomy Software Development for Radio Astronomy Data and Streaming- Real-Time Processing of Massive Data Amounts Green Computing- Extreme Performance at Minor Energy Cost Performance at Minor Energy Costs EMC and Spectrum Management Beam Modelling Antenna Modelling Feeds for Radio Astronomy Systems Receivers for Radio Astronomy Systems Signal Processing for Radio Astronomy High Speed Data Transport Nano-photonics-Data Transport Power Nanotechnology Palaeosciences Reduction over Short and Long Distances Antenna Design Antenna Foundation Design RFI Shielded Buildings and Facilities Advanced Manufacturing Space Science and Technology Global Change Energy Security Information Communication Technology Earth Observation Natural and Applied Sciences
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