Payments to Visiting Academics

Posted by David Worth | 26 Jan, 2006

HR (Cheryl Samuel) has spoken with UCT’s Immigration Consultant about payments to visiting academics. The consultant is preparing a guideline document for UCT, but it seems there is no limit on the subsistence which we can pay to visiting academics, as long as the appointment is for less than three months.

Such visitors would need to have a BUSINESS VISITOR’s permit, AND A LETTER FROM DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS before they start to confirm that they can work here for a period less than three months and receive remuneration.

Appointments of longer than three months still require a proper work permit. This can take three months to secure, so needs to be done way in advance of the actual visit.