Visa Processors in South Africa
Looking to find out how UK visas are processed in South Africa? This page serves to help explain
how the responsibility of issuing UK visas is evenly distributed in South Africa. From this page
we trust South Africans can better understand who is responsible for the various functions.
- GOV.UK
- UK Home Office
- UK Visas and Immigration
- Move Up - UK Visa Solutions
- Teleperformance
The chain of command when handling the decision making for UK visas in South Africa is illistrated here. Further details of GOV.UK, Home Office, UKV&I, Move Up and Teleperformance listed below.
Introducing the British government (www.gov.uk/government/how-government-works). Please take note on how a first world country prides itself in transparency and open communication channels with the rest of the world.
Here the Prime Minister communicates alongside with the various departments on the UK governments policies and their outcomes. Brilliant system.
The UK Home Office is broken down into various departments. Most importantly is the Foreign Commonwealth Office (a.k.a. FCO) are responsible in dealing with the UK's international relationships (operating in the UK's best interest). The FCO ultimately pay the Entry Clearnace visa officials (our UK visa decision makers in Pretoria) salaries.
Other departments include UKV&I (listed below) and the UK Border Agency (also listed below).
This department of the Home Office is responsible for making UK visa decisions through the various stages of UK immigration. This means that the department of UKV&I handles Entry Clearance, Extensions and Permanent Residency applications.
This department reports directly to the Home Office and is responsible for immigration law enforcement. Originally the UK Border Agency also handled visa decision making process but broke off in March 2013 as part of a means to further strengthen the UK's Borders (further details can be found here).
We trust that you have found this website informative. Move Up (www.moveup.co.za)'s role in the UK visa application is merely to help South Africans (nationally and internationally) lodge successful visa applications first time round. To do so, we offer free visa assessments and thereafter we offer visa representation.
Please note that Move Up's industry leading solution is entirely optional and caters for clients who do not have the time to study UK immigration law. Move Up is here to make the travel experience easier.
Teleperformance is the official commercial agent of the UK Government, appointed to handle the front of house of visa applications. In summary Teleperformance is a glorified courier company. They have no bearing or influence in the decision of the visa application. Their role is simply to take South Africans passports and fingerprints (along with their supporting documents) and send them to Pretoria (where the decision and visa is made there).
Please take a look at our step by step breakdown to find answers pertanent to the various stages of visa applications in South Africa:
