NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 712 / NW765E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 04 March 2011
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 4 of 2011
Dr C P Mulder (FF Plus) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:â
(1) How many permits have been issued (a) for (i) scarce skills and (ii)
work in terms of the scarce skills and work permit quota list for each
year since the announcement of the list and (b) in each category;
(2) what is the country of origin of each expert who has received a work
permit in terms of this list;
(3) how many of the work permits were issued to persons in the (a)
private sector, (b) public sector and (c) non-governmental
organisations;
(4) (a) how many permits were extended for an additional period of time
(i) for each category and (ii) in total and (b) how many persons who
had entered the country in this manner have obtained citizenship and
(c) what country each originates from?
NW765E
REPLY:
(1)(a)&(b) The Department of Home Affairs is, only, able to provide
statistics for the Specific Professional Category / Specific
Occupational Class of quota work permits issued for the
following periods:
⢠January 2007 to March 2008; and
⢠April 2008 to May 2009
For the numbers issued under each category, please refer to Annexures
1 and 2 respectively:
(2) Before the centralisation of all temporary residence applications,
the Departmentâs Regional Offices did not keep statistics, in
respect of the country of origin, of each expert, in the
category, under which the permits were issued. After the
implementation of the Track & Trace System, the Department can
provide statistics for the country of origin of each expert, but
not the category. Please refer to Annexure 3.
(3)(a) to (c) The Department does not keep record of the number of
permits issued to persons in the Private Sector, Public Sector
and Non-Governmental Organisations. The reason being that quota
work permits are regarded as open ended. This means that a quota
work permit holder may change from employer, as long as he, or
she stays employed in the same occupational field, under which
his, or her quota work permit was issued.
(4)(a) to (c) Again it needs to be stated that the Department does not
keep record of the number of permits that were extended for an
additional period of time for each category, and in total, how
many persons who had entered the country in this manner have
obtained citizenship, and what country each originates from.