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Hi

I am no expert. However through my research I have found that you can.

apply in your current place of residence for a temporary residence permit under the life partner option - in person or special delivery post,this takes up-to 30 days to process.

Now seeing as you are not yet married you would need an affidavit - You might have to contact an immigration solicitor who will advise you on how this can be done with your and your partner being in different countries.

I would suggest a second option as well. - gather all the supporting evidence you can now for your temp permit application. go to sa on the tourist visa, get married and then apply in sa for the temp resi permit whilst on the tourist visa.

option 3 go to a visa specialist company and they will walk you through it all taking all the worry out of it but costing a few bucks.

Either way you biggest issue right now is proving your 'life partnership' over come that and you will be聽 having a braai in no time.

keep me posted on how you get along!

Thanx for your answer Stu!

Applying in Belgium before I leave would be most easy and most fast. But like I said, every time I phone or mail I get that same arrogant contactperson that made it clear they won't grant me anything without being married or living together. It's a bit difficult to already live together if you still have to move of course... And that's just what we want to do now, live together in our house and getting married. But apparently it's better to get married fast just for the聽 papers than to do it for the right reasons and in the right way. Guess we are too romantic

So indeed the plan was to go with my international passport now for 3 months, and then extend it overthere for another 3 months. Then I could still see wether to apply before or after marriage, cuz those 6 months were long enough to stay until after marriage. But now somebody of Home Affairs emailed me the law will change within 2 weeks and I won't be able to extend my 90 days anymore...

Speaking of your option 3. If you know somebody capable, please do tell me. I've been in contact with some companies and lawyers and everry time I wondered if they knew what they were talking about. They all were telling different things

If I have to buy a returnticket anyway another option is to go now for 3 months, return for a short while to Belgium again and do my apllication in Belgium in this short period cuz then I will be able to proof that we are already living together in SA.

Anyway, going to contact the SA embassy again next week and demand somebody else to talk to, not that terrible woman

Grz

You should definitely be able to apply for a Life Partner Permit, which is a type of Relative's Permit on the Home Affairs forms. The fact that the embassy SA Mission Representative doesn't know this is shocking.

You have another option - apply at another SA Mission in Europe. A quick flight or drive to Holland or Germany would allow you to apply.

But the person above is right - pay for a consultation (mostly free) from an immigration LAWYER company. That way you'll have all the right info.

Hey, thanx for your answer!

I know I can apply, but SA Embassy in Brussels said I should be married first or actually live together. I contacted Home Affairs and they say the same. Meaning I should apply in SA after I moved permanently.

Wouldn't be too much of a disaster if I was only concerned about me being able to stay in SA. But then there's my container with my belongings that needs te be shipped. With a permit it's no problem, I'll pay no taxes on it to get my belongings into SA. But without a permit it's a disaster, I can pay up to 45% taxes on the worth of my container which is crazy.

If I read here how long it can take for Home Affairs to actually grant a permit, that means if I'm unlucky I would have to store my things for months and go live in an empty house as long as I don't have my permit. And that's not all. Your fiancee also has her furniture and belongings you would say. Yes and no... Last month she had a burglary in her rented house in cape Town and half of her stuff was stolen...

So actually my biggest problem is that I need a permit soon to get my stuff into SA without having to pay crazy taxes.

Regards