SPOUSAL and relative\u2019s visas should be done away with because the system is being \u201cabused by foreign nationals\u201d to settle in SA, the ANC has said in an additional discussion document distributed to delegates at the policy conference on Friday night.<\/p>\n
In the document, which the FM has seen and which wasn\u2019t distributed before the conference, the party proposes that the Immigration Act should be tightened to contain fewer visa categories. \u201cThere is no basis from the immigration point of view to have a plethora of visas,\u201d the document reads. It says the spousal and relative\u2019s visa are \u201cin essence visitor\u2019s visas\u201d.<\/p>\n
It continues: \u201cThere is no rational basis to link marriage and\/or [a] form of relationship (relative) to the immigration factors,\u201d the document reads. The document envisages that existing laws regarding marriage and children should be sufficient to cover foreigners marrying South Africans, but doesn\u2019t make clear what this means.<\/p>\n
\u201cCitizenship laws must be tightened to avoid undeserving foreign nationals becoming SA citizens by default and through fraudulent means and in the process exploit the country for some criminal and underhanded business activities,\u201d a policy recommendation in the document reads.<\/p>\n