| Cape Town welcomes major visa reforms gazetted today | Cape Town welcomes major visa reforms gazetted today | | <img alt="" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/PublishingImages/%28Treasury%29%20Policies%20and%20publications%20Header.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p>Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed today’s gazetting of the Remote Work Visitor Visa and the new Points-Based System for Work Visas</p> | <p>‘We warmly welcome these major visa reforms and the exciting economic and job-creating potential to bring substantially more tourism to our shores. Cape Town is an ideal remote working destination and now people will be able to stay longer in our city, and spend more money here to the benefit of local businesses. It is refreshing to see swift action from Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber in promulgating these reforms. We look forward to continued partnerships to unleash economic growth,’ said Mayor Hill-Lewis. </p><p>
Alderman James Vos, Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth, said the newly gazetted reforms align with the City’s continued calls for an overhaul of the visa system and have game-changing potential for the economy. </p><p>
‘In the coming weeks, my team and I will engage Cape Town’s business leaders on the various reforms and how they can capitalise on it for the benefit of economic and job growth in the city. In my consultations with roleplayers in Cape Town’s high-growth industries, it was made clear that companies often needed to bring foreign experts into the country to properly train staff. These reforms now make it easier for companies to access the necessary specialists to provide skills development.
‘Cape Town has further been proactively preparing for these reforms by signing partnerships with tourism industry bodies and marketing agencies to promote Cape Town as a major global remote working location,’ said Alderman Vos.</p>
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