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Immigration South Africa Testimonials
At Intergate Immigration we take great pride in delivering high service levels. Whether you are are making an initial enquiry or have made the decision to be a client our aim is to make your immigration to South Africa as smooth and efficient as possible.
As with any South African visa or permit application, the process can sometimes be frustrating but rest assured Intergate Immigration are there to assist you throughout the entire process.
To find out about specific visas and permits please use the links above, or feel to contact us via e-mail, telephone, our free eligibility assessment or request a call back.
Don't take our word for it, please read the below testimonials from or clients and see what they have to say about our services.
I know you will make EVERY effort Tammy. I meant to say to you I have recommended your services to an Australian guy I met on Sunday. He wants to do pretty much the same as me, (although he is engaged to a South African girl).
Bjorn I think a pay rise is in order for Ms Tammy Price, the level of customer service received from her through out my application process has been so high. I swear I get a response before I have even pressed send!!
Cheers
Ben
Dear Monya, Bjorn and all Intergate staff,
This is a note of appreciation to thank you all for assisting Svetlana and Anastasiya in obtaining their permits for staying in South Africa. Without your help it would have been near impossible for us to negotiate the visa application process by ourselves.
Sveta is very happy here in the Cape and is settling in comfortably in her new home. She is also clearer about what venture to pursue and we would like to contact you again in this regard. Anastasiya is developing in leaps and bounds. She has progressed from starting in 9th Grade this year at school to 12th Grade level Cambridge studies with exceptional results. We anticipate that she will write 12th Grade examinations next year.
We wish you all a wonderful festive season and hope with you for a prosperous new year in 2009.
Best regards and thanks again, in particular to Monya for excellent service!
Mike, Sveta and Anastasiya
Hi Rebecca, Mark and Candice
I just wanted to thank you and your team for all your hard work in sorting out our business permits last November. From the day I made contact with Mark I felt we were in good hands and that proved to be the case. Candice handled our application very professionally but above all it was the way you listened to our worries and concerns and responded to them that really impressed me. Even forgetting my passport on the day of our permanent residence application was no trouble - very impressive!
I would recommend your services to other expats wanting to emmigrate to this exciting country without hesitation. So...... once again thankyou all.
I would appreciate if you can please advise the latest situation regarding your expectation on the timing of the permanent residence application? Could this be completed mid year or have things changed?
Regards
Steve and Sue Baker
Hi,
Mark, Tammy, Pia and also Rebecca ... thank you so much for making this a smooth ride for us. You did it well. Always friendly and always helpful. Well done and thank you, thank you so much!!
Take care and may God Bless all of you !
Paul and Jannora.
HI Tammy,
Good morning. I was at the Home Affairs yesterday as planned. I have been granted the permit. Thanks to you and the professional way you handled this. My wife and I are soo grateful.
I shall be sending you a scanned copy shortly.
Best Regards
Bimbo
Nadat ik een aantal keer voor mijn studie in Zuid-Afrika was geweest, werd ik niet alleen verliefd op het land, maar ook op een van haar inwoners...
Om voor onbepaalde tijd naar Zuid-Afrika te kunnen gaan is een toeristenvisum niet afdoende. Terwijl ik in Nederland druk bezig was vele, vele regelingen te treffen voor mijn emigratie, heb ik de hulp ingeschakeld van Intergate. Daar werd me verteld dat ik het beste een aanvraag voor een visum kon indienen terwijl ik in Zuid-Afrika was. Ik heb toen snel mijn vliegticket geboekt en de eerste week na mijn aankomst een afspraak gemaakt bij Intergate.
Het is erg prettig om de ingewikkelde bureaucratie over te laten aan de ervaren medewerkers van Intergate. Zelf hoefde ik alleen voor de gevraagde documenten te zorgen zoals een gezondheidsverklaring, verklaringen van vrienden die zeggen dat mijn vriend en ik inderdaad een relatie hebben enz. Als ik alles zelf zou hebben gedaan, zouden de eerste maanden hier vol onzekerheid, stress en frustratie zijn geweest. Nu hoefde ik me geen zorgen te maken, hoewel ik natuurlijk toch wel een beetje opgelucht was toen ik al na twee maanden mijn drie-jarige (!) visum kon komen ophalen.
Dankzij de inzet van Intergate heb ik deze stap relatief makkelijk kunnen zetten. Het bevalt me erg goed hier en volgende maand gaan we trouwen. Als mijn visum verloopt, zal ik dus zeker weer contact opnemen met Intergate: ik wil hier voorlopig nog wel blijven!
Natasja Schellaars
Goodmorning Claire,
Thank you for your mail. After all quicker than we thought.
Thank you for looking after it.
Today I will give the Intergate Immigration details to an English Couple who want to immigrate to South Africa.
Kind regards and hope to see you once again.
Gert and Anneke Elbertse
Good Afternoon Bjorn,
Thank you for you email and phone call. Having spoken to a few migration lawyers, I feel most comfortable with your organisation as you provided me with full details and confidence that we can get this done successfully and a lot less stress free than ourselves dealing with home affairs. I truly appreciate it! We would like to use your services and commence the application this week. Please may you inform me as to how we can begin.
Andres, my partner is still currently looking for work, but as time is running we would like to initiate the life partner permit. Please confirm that there is no additional cost once he has a job offer, and for yourselves to endorse it onto the life partner? Bjorn, are yourselves also able to assist with prospective employers to understanding his situation with regards to the work permit, as I've noticed this tends to ward them away when mentioned?
I appreciate all your help and look forward to hearing from you shortly.
Many thanks.
Amanda White
Dear Claire:
I have to say thank you all the people at Intergate (specially You) for your support and professional advise.
We hope to have the joy and receive soon good news.
Thank you very much,
Luz Zoraida A. de Morales
(David Morales’ mother)
Hi Bjorn,
Thanks a LOT again for all the information. It’s rare to see such good “pre-sale” support in these days.
Would it be possible to supply some pricing estimates on your fees? I assume it’s base on the specific case, but to have a rough idea would be great.
Reason I’m asking is that our “leaving” date depend on “when we are ready” so in order to prepare ourselves better and leave the complicated things in qualified hands like yours, some idea about cost will be helpful.
Thanks again for your time, and please don’t feel rushed to answer. We have a few months.
Cheers,
Nico
Hi Claire
Many thanks for your very welcome Email ref our repatriation refund, well we are almost complete now, we are just waiting our ID books we have been given our ID number so it shouldn't be too long now. The next will be our S A driving licence then everything will be complete.
Thank you very much for all your help and advice in the past.
Keep well
Chris and Ann Marsh
I have decided to write this email as I am sure that there are a number of foreign spouses (married to SA citizens) who are in the same position as I.
I have been in a relationship with my husband for 8 years, although we only married just over a year ago. Within these 8 years I also lived in SA with him for 2 years (as a tourist visa, so I am well aware of the problems of dealing with Home Affairs etc)
We have always planned to return back to SA rather than settle in England, so we decided to investigate the procedure involved in moving back, especially with reference to my 'visa' status. The South African Embassy in London are an absolute waste of space when it comes to this sort of discussion, the advice given by them in that we needed to have been married for 5 years before I could even contemplate applying for Permanent Residence - one occasion when they advised me of this was at last year' Woza Ekhaya seminar. I thought it was quite funny that there stand was next to Intergate Immigration - who it turns out are more informed that the government's own embassy!
Anyway to get to the point, Intergate are in the process of applying for my permanent residence application whilst I am still living in the UK. What this means is that when I arrive in SA I will be able to work as normal without any visa restrictions etc. To apply for this all you need is proof of the relationship (not marriage) having been longer than 5 years and to attend an interview in SA. My application has been submitted and I have just attended my Home Affairs interview in Cape Town. Intergate have been fantastic in dealing with this and I would have no problem in recommending them to anyone else in the same position. Hopefully by the time my residence arrives (official line is 2 years) my husband and I will have saved enough Pounds to return to the wonderful country that is South Africa!
Please feel free to use this email if it is a help at all.
Regards
Amanda
Dear Claire,
Many thanks. In addition, you may wish to note that we applied for our ID books approximately 6 weeks ago and have been advised by Home Affairs of our new ID numbers. We will be allowed to collect the ID books in 2 weeks when they have been signed off by "Managers" (Quote). If you wish to have these details, please advise.
Many thanks for all your efforts on our behalf throughout the procedures we have been through.
Yours sincerely,
Brian & Linda Rogers
Hi Frank,
I owe you a response to your last email. Apologies for not responding.
We've used Intergate Immigration (www.intergate-immigration.com) to sort our paperwork. They're really good and know their stuff. They've also got partners who can advise on finance, tax, business, property and jobs. We've been dealing with Bjorn van Niekerk and Tammy Price, among others. I strongly recommend you give them a call. You do pay for it, but in my opinion it's absolutely worth it. I've copied them on this email so you have their contact details.
Bjorn and Tammy - Frank Doyle is my cousin. He and his fiancée want to move to Grahamstown sometime next year. They're both on British passports and so would like some help in facilitating the move back. I've recommended your services on the basis of the great work you and your teams have done for us.
Cheers
Hilary
Hi Alex and Samantha
In terms of the Franz Holy SAQA Certificate, I would like to thank both of you, but especially Mona and Lydia for coming to the party in a big way I still maintain that Intergate are the best and will continue to refer candidates and anyone else who enquires, to you. We have a very happy Samm and an even happier Franz and that makes all the difference. It was a horrid task, not one I am eager to repeat, so again, thank you for your excellent advice. Please charge us for the hair dye as I am pretty sure I gave you grey hairs.
Thanks and chat soon
Jen
Hi Samantha,
Good Morning!
I have seen your profile and photo in your website. I have also same opinion like what they wrote about you in website.
You are best......Thank you!
Have a nice weekend!
raju
Testimonial for Intergate Immigration
When we looked at the Department of Home Affairs website we thought that meeting the requirements for immigration as retired persons would be straightforward so we applied ourselves at the South African embassy of the country where we worked (in the Middle East). We handed over all of our original documents including medicals and police clearance certificates which we needed from our home countries (UK and Philippines) and our current country of residence where we worked. Three months after our interview we enquired with the embassy the status of our application to be told that the person who conducted the interview and who submitted our application was on sick leave and gone back to South Africa, there was no record of the interview our application and original documents could not be found and there was no reference number for our application.
This is when we contacted Intergate Immigration. We had to start the application process all over again but within two weeks of arriving in South Africa we had our 4 year temporary retirement visas. At the same time as applying for temporary residency we applied for permanent residency. Initially this was declined on the basis that in the current economic climate an income of 20 000 Rand per month from property rental alone was not sufficient proof of income for life. After submitting other sources of income Intergate appealed on our behalf and we were granted our permanent residency status 15 months after arriving in South Africa.
Retiring and emigrating means a big change in lifestyle. By applying through Intergate, it was reassuring to know that there was always someone at the end of a phone who would be able to deal with your questions and concerns. Emails were answered normally within minutes of sending them and everything was done in a prompt and professional manner. We would thoroughly recommend Intergate Immigration for anyone considering retirement in South Africa.
Michael Davies & Nellie Casas
Dear Marco,
Just a quick email to say “Thank You” for all the support you gave us during the purchase of our property. I’m sure you must already know how pleased we are.
Frankly, it is hard to imagine how the service you provided could be bettered. Not only were we guided through the legal and financial aspects but in particular, we genuinely felt you were acting in our very best interests at all times.
We’ll definitely be in touch again when we purchase our next property!
Regards,
Paula & Nick
Thanks for the information Joachim,
I will be using and in fact recommending Intergate Immigration to others for the permit applications.
Thanks for the assistance.
Regards,
Brain
To Whom it may concern
Intergate Immigration and specifically its Corporate Department has been assisting CTP Printers since 2008, in advising on the South African immigration law and in the preparation of individual work permit applications.
We have found Intergate’s advice and actions to be most useful in helping address our concerns and queries pertaining immigration to South Africa.
Their service levels are prompt and efficient and we have been impressed by their understanding of the critical part they play in ensuring our human resource needs are met via the obtaining of the required permits.
Obtaining the correct advice and subsequent service levels within immigration can be an arduous task, but with Intergate we are happy we have found an excellent immigration partner.
I have no hesitation in recommending their services to you.
Kind regards
Caroline Sturgeon
Dear Michelle,
Thank you very much for all the wonderful help and support you gave us during our many visits to Intergate at the end of September. The never ending supply of coffee, photo copies and pieces to paper, not to mention the loan of numerous pens was central to the success of our visit.
You are a wonderful ambassador for Intergate and our spirits were immediately raised every time we arrived to your cheery greeting and we were very comfortably ensconced in the meeting room!
We are looking forward to seeing you in the New Year.
Best wishes
Jackie and Stephen Young
Sehr geehrte Frau Maehl,
vielen Dank an Sie und Ihr Team. Alles, was bisher getan werden konnte, ist nun in "trockenen Tüchern".
Ohne den Intergate-Support hätten wir das Ganze nicht so einfach geschafft. Unserer geplanten Einwanderung steht nun nichts mehr im Wege.
Das ID-Book werden wir beantragen, wenn wir dann endgültig in Südafrika sind und über eine feste Adresse verfügen.
Beste Grüße,
Karin + Rüdiger Drewer
Hi Claire, hi Candice, hi Pia!
We like to thank you very much for everything you have done for us.
Without your support our immigration would not have worked out so well.
Germany has us back with rain, storm and - in some parts - even with snow.
Best regards to everybody,
Karin + Ruediger
Dear Jan and Charné,
Thank you both very much for all your hard work in sorting out our medical and other insurance requirements associated with our move to South Africa in early 2011. We were very impressed by the excellent service you provided and by the very quick response on the medical cover that you managed to achieve.
We will be in touch with regard to insuring our car and effect in transit in due course.
Many thanks for all your help.
Best wishes
Stephen and Jackie Young
Dear Fiona and Stacey,
Jackie and I want to thank you both for the fantastic support you are giving us in relation to our move to South Africa. Your help and advice has been invaluable and you have gone beyond the call of duty to give us the account numbers and other details at short notice. This was absolutely vital in sorting out our future status and we are very grateful indeed.
Thank you too for introducing us to Franziska in whom we have full confidence to sort out our tax affairs with the minimum fuss and bother. We hope that Nico will be able to act on our behalf in the application for VAT registration for Youngsholt Tourism Services so that the transfer of the business can take place smoothly and we would be grateful if you will pass on our thanks to him as well.
We are looking forward to taking matters forward to a successful conclusion and to seeing you again in early January 2011.
Best wishes
Stephen and Jackie Young
Hi Pia,
A quick introduction.
Nick is interested in doing an intra-companay transfer along similar lines to the set up you created for me at Greenhouse Creates, Justin Friedman's company.
Pia is an excellent visa specialist and was a pleasure to work with.
You two should work together.
Hope you are keeping well Pia, I'm actually moving to Los Angeles in two weeks.
Regards,
Joe.
Hi Matthias,
Wie versprochen habe ich Dir die emailadresse von Pia Henseler in cc gesetzt. Sie hat uns vor einem Jahr unseren Einstieg in SA sehr einfach gemacht und uns mit allem Papieren,wie Aufenthaltsgenehmigungen, Arbeitspapieren usw. sehr professionell unterstuetzt. Kann ich also nur empfehlen ! Dein Freund kann sich gerne bei Ihr melden um Informationen zu erhalten.
sie spricht auch perfekt deutsch J
Lieben Gruss
Nathalie
Hi Pia
Thank you for your welcome and professionnalism yesterday.
Also we would like tell you that we have really appreciate the help and the efficiency of your collegue at Home affairs.
Now, we are waiting good news from you and the Home affairs about our file.
Best regards
Hervé and Catherine
Hi Tammy,
I must thank you for all your hard work to get this second application submitted. It is greatly appreciated.
I apologise profusely that we made it so complicated for you, but you handled it extremely well.
Thanks again for all the hard work.
Regards
Brendan
Claire!
Thank you thank you thank you for being so responsive. It is already really great to work with you. (I've been at a conference all week with little access to email, but everytime I open it you have already supplied a response- fantastic).
Thanks again,
Lauren
Dear Tammy,
I have received my passport and have made the last payment for the courier costs.
Thank you so so much for all your hard work and effort in this regard! I will definately use you again in the future, if I might need anything and will also recommend you to everyone that needs help with their permit/visa.
Please let me know if there is anything else you require from me, or if this is it ....
Thanks again and have a great day!!
Christina
Sehr geehrte Frau Haslinger,
Ich habe mit einem sehr zufriedenen Kunden gesprochen, siehe unten.
Der hat die Intergate, Fiona und Marco Garuti sehr gelobt und meinte, daß wir von Ihnen allen sehr gut betreut werden. Die Arbeitsweise von Hr. Marco Garuti hat er als sehr professionell hervorgehoben.
Das denken wir übrigens auch. Wir sind bislang sehr zufrieden. Vielleicht könnten Sie an dieser Stelle Hr. Garuti das übersetzen und an Fiona Röhlandt schicken. Mein Englisch reicht nicht aus, um das Hr. Garuti zu schreiben.
Harald
Dear Katrin,
Thanks for your mail and a nice introduction
My wife and I look forward to working with you in the coming months and we hope to be in SA sooner rather than later.
I must say we are impressed with Intergate thus far as you and Pia have come across to us as thoroughly professional and competent. We have no hesitation in recommending friends and associates to utilise Intergate's services should there be a need.
Thanks.
B rgds
Peter
Dear Tammy
Hope all is well with you.
Amazingly after what seems a lifetime of trips to and fro to home affairs we finally collected my permit today which took just minutes to do.
I attach a copy of this along with the receipt for permanent residence application. Nelisizwe also has a copy and says she will definitely forward my file to Pretoria before she goes on leave on December 15th. She says we might have an answer in March.....
In the meantime may I thank you and all the team at Intergate very much indeed for your persistence and determination to succeed in the face of the current chaos at Home Affairs, your help has been greatly appreciated.
kindest regards
David and Linda Povall
Dear Katrin,
Thanks for your mail and a nice introduction
My wife and I look forward to working with you in the coming months and we hope to be in SA sooner rather than later.
I must say we are impressed with Intergate thus far as you and Pia have come across to us as thoroughly professional and competent. We have no hesitation in recommending friends and associates to utilise Intergate's services should there be a need.
Thanks.
B rgds
Peter Tan
So glad we found out about you guys! We would have completely messed this up had you not helped us.
I will highly recommend you and your firm to all Americans coming to serve with us.
Thanks again...
Joey
Hi Mark
Thank you for the information. I will review and come back to you on the way forward.
In the meantime can I please ask that you recognise the excellent work that Ayesha Wiener has done in support of my children's study permit application . She is a credit to your organisation and has made the process a very simple one for myself.
Regards
Paul Stone
Business Unit Director
As far as your service goes... Its absolutely invaluable, the correspondence that keeps coming with updates on Home Affairs etc. and it is great to be kept in the loop regarding everything that is happening out there. So I can highly commend the intense work you guys put into maintaining client satisfaction.
Deborah
Dear Ayesha,
I need to thank you so much for your help over the last few days , I appreciate the support more than you can imagine.
Mark , you have a real star in your team I hope that you and your wider business colleagues recognize this fact.
Regards,
Paul Stone
Business Unit Director
Dear Tammy,
I really dont know what to say, I AM OFFICIALLY IMPRESSED!
The Documents just arrived here, and however you guys did that, i really did not expect that this will be so quick!
Anyways!
I want to say THANK YOU, to all of the people who worked on my application.
It was a lot of Paperwork and after 2 weeks everything is complete!
I will follow all your instructions as mentioned on the front page!
Thank you very much again and i am sure nobody else could have done that in such a good, straight and quick way as you guys did that!
Kind Regards
Sven
Dear Jennie,
Thank you so much for your very effective and efficient services and advise. it is because of the cerdibility of your organization and staff that the process went smoothely. Keep it up.
Best regards,
Wolde
Hi Mark,
I would like to thank both Ayesha and yourself for your help and assistance in obtaining my visa. This is the second time I have used your services and must compliment you on the way you have dealt with things and I shall most certainly be contacting you in the future.
Again Many Thanks
Brian Featherstone
Hi Claire,
Just to wish you all the happiness, success and everything you wish for! This is a very special time for you so enjoy every second! Thanks again for working so efficiently and professionally with me, it was a pleasure dealing with you, Michelle at Reception and especially Mark with his impeccable client relationship skills!
I'm already looking forward to when I next will require your services!
Kind Regards,
Desiree Ascar
Hi Miche,
Just to let you know, my visa application was successful!
Thank you very much for the great service!
Kind regards
Michael Sale
Department of Economics
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Port Elizabeth
Hi Björn,
Thank you so much for this information, it is amazingly laid out and easy to understand. My mother is currently using your services and she praises your professional service, as will I in the future to anyone.
I will speak to my wife about this and get back to you as soon as we have discussed the finer details.
Thank you again
Neil
Hi there Tammy,
I collected the attached today and trust it is in order. Please let do me know.
I see that it has to be revalidated in two years - how would that work do I just turn up at Home affairs?
May I now apply for an ID book?
Is there anything else that I need to know or do?
Otherwise I really do want to thank you for all your persistant care and effort in acheiving this for me it has been an uphill struggle with the chaos at home affairs and I sincerely appreciate the instant responses, professionalism and empathy that I have constantly received from you.
As an aside do you guys deal with Irish passport renewals and if so how much would that cost?
I look forward to hearing from you
Kindest as always
Linda
Hello,
I would like to take this opportunity to say how fabulous your company is! Mark Wilkes and Oliver Leitch have made the process of obtaining our work permits less stressful and I always feel able to ask them anything, without feeling a nuisance. We had previously been thinking of using another company that a friend suggested, but found them very abrupt and unhelpful. I am so glad I found Intergate online.
Regards,
Sheree Brougham.
Dear Intergate Immigration team,
I wish to thank you wholeheartedly for your support in the process of obtaining my permit.
As you know this year has been and remains extremely strenuous for me professionally and personally, your empathy and assistance has been invaluable in this regard.
Thank YOU again!
Kind regards,
Nicolas Rolland | Director
G7 renewable energies(Pty) Ltd
Hi Monya,
Yes it did, thanks for checking in. We are so relieved there are hardly words.
Thanks for your help and let me just say we were extremely happy with Ayesha through out the process, I can't imagine how we would do this on our own.
Kind Regards
Lanette
Hi All,
Today I picked up my passport with the new work permit. It took only 8 weeks, after 6 months last time. Seems Home Affairs is improving their service.
Thank you for your great support again, until next time J.
Kind regards,
Jan
Hi all,
I want to thank you for the help given to complete the application in such a short time.
I went to the embassy this morning and got the permit back after a few hours. Amazing!
I am very happy.
I will send a scanned copy once I return to SA.
Thanks again
Maria Vall Serra
Dear Marco,
I hope you are doing well!
Thank you so much for your nice mail and words!
I have to thank you for the great job you have done for the Krawietz family!
You have been of so much help and so supportive with all the millions of details we were asking you to see for!
We are really so pleased with your endless engagement - and it was a great pleasure to work with you!
I hope we will have more opportunities to ask you and your company for support!
All the best for you and your family!
Marion
Hallo Ladies
Just a quick note to complement you on the service level from Claire, she is fantastic and so on the ball, it is a pleasure working with her.
Kind Regards
Hannelie Strydom
HR Manager
Dear Monya,
I collected my passport and very gratefull to your team for work on my application.
The permit is valid untill 31 December 2013.
The guys in Joburg office told me that I must contact you 6 months before my permit expires.
Well... Thank you very much again.
My best wishes to your team, will contact you sometime in 2013.
Regards,
Olga Fick
Hi Katja
Just want to say that Monya is great and extremely knowledgeable and helpful. I am glad she is working on our application.
Thanks
Regards
Caroline Bingham
Branch Manager
Hi Nicola,
Thank you for being in touch. That is great news about my visa! so relieved.....
I have attached my tickets and will forward a second email with my travel insurance.
Is there a cut off date to get the visa stamped? I arrive on the 13th Feb...It might take me a week to get settled and have it couriered to your office in CT...would that be ok for you?
Thank you so much for all your assistance; I have to say using Integrate is definitely the way to go when making these moves!
Kind regards,
Emily
Hi Katja,
Many thanks again to you for the valuable support! Now everything can go your own way and that's a good feeling.
One should emerge from the other threads, I rise.
I arrived safely back in Cologne and was indeed greeted with cool temperatures, but at least with sunshine.
Best wishes for today
Karin Wiesenthal
Hi Gerard,
As promised here some contact for Intergate. I have been using Intergate since years with great results.
They are professional and highly competent re visa and work permit.
Please address your enquiry to Bjorn.
Kind Regards
Adolfo Polizzi
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