EswatiniStarting a business
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Class H is for a member of a prescribed profession intending to practise that profession in Eswatini.
A member of a prescribed profession who intends to practise that profession, whether
The applicant must possess the prescribed qualifications; the prescribed professions and qualifications are those in the Fifth Schedule to the Regulations (for example, for the medical profession, a person who would be entitled to registration as a medical practitioner under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act 1970).
(a) possesses the prescribed qualifications; and
13. For the purpose of class H entry permits the prescribed professions and prescribed qualifications shall be those specified in the Fifth Schedule hereto.
1. Medical profession Any person who would be entitled to registration as a medical practitioner under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act 1970.
The applicant must have, in their own right and at their full and free disposition, sufficient capital and other resources for the purpose, and the practice of the profession must be of benefit to Eswatini. The application asks for details of capital and income available, sources of income and present locality of capital.
(b) has in his own right and at his full and free disposition sufficient capital and other resources for the purpose, and whose practice of that profession will be of benefit to Swaziland.
23. Details of capital and income available, sources of income and present locality of capital
The permit is tied to the profession for which it was issued: if, without written approval of an immigration officer, the holder ceases it or engages in any other employment, occupation, trade, business or profession, the permit ceases to be valid. Where the applicant holds an entry permit, the particulars of his wife and children (as dependants) may be endorsed on it at an immigration officer's discretion.
(1) Where an entry permit, other than an entry permit of class I or J has been issued to a person, and that person, without having obtained the written approval of an immigration officer — (a) has failed to engage, within fourteen days of the date of issue of the entry permit or such other period as may be specified on the permit, or of that per- son’s entry into Swaziland, whichever is the later, in the employment, occu- pation, trade, business or profession in respect of which that entry permit was issued; or
(b) has ceased to engage in the said employment, occupation, trade, business or profession; or (c) has engaged in any employment, occupation, trade, business or profession, whether or not for remuneration or profit, other than the said employment, occupation, trade, business or profession, that entry permit shall thereupon cease to be valid
(3) All dependant’s passes shall be in Form 7 in the First Schedule hereto and where the applicant is the holder of an entry permit, the particulars of his wife and children (being dependants) may, at the discretion of an immigration officer, be endorsed on his entry permit.
The period of validity of an entry permit is at the discretion of the Chief Immigration Officer; it may be renewed for further periods on payment of the renewal fee, but may not be issued or renewed for a period exceeding five years from the date of issue. As a longer-term direction, the Act's Class J entry permit covers a person resident in Eswatini for a continuous period of ten years who has khonta'd under Swazi law and custom and has applied for, and not been refused, full Swazi citizenship.
The period of validity of any entry permit shall be at the discretion of the Chief Immi- gration Officer but may be renewed for further periods on the payment of the renewal fee specified in the Second Schedule hereto: Provided that an entry permit shall not be issued or renewed for a period exceeding five years from the date of issue.
(b) has been a resident of Swaziland for a continuous period of ten years; and — (i) has Khontaed according to Swazi Laws and Custom; and (ii) proves, to the satisfaction of the Chief Immigration Officer that he has applied for and has not been refused full Swazi Citizen status.
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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