Case
Various cases we have worked on.

Work Visa and Prohibition: A Challenge Under Section 29 of the Immigration Act”

March 10, 2023

This case deals with the drama of prohibition. It involves a foreigner having been found in possession of a fraudulent work visa in terms of section 29(1)(f) of the Immigration Act, and the refusal of the Director-General (DG) to lift her prohibition in terms of section 29(2) of the Act.

“Retirement-Based Permanent Residence: A Victory Against Bureaucratic Misfeasance”

December 15, 2022

This case is about bureaucratic misfeasance, and the vindication of administrative law, in respect to the granting of permanent residence based on retirement.

“Tanquam Suspectus de Fuga: Arrest and Diplomacy in the Case of Tatiana Malachi”

August 24, 2012

In July 2012 Watson Greggory Legal received an invitation to lunch from the then Consulate-General of the Russian Federation, stationed in Cape Town. The Russian diplomatic missions in South Africa provided the Republic of Moldova with consular services. The Consul-General sought ad hoc advice from Watson Greggory Legal relating to a Moldovan passport application made by a certain woman, Tatiana Malachi. Malachi was arrested on 9 July 2012 on the basis of an ex-part Warrant of Arrest tanquam suspects de fugal – as a debtor suspected of fleeing the jurisdiction – by the owner of a Cape Town strip club.