Money For Nothing

<p>Yesterday. July 20th, I finally received a reply from VFSGlobal, not within 2 working days as they said on July 11th. They just told me is not their problem but Home Affairs. As if I didn't know.</p> <p>The main point is that VFS Global is doing a service, and charging a good premium for it of course, which doesn’t add any value. Besides the extra money, for me it’s an inconvenience as I live in Howick and now I must travel to Durban instead of Pietermaritzburg. All they do is to collect your documentation and give it to DHA. What an amazing service! Why can't DHA do that as they always did? From the beginning, I always felt somebody was making money with this story and what came in the media sometime later confirmed that</p> <p>When I app**** for permanent residence I had to pay R1350. I had an appointed time with them. There were so many people and the process was so slow that, after 2 hours, I decided to pay an extra R500 for a premium lounge as I had to rush to another appointment. Of course, I still had to pay the fee to DHA: R1520 at the time. All in all, R3,370. At the same time, I had to renew my temporary residence permit. That cost me another R1,350.</p> <p>Then, a year later, VFSGlobal informed me that my application had been resolved. You have to travel down to Durban pick up that resolution. I then knew my application had been rejected. I decided to appeal. Another R1350.</p> <p>I’ll probably need to renew soon both my temporary and permanent residence permit so more money going to VFSglobal soon.</p> <p>I’ve never heard of any business earning so much money for so little. Zero risk. It’s the dream business!</p>