Chinese driving without a license in South Africa on a short-term visa, re-applying for a visa was refused, or could no longer apply for a visa within 10 years.

Recently, a Chinese family member was refused a visa to reapply for a South African visa after returning home. The reason for the refusal was that the Chinese family member was listed as an unwelcome person in August last year. After detailed understanding, the family member originally came to South Africa with a short-term visit visa (such as business visit, tourism or family visit, etc.) last year and was stopped by the police for driving without a South African driver's license during his life in South Africa last July, the passport was taken away by the police for about 20 minutes. After that, the police returned the passport to her. The police also told her to let her go if she gave the police 2500 rand. After she gave the money, she thought it was all right and left without much thought.

After that, she left South Africa before her visa expired. As a result, when she wanted to reapply for a visa to come to South Africa, she found that her visa application was rejected because she was on the blacklist of unpopular undesirable. Later, after understanding and inquiry, the reason for entering the unpopular visa was that she had a record of breaking the law, and the reason for breaking the law was driving without a license, it turned out that after the police took her passport, they took it to the input system and put her on the list of illegal personnel, resulting in her visa being refused. At the same time, according to regulations, this illegal record will be kept in the police station's illegal and criminal record system for 10 years, and an application for appeal can be filed for washing it off, otherwise it will always be there.

As can be seen from this example, the police department's criminal record database system and the immigration department system are basically connected to each other, so that the visa personnel of the South African embassy in Beijing can query and refuse their visas. moreover, the South African customs system can know whether you have any illegal record by swiping your passport when entering and leaving the customs. if so, you will be refused entry and waiting for deportation.

Before, there were also overseas Chinese who applied for a visa extension in South Africa and were refused a visa. The reason for the refusal was that he had a record of breaking the law. After investigation, it turned out that the traffic ticket had not been paid!

Therefore, remind overseas Chinese, in addition to major crimes, do not do small violations such as drunk driving or driving without a license or speeding, once found, may also affect your visa or green card status.