When VFS was first appointed as the middleman to facilitate visa applications for the Department of Home Affairs, the company, and the department, had a pretty bad reputation. Having just gone through the experience of a visa renewal with someone, there might be light at the end of the tunnel.
Almost two years ago, my British partner and I did his first visa application which would allow him to settle with me in South Africa. Out-of-country love affairs and the inevitable visa processes that follow are still not something I'd recommend for fun, but they are part of people's lives all across the globe.
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