why can't South Africans emigrate to UK as freely as Indians, Pakistanis and Nigerians?
There is a British High Commission in Pretoria so presumably South Africa is now regarded as a commonwealth country.
2007-01-31 20:09:09 · 4 answers · asked by George 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
South Africans in the U.K. my God don't they have enough problems?
2007-01-31 20:17:53 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Sniggles 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Republic of South Africa is a full member of the Commonwealth and I would have thought UK entry requirements for South African citizens would be no better or worse than other Commonwealth states. When a permanent resident in the UK, South Africans would certainly have the same rights as citizens of other Commonwealth states, such as the right to vote or stand as a candidate in all UK elections.
2007-02-01 00:46:33 · answer #2 · answered by mark 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
South Africa always was a Commonwealth country, but was suspended for a while because of the apartheid regime.
Maybe the South African government has special rules concerning Indian, Pakistani and Nigerian immigrants.
2007-02-01 00:18:50 · answer #3 · answered by cprime17 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The British Commonwealth are made up of states that were former colonies (except 1) and all accept the queen as head of state, which is why the queen forced a decision on who will be Prime minister in oz a few years back.
all you need to know is here
http://www.globaled.org.nz/schools/pdfs/factsheets/Commonwealth.pdf
2007-01-31 20:25:35 · answer #4 · answered by hoegaarden_drinker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋