Immigration Law

You are now at the forte of which Burgers Attorneys excels, this is what we know best, and this is what we do, should you wish to call Africa home and more specifically South Africa, temporarily or permanently and invest or retire in the Republic of South Africa, then Burgers Attorneys are the correct professional people to engage with to assist, professionally advise and / or professionally represent you.

Based on our extensive experience in practice, Burgers Attorneys will render a highly specialised and professional service to international clientèle who wish to enter the Republic of South Africa on a temporary basis or on a permanent basis, and wishing to invest here, having special consideration for the client’s specific personal needs and desires and also the exact purpose of entry into the Republic of South Africa, having regard and further consideration for the relevant and applicable immigration policies and current immigration laws as governed by the Government of the Republic of South Africa.

For decades, on a daily basis, Burgers Attorneys have been intricately involved in representing thousands of international clientele with direct engagement with various functionaries and departments of the offices of the National Department of Home Affairs, South Africa inclusive of direct engagement with Visa Processing SA (Pty) Ltd (VFS), who facilitates applications on behalf of the Department of Home Affairs, South Africa.

Burgers Attorneys will, upon your request, evaluate your personal circumstances in detail, and form a precise professional legal opinion on what specific immigration category is best suited to your personal needs to allow yourself the best possible opportunity to further legalise your stay or future stay in the RSA.

Through vast and immeasurable personal experience and knowledge as qualified attorneys in private practice over a large expanse of time, we are in touch with and fully understand that it can be one of the biggest investments one can implement in the Republic of South Africa and that your lawful and legitimate immigration status in the RSA can be one of the single most important investments and aspects pertaining to your future and livelihood in the RSA.

We also understand that an impressive website and web design can never replace extensive and exhaustive experience, that is hard-earned, over many years.

Due to significant advances in information technology, a website can be designed and implemented in a short space of time, but the reality is not always what it is made out to be, disappointments and loss can in fact prove to be immense and irrevocable by placing your investments and best interests and future and livelihoods in the wrong hands.

Just mere examples of such are, if you invest in a long-awaited family vacation via a modern and impressive website and a picture is sketched of the proverbial paradise and upon your arrival, utter disappointment is in fact an understatement.

Or, for example, if you invest your savings or life-savings into an immovable property and on face-value such property seems to be ideal and “tailor-made” merely to learn after such property has been transferred to you that one disappointment after the other follows, due to various latent defects, never being pointed out, one of the greatest disappointments that you can ever suffer in your natural lifetime, the prejudice and damage is irreversible.

An open, transparent, and professional approach and opinion is the order of the day, and at Burgers Attorneys we are not out to impress anybody for that matter, but rather to deal with the objective and factual circumstances at hand, within a client’s specific context and as circumstances present themselves, furthermore to your specific category of immigration application and whether you qualify for such, in Law, or not.

We also, through boundless experience, as attorneys in private practice, of course understand that there is always the possibility that one could have been inaccurately advised and possibly misrepresented previously by non-colleagues of our honourable profession and that such could have caused massive irremediable and irreversible harm, financially and otherwise.

Your possible innocence and lack of knowledge pertaining to that of the proper functioning of the immigration laws in the Republic of South Africa and how such should be lawfully implemented which can be overwhelming on occasions, was possibly simply taken advantage of or ill-explained and / or misrepresented.

It is so that in such instance, your trust has also been possibly violated, placing you in a very negative, confused, and uncertain mindset and predicament, pertaining to the future of your immigration status and stay in the RSA, and possibly that of your family, also possibly that of your investment/s and / or investment/s status.

It is of great significance to understand that at Burgers Attorneys your request and matter pertaining to obtaining professional legal advice and opinion, regarding any immigration application or immigration predicament that you might have, will be administered with the utmost of importance, patience, and significantly so, by Mr. Burgers himself personally.

Mr. Burgers personally places his highly valued and experienced, professional inputs into any specific application, matter, predicament and / or representation and does not delegate such to others which can possibly be the instance with larger firms or organisations.

Great emphasis is placed on building personal relationships and a highly personalised and sensitive approach towards each individual client.

Burgers Attorneys also comprehends the utmost frustration and trauma that can be endured if you reach out for advice and assistance and after the fact, you do not feel satisfied with what was presented and explained to you, and that such further uncertainty can be a disturbing reality and toxic negative emotion.

Burgers Attorneys will ensure that such unpleasantness does not transpire and if necessary, will walk the proverbial “extra mile” with you to ensure that your specific needs and requests are fully explained and entertained to your satisfaction, again we also understand that every highly valued client’s specific needs and desires are different.

Burgers Attorneys also fully comprehends the frustrating and anxious emotions experienced if one possibly does not know whom to turn to, for the correct advice, assistance, and representation.

Therefore, Burgers Attorneys will render the relevant professional guidance and assistance and provide the relevant security, stability, and peace of mind desired or requested by any client.

It is unfortunately so that modern technology has, to a certain extent, replaced the human element, when representing clients’ futures and livelihoods, this vitally important aspect should never be overlooked.

The human element runs like a golden thread through the daily functioning of our lives, more often than not one’s success in life largely depends on those you rely upon on a personal level where humanity is or was of the utmost importance.

We are not here to burden you with various legal jargon, legal terminology, and legislation, we are here to implement such, in practice, as it presents itself and to professionally represent and assist you without favour or prejudice, fearless and with whatever it takes.

We also comprehend that it is in fact, assistance that you require and that you need such in a practical, simplistic, transparent, and straightforward fashion.

Burgers Attorneys can therefore professionally advise, assist, and represent exclusive international clientele through investment and / or seeking temporary residence business permits or permanent residence in the RSA through such business permit or permanent residence in the RSA through financial independence wishing to invest in the RSA or possibly wanting to call the RSA their home permanently.

Furthermore, international clientele seeking retired persons permits in the RSA and also wanting to settle here permanently, and being desirous to furthermore invest in the RSA, also through investment in immovable property and to qualify for permanent residence status accordingly.

Burgers Attorneys can furthermore professionally advise, assist, and represent international clientele with temporary residence critical skills work permits and permanent residence applications based on such.

Obviously, Burgers Attorneys professionally advise, assist, and represent clientele with any other category of immigration application, temporary or permanent.