Two people. One process. Neither of them sure what to do next.
Hiring or being hired across borders in South Africa comes with a legal process that most employers and most employees simply were never taught. The result is the same story, over and over: applications submitted with the wrong documents, months lost to preventable rejections, employers who quietly give up on sponsoring a foreign employee because the process feels like a black box, and employees left to figure out qualification verification, labour clearance and application procedure entirely on their own.
You don't need to guess your way through it, and you don't need to carry it alone.
Maltech-Africa facilitates the employer side and the employee side of work permit and employment visa applications — so the process moves, the paperwork is right the first time, and nobody is left trying to interpret legislation between meetings.
This is exactly where we come in.
1. Consultation & Assessment
For employers or employees who need to understand where they stand before they commit to the full process.
We review your specific situation — the role, the qualifications, the circumstances — and assess what applies to you. This is the starting point for every engagement, and it's where your case gets properly scoped before any further step is taken.
If you proceed to the next stage, your R2,250 Consultation & Assessment fee is credited toward your Documentation Drafting or Application Assistance fee — so getting clarity first doesn't cost you extra.
2. Employer Documentation Drafting for Submission
Once an employer is ready to proceed, we take over the drafting and preparation of the documentation required for submission — compiled, sequenced, and prepared to the standard a submission needs to be taken seriously.
This is for employers who know their time is better spent running their business than deciphering application requirements.
3. Employee Application Assistance (SAQA, Labour & related processes)
We guide and assist employees through the required application processes — including qualification verification and labour-related requirements — so nothing is submitted incomplete, out of sequence, or in the wrong format.
Excludes third-party department fees.
4. Employer Sourcing Assistance
For employees who have their qualifications, documents and departmental approvals in order, but don't yet have an employer to sponsor their application.
Once your side is confirmed as in order, we source an employer who will provide all the documentation required to support your application. If a Department of Labour (DOL) waiver is needed along the way, we assist with that too.
5. Waiver Letter Drafting (DHA & DOL)
For employees who don't have all the requirements a standard application needs.
We draft the waiver letter required to support your DHA or DOL application. Your Consultation & Assessment is what determines whether you qualify for a waiver in the first place — this service applies once that's been established.
Every case is different, and the specific requirements, documents, and procedure for your situation are confirmed once you engage with us — through the Consultation & Assessment fee, or the deposit for the relevant process. This isn't red tape for its own sake: it's how we make sure the guidance you receive is actually correct for your case, and not a generic checklist that leaves out the detail that matters.
Once your assessment is complete, you receive a personalised checklist mapping out exactly what your case needs: what you already have, what's still missing, what you can prepare yourself, and where our assistance applies. This checklist becomes the roadmap for the rest of the process.
For employers, this also covers your company's own supporting documents — some of what's required may be missing or out of date, and the checklist will show you exactly where that stands. Where additional work is needed to bring your documents up to standard, the facilitation fee is adjusted accordingly to reflect that extra work.
Ready to find out exactly where you stand? Book your Consultation & Assessment and get a clear, case-specific starting point — for you or your employee. And if you move forward, that fee counts toward the next stage.
Department and third-party fees are separate from Maltech-Africa's professional fees and are payable directly where applicable.