Jaco Brits
Jaco Brits is a South African immigration specialist who told EWN that DHA decisions are 'often rejected for unclear or nonsensical reasons, creating a new backlog of appeals.'
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What does South Africa's leading immigration specialist say about the DHA backlog fix?
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Told EWN that DHA rejects outcomes for unclear reasons, generating further appeal backlogs
Nomads & Communities: DHA buys 15 months on visa backlog- Who is Jaco Brits and what did he say about South Africa's visa directive?
- Jaco Brits is a South African immigration specialist who described Immigration Directive 7 of 2026 as 'buying time' rather than resolving the DHA's structural processing backlog.Source: Daily Maverick / news24
Background
Jaco Brits is a South African immigration specialist and consultant who is regularly cited in English-language South African media and international nomad-community publications on visa policy, DHA processing developments, and practical immigration guidance. He has been a consistent public voice tracking the evolution of South Africa's remote-work and nomad visa landscape since the DHA launched its first remote-work visa provisions in 2024.
Brits has publicly described Immigration Directive 7 of 2026 as "buying time" rather than resolving the structural capacity shortfall that has accumulated at DHA over the past five years. His commentary frames the directive as the third such concession in three years, a pattern that reflects chronic underfunding and understaffing rather than episodic delays.
His role in this briefing is that of an expert commentator providing ground-truth interpretation of ministerial announcements; his assessments of the gap between Schreiber's reform commitments and operational DHA delivery are the primary accountability frame for the nomad community evaluating South Africa as a destination.