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IMMIGRATION OFFICER: INSPECTORATE
Department Of Home Affairs
🏷 Government
Requirements
- ✓Undergraduate qualification in Law, Public Management, Public Administration, Policing, Criminology, Forensics, or Criminal Justice at NQF level 6 as recognised by SAQA.
- ✓Basic understanding of the Refugees Act and Immigration Act.
- ✓Basic understanding of the South African Constitution.
- ✓Basic understanding of the Immigration Act.
- ✓Basic understanding of the Public Service Regulatory Framework.
- ✓Valid driver's licence (Code B / C1 / C / EC1).
- ✓Valid Public Driver Permit (PDP).
- ✓Willingness to travel outside the borders and work extended hours.
About This Role
Closing Date: 03 July 2026
SALARY RANGE: R280278 - R330162
CENTRE / OFFICE NAME: Provincial Manager's Office, KwaZulu-Natal
Skills and Competencies:
Liaison and interpersonal skills.
Problem solving skills.
Customer orientation.
Planning and organising.
Strong analytical skills.
Computer literacy.
Written and verbal communication.
Diplomacy.
Patriotic, honesty, and integrity.
Duties:
Here is a bulleted summary of these duties, without bolding:
- Effective enforcement of the Immigration Act 13 of 2002 as amended and other legislation.
- Detect, trace, detain, and prosecute illegal foreigners within the country.
- Process the deportation of illegal foreigners out of the country to their country of origin.
- Provide support on law enforcement investigations and anti-corruption cases.
- Conduct inspections in loco with or without warrant as allowed by law.
- Conduct investigations on any transgressions of the Immigration Act, 2002, the Refugee Act, 1998, or other departmental legislation.
- Enable prosecutions of transgressions of departmental legislation and the Criminal Procedure Act.
- Issue notices to appear in front of the Director-General to transgressors.
- Process and present evidence in court and departmental cases.
- Issue admission of guilt to fines to transgressors.
- Conduct interviews and investigation of foreigners who are suspected to be illegal transgressors.
- Process the application and extensions of detention warrants.
- Monitor the records of all cases.
- Monitor the influx of foreigners residing in the country with no legal documentation.
- Implement incidental matters to ensure the identity of illegal foreigners who are arrested, detained, or convicted.
- Conduct arrests and deporting of illegal foreigners who are unwilling to leave the country voluntarily.
- Participate in training sessions that will enable advanced knowledge and understanding in detecting illegal foreigners in line with Immigration Act No. 13 of 2002 as amended and enforcing departmental legislation.
- Ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of permits.
- Participate in the processing of illegal foreigners for deportation to their country of origin.
- Participate in law enforcement operations with other security cluster agencies.
- Provide expert evidence and statements to support law enforcement and crime combating investigation efforts that require departmental evidence.
- Participate in regular training and personal development to be able to undertake tasks as an effective law enforcement peace officer.
- Conduct deportation processes and keep records of foreigners (legal and illegal) in the country.
- Safekeep, maintain, and manage state properties and assets.
- Implement policies and procedures in line with the approved framework.
- Monitor individual resources (physical).
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IMMIGRATION OFFICER: INSPECTORATE
Department Of Home Affairs