Zahida Ebrahim is a director in the dispute resolution department at Africa’s largest law firm, ENSafrica. She leads a focused immigration practice, which offers an extensive range of immigration and civic services to multi-national companies and individual clients alike. Zahida has acted for large corporates and top-tier South African and international companies in their interest vis a vis the Department of Home Affairs and various foreign consular offices.
ENSafrica’s immigration business area advises on all aspects of immigration law, including:
- advising on all categories of temporary and permanent residence visa applications
- drafting supporting documentation in respect of all categories of visas
- applications to the Director General of the Department of Home Affairs for waiver of regulatory requirements
- applications to the Department of Trade and Industry for certification of the feasibility of businesses and for waiver of capital investment amounts
- applications to the Department of Labour for certification in respect of general work visas and corporate visas
- applications for naturalisation, determination of citizenship status and for resumption of citizenship
- liaison with the Department of Home Affairs and foreign missions
- advising on immigration regulation compliance
- conducting due diligence investigations and compliance audits
- arranging sworn translations and apostilles of foreign documentation
- advising on processes for police clearance applications
Qualifications
- LLB (University of the Western Cape)
- Admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa
Contact Details
- Address: Loop St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
- Phone: +27 21 410 2500
- Mobile Phone: +27 83 645 8595
- Website: https://www.ENSafrica.com