Buying a SAMI Franchise

SA Migration Services offers entrepreneurs the opportunity to own their own marketing license of SA Migration Services.

The total number of travellers who visited South Africa through all its ports of entry during July 2009 was up 5.8 percent year-on-year (y/y) to 2.442 million from the 2.309 million recorded in July 2008, according to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) data released.

A month-on-month increase of 21.9 percent was recorded from June 2009.

South African Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk:
“Though not immune to the global economic downturn, tourism has so far resisted the financial crisis better than many other sectors, such as construction, real estate and car manufacturing. South Africa recorded 9,5 million arrivals in 2008, an increase of 5,5 percent compared to 2007."
“This growth was significantly better than the global average of two percent. Foreign direct spend grew by 23,4 percent from more than R60 billion in 2007, to over R74 billion in 2008 . The total revenue generated by tourism in 2008 also showed an excellent growth rate of 23,5 percent.”

Tourism has been identified as one of the priorities of government’s Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (AsgiSA).

South Africa is the flavour of the decade and we would like you to join us by representing SAMI in your country.

Support

As the license offered is a marketing opportunity, the reams of paperwork required by an immigrant, will be processed by SA Migration Services. Situated adjacent to the Dept of Home Affairs in Cape Town, the company has built up a good working relationship with the officials and staff of the department. The highly trained staff at the head office will be on hand to assist with any queries.

Advertising

The SA Migration Services website is one of the main sources of clients. It has proved to be a source of clients not only from within South Africa, but also overseas people searching for guidance in immigrating to South Africa.

In order to attract clients that are visiting South Africa, front page ads are placed in daily newspapers and usually in colour.

Training

Lincensees will be required to spend time working in the offices of SA Migration Services. This hands on experience will give licensees the inside track on the processes required to successfully process applications.

Training will also cover identifying prospective immigrants and sourcing business from ancillary businesses eg travel agents, tour guides and real estate agents. These can dramatically increase turnover.

Steps to be taken to purchase a SAMI license:

* Download SAMI Prospectus
* View SAMI Video
* Download, sign and return SAMI Confidentiality Agreement.
* Make the trip to Cape Town to visit the SAMI Head Office
* Pay the license fee and sign master agreement
* Acquire license

Monthly Statistics for Tourism and Migration
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