The report looked into permanent residence permits and corporate visas, especially in the mining sector, among others.
The Home Affairs Department said that it was working on simplifying the lives of South Africans and those who lived in the country.
The Home Affairs Ministry says services at its offices have been restored countrywide.
The Home Affairs Department says most of its services are not available nationwide due to a cable breakage.
The Refugee Status Determination Officer at the Desmond Tutu Refugee Reception Centre in Pretoria was arrested on Tuesday.
On Friday, the Employment and Labour Department announced that it had launched court action against the firm for contravening the Employment Equity Act by hiring 90% foreign labour locally.
People who get married or change their surname at the Department of Home Affairs are advised to update their details.
Minister Aaron Motsoaledi confirmed the directive had been withdrawn on the eve of an urgent court bid by the lawyers, but he also said this did not change Cabinet’s decision not to renew the special dispensation.
The department put a hold on the issuing of new IDs and replacements, instead providing a temporary ID certificate. That was to decrease the number of people moving through the offices in the wake of the pandemic.
Home Affairs offices are expected to be open to issue identity cards this weekend.
Motsoaledi gave MPs an update on the amendments to electoral legislation while delivering his department’s budget vote speech on Wednesday.
The interdict comes as funeral parlours under the banner of the Unification Task Team have vowed to intensify their protests on Wednesday.
In 2017, the Supreme Court of Appeal ordered the department to reopen the office by March 2018, but since then the department has missed several deadlines.
Funeral business owners demonstrated outside the Tshwane offices on Tuesday, demanding changes to the registration of death certificates.
Operations at the Department of Home Affairs in Tshwane have been disrupted while the group protested outside the offices.
Minister Motsoaledi said the UNHCR had discussed two issues - resettlement with communities in and around Cape Town and voluntary repatriation back to countries of origin.
Tashreeqa Isaacs’s life is mired in red tape because of an error that happened 18 years ago.
The minister announced that the committee will be vetting several categories of permits and visas issued since 2004 to crack down on fraud and corruption.
