This is a permit issued to foreigners intending to visit South Africa for the purpose of undergoing medical treatment
A medical treatment visa may be issued for a maximum period of six (6) months at a time.
Except in the case of medical treatment OR if the applicant is the spouse or dependent child of the holder of a business or work visa, the holder of a port of entry visa, visitor’s visa and medical treatment visa may not apply for a change of conditions of an existing visa, unless he or she is in possession of a letter issued on behalf of the Minister of Home Affairs that good cause had been demonstrated for the submission of such an application.