{"id":2758,"date":"2026-04-23T08:10:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/canberra\/?page_id=2758"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:46:01","slug":"south-african-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/canberra\/south-african-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"South African Citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2758\" class=\"elementor elementor-2758\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e1470e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1e1470e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a01f20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a01f20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">South African Citizenship (Including Renunciation, Retention and Dual Citizenship) <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-d86706c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d86706c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3be268 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3be268\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>South Africans, including those who hold dual citizenship, are required to enter and exit South Africa with a valid South African passport.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><strong>Renunciation and Dual Citizenship<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African Citizenship (Including Renunciation, Retention and Dual Citizenship) South Africans, including those who hold dual citizenship, are required to enter and exit South Africa with a valid South African passport. 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