Civic Affairs

  • Adult Passport 
  • Child Passport  
  • Lost Passport
  • Emergency Travelling Certificate          
  • Collection of Passports 
  • Consent to Issue Passport to a Minor      
  • Minor Children Traveling on a Foreign Passport 

Identity Document

  • Application for Birth Certificate 
  • Foreign Birth registration
  • Registration of Marriage              
  • Registration of Divorce 
  • Application for Marriage Certificate
  • Application for Divorce certificate 
  • Registration of Death    
  • Application for a Death Certificate 
  • Retention of South African Citizenship
  • Determination of South African citizenship
  • Renunciation
  • Change of Surname (Minor)       
  • Change of Surname (Adult)       
  • Change of Forename (Minor)     
  • Change of Forename (Adult)
  • Birth certificate
  • Marriage certificates
  • Death certificates
  • Identity Document
  • Drivers’ Licence
  • Passport

The High Commission is open for the application of the ETC Mondays to Thursdays from 09:00 – 12:00 and 13:30 – 15:30 and Fridays from 09:00 – 12:00 without an appointment. The process takes 2 to 5 days.

  • The High Commission is open Mondays to Thursdays in the afternoon 13:30 – 15:30 without an appointment for submission.
  • The High Commission does not apostille. The documents will be sent to DIRCO for apostilling. It takes 4 months to 8 months
  • The applicants need to submit the original document to be apostilled and a copy of their passport.
  • The High Commission can only assist with the forms to fill and take fingerprints, and for that, we are open Mondays to Thursdays without an appointment between 13:35 and 15:30.
  • To submit the application, the applicant must send the application themselves to SAPS. The information will be available on the forms that we will provide.
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  • The signing of documents in the presence of an Officer of Oath for the purposes of purchasing or selling property or assets.
  • It is required to send an email to request an appointment.