{"id":1653,"date":"2025-04-03T07:45:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T07:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ottawa\/?page_id=1653"},"modified":"2025-06-12T09:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T09:25:15","slug":"child-passport","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ottawa\/child-passport\/","title":{"rendered":"Child passport"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1653\" class=\"elementor elementor-1653\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-c4231eb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c4231eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-728ec70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"728ec70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Child passports (0 \u2013 15 years):<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-6a7c3cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6a7c3cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de6ffff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de6ffff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Processing time:\u00a0<em>six months<\/em>. Kindly ensure that the small self addressed express envelope has<strong>\u00a0ADEQUATE POSTAGE STAMP<\/strong>\u00a0to return your new passport to you.<\/p><p><em><strong>Fee:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><span class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong><em>C$<\/em>\u00a091.00 (effective from 01 NOV 2022)<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>Requirements:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ottawa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/04\/bi73.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">BI 73\u00a0<\/a>Passport Application form; DO NOT SIGN OR PUT LEFT thumb print FOR people\u00a0<em>15 years and UNDER<\/em>\u00a0ON PAGE 1. Section B to be CAN BE LEFT BLANK. Page 2 is to be signed by both Parents for kids 17 and below. You must sign page 2 including declaration too. The address section is to be completed with your Canadian residential address and your telephone numbers.<\/li><li><strong>BI 9\/ DHA-9 form \u2013 CHILDREN 15 YEARS AND UNDER DO NOT NEED THIS FORM AT ALL . DO NOT INCLUDE IT<\/strong>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ottawa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/04\/BI-529_Determination_Citizenship.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">BI 529<\/a>\u00a0Determination of citizenship; Compulsory for all applications. Do not answer any of the questions with N\/A please. When fully completed please ensure that your form is signed and dated. Page 1 is about the applicant and when they left South Africa. Question 9 is important and the reason why you left. Page 2 is about the applicant parents. Complete the information to the best of your ability even if parents are deceased. Don\u2019t forget to sign and write your Canada residential address.\u00a0<strong>PARENTS MUST SIGN FOR THE KIDS<\/strong><\/li><li>As long as the father\u2019s name is on the child\u2019s birth certificate consent must be obtained even if you are not married. Consent can be by signing the BI-73 or providing a notarized affidavit giving permission for the renewal.<\/li><li>If the child\u2019s surname is a mother\u2019s surname and she is not married then only the mother needs to give consent.<\/li><li>If one parent refuses to give consent Please request a competent Court to order otherwise and attach relevant court order to the application.<\/li><li>If parents are divorced both must still sign the child application unless a competent court orders otherwise.<\/li><li>If you (the parent) or another adult person has been granted sole guardianship by a competent court then permission is not required from the other parent or any of the parents of the child.<\/li><li>WHEN APPLYING FOR KIDS PLEASE INCLUDE :\u00a0<strong>BOTH PARENTS CERTIFIED ID\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0PASSPORT COPIES,\u00a0<\/strong>Divorce decree, marriage certificate<strong>\u00a0OR DEATH CERTIFICATE IF ONE PARENT IS DECEASED<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Certified copy of South African Birth Certificate for the child and for the parent\/s too<\/li><li>Naturalization certificate copy is required only if both parents were not born in South Africa and if the child also got naturalized.<\/li><li>If you DO NOT HAVE a dual \/exemption certificate please put Submit Notarized sworn affidavit stating that no other citizenship has been acquired done by PARENTS on behalf of kids together with your proof of status in Canada for the child and the parents like Certified copy of Canadian Citizenship Certificate, PR card, study or work permit.<\/li><li>Notarized certificate of naturalization. To be submitted by applicants who are naturalized South Africans.<\/li><li><strong>FOUR<\/strong>\u00a0passport size photos with white background which must comply with the description below. Make sure the mouth is not open<strong>.<\/strong><\/li><li>Certified copy of Current passport front page. Do\u00a0<span class=\"has-inline-color\">not<\/span>\u00a0give us the passport.<\/li><li>If the passport is full before the expiry date please provide a written explanation that your passport is full and copies of the whole passport.<\/li><li>Money order for\u00a0CAN $91.00\u00a0made payable to the \u201cSouth African Consulate General\u201d in Toronto\u00a0or\u00a0to the \u201cSouth African High Commission\u201d in Ottawa. Do\u00a0not\u00a0mail in cash please.\u00a0No\u00a0personal cheques, please.<\/li><li>Self addressed Express post\/ Priority Canada Post self-addressed envelope.<\/li><li>Required documents when applying for a child\u2019s passports when\u00a0<span class=\"has-inline-color\">one parent lives in South Africa and the other parent lives in Canada<\/span>. Please see this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ottawa\/father-mother-consent-for-application-of-child-passport-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/li><\/ul><p>All forms to be completed in\u00a0<strong>BLACK<\/strong>\u00a0ink.<\/p><p>Do\u00a0<strong>NOT<\/strong>\u00a0to write \u201cN\/A\u201d or draw lines through the form if the question does not apply, leave blank space.<\/p><p>Do\u00a0<strong>NOT<\/strong>\u00a0use wite-out.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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>Child passports (0 \u2013 15 years): Processing time:\u00a0six months. Kindly ensure that the small self addressed express envelope has\u00a0ADEQUATE POSTAGE STAMP\u00a0to return your new passport to you. 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