{"id":1700,"date":"2025-04-03T08:17:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T08:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ottawa\/?page_id=1700"},"modified":"2025-04-03T12:33:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T12:33:31","slug":"re-registration-of-birth-certificate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ottawa\/re-registration-of-birth-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-registration of birth certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1700\" class=\"elementor elementor-1700\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8b7bd9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a8b7bd9\" 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-3410b04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3410b04\" 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\">Re-registration of birth certificate<\/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-2297d281 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2297d281\" 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-52a0da21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52a0da21\" 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\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Processing time:\u00a0<\/strong><em>six months<\/em><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>BI-24<\/strong>\u00a0Notice of Birth (persons under one year) Please request forms from the Consulate General in Toronto or South African High Commission in Ottawa by sending in a self-addressed stamped envelope (size A4 30cm x 24 cm) . The envelope should be able to fit an unfolded page.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>BI-24\/1<\/strong>\u00a0Notice of Birth form (2 forms needed); one form must be completed with the current surname and the other with the father\u2019s surname (persons one year and older but under 15 years). Please request forms from the Consulate General in Toronto or South African High Commission in Ottawa by sending in a self-addressed stamped envelope (size A4 30cm x 24 cm) . The envelope should be able to fit an unfolded page.<\/li>\n\n<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\">BI-529<\/a>\u00a0Determination of Citizenship form must be completed in respect of child<\/li>\n\n<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\">BI-529<\/a>\u00a0Determination of Citizenship must be completed in respect of the South African parent<\/li>\n\n<li>Certified copy of the applicant\u2019s Unabridged\/Abridged Birth Certificate<\/li>\n\n<li>Certified copy of parent\u2019s Marriage Certificate<\/li>\n\n<li>Certified coy of parents South African Identity Documents\/Foreign Identity Documents<\/li>\n\n<li>Fee \u2013\u00a0<em>none<\/em><\/li>\n\n<li>A self- addressed express post envelope is required with each application.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All forms to be completed in<strong>\u00a0BLACK<\/strong>\u00a0ink.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do\u00a0<strong>NOT<\/strong>\u00a0use white-out.<\/p>\n\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>Re-registration of birth certificate Processing time:\u00a0six months All forms to be completed in\u00a0BLACK\u00a0ink. 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