{"id":1740,"date":"2025-04-03T08:31:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T08:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ottawa\/?page_id=1740"},"modified":"2025-04-03T12:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T12:40:23","slug":"applying-for-existing-copy-of-death-certificate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ottawa\/applying-for-existing-copy-of-death-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying for existing copy of death certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1740\" class=\"elementor elementor-1740\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-44f1a1e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44f1a1e\" 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-a06830f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a06830f\" 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\">Applying for existing copy of death 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-48ea3ddf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48ea3ddf\" 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-40ea681b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40ea681b\" 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\"><em><strong>Processing time<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>6 months<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n<h5 id=\"h-fees-nbsp-c-6-00-effective-from-01-nov-2022\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fees:\u00a0C$ 6.00 (Effective from 01 NOV 2022)<\/h5>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ottawa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/04\/bi132.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BI-132<\/a>\u00a0Application for Death Certificate form<\/li>\n\n<li>Certified copies of South African document of the deceased<\/li>\n\n<li>Fee \u2013\u00a0CAN $6.00\u00a0in money order or certified cheque payable to the \u201cSouth African Consulate General\u201d in Toronto\u00a0or\u00a0to the \u201cSouth African High Commission\u201d in Ottawa.\u00a0No\u00a0cash, please.\u00a0No\u00a0personal cheques, please.<\/li>\n\n<li>Proof of ID of the applicant and relationship to the deceased required.<\/li>\n\n<li>Please note that only next of kin will be provided this copy\u2003<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All forms to be completed in\u00a0<strong>BLACK<\/strong>\u00a0ink.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do\u00a0<strong>NOT<\/strong>\u00a0write \u201cN\/A\u201d or draw lines through the form if the question does not apply, leave blank space.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do\u00a0<strong>NOT<\/strong>\u00a0use wite-out.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applying for existing copy of death certificate: Processing time:\u00a06 months Fees:\u00a0C$ 6.00 (Effective from 01 NOV 2022) All forms to be completed in\u00a0BLACK\u00a0ink. 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