Please Note: Foreign offices do not facilitate applications for Smart ID Card. If you have been issued with or applied for a Smart ID card, you cannot apply for an ID book at our offices.

 PRESCRIBED FORMS

44. DHA 9 (the form is not available for downloading, it will be given to you on the day of appointment)
45. DHA 529 (BI-529), to be completed in BLACK INK and BLOCK LETTERS
46. Form SVP — 109E (For citizens born in Namibia and who are SA citizens)

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

47. Four passport-sized coloured photographs with clear forehead (no fringe) and clear glasses (without frame).
48. South African passport (if an RSA citizen)
49. ID book or a copy (if one was previously issued)
50. South African unabridged birth certificate.
51. If you have dual nationality, please provide proof as to how and when you acquired the foreign nationality, such Naturalization /Registration Certificate or foreign birth certificate issued by the Embassy/ letter from the authorities stating the date you acquired the nationality. (Please note foreign passport is not a proof of foreign citizenship/nationality as it does not indicate as to when(date) and how you acquired the citizenship)  
52. If the document is in foreign language, then it must be officially translated into
53. Letter of retention/exemption of your South African Citizenship if you acquired foreign citizenship as an adult (18″years and above)

If you are married /divorced in outside SA, it is compulsory to register your marriage/divorce with the Department of Home Affairs.

Marriage certificate/Divorce Decree issued outside South Africa must have a legalized/apostil stamp (if country is a signatory to the Hague Convention).

If you were married and/or divorced outside South Africa, then consult that country’s embassy/consulate about their legalization procedures.

On the day of your appointment, you must bring all the above required supporting documents plus two copies of each document.

Processing fees of SEK 104 must be deposited electronically into the Embassy Account.

54. NP: Please be reminded that you will be required to present printed proof of payment when you attend the appointment.