{"id":1697,"date":"2025-04-03T08:19:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T08:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ottawa\/?page_id=1697"},"modified":"2025-11-12T12:50:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T12:50:59","slug":"foreign-birth-registration-under-1-year","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/toronto\/foreign-birth-registration-under-1-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign birth registration (under 1 year)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1697\" class=\"elementor elementor-1697\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c8d92e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5c8d92e\" 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-4d4c139 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d4c139\" 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\">Foreign birth registration \u2013 Age under one year<\/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-1baa137b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1baa137b\" 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-f984444 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f984444\" 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><em>Processing time: six months<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DHA-24 Notice of Birth Form. 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 applicant (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 form must be completed in respect of the South African parent<\/li>\n\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Certified copy of Canadian Citizenship Certificate, PR card, study or work permit;\u00a0if your PR card expired please include a copy of that card and a renewal receipt copy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Unmarried partners needs to provide paternity test if the father is reflected on the foreign birth certificate<\/span><\/li>\n\n<li>Certified copy of child\u2019s Foreign Unabridged Birth Certificate<\/li>\n\n<li>Certified copies of parents South African Identity Documents\/Foreign Identity Document and Marriage Certificate<\/li>\n\n<li>Fee \u2013 None<\/li>\n\n<li>Processing time: six months<\/li>\n\n<li>Small self addressed express envelope<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>Foreign birth registration \u2013 Age under one year Processing time: six months<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1697","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - 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