{"id":1741,"date":"2025-04-03T08:31:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T08:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ottawa\/?page_id=1741"},"modified":"2025-04-03T08:31:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T08:31:32","slug":"reporting-death-abroad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/toronto\/reporting-death-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporting death abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1741\" class=\"elementor elementor-1741\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e3ff23 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9e3ff23\" 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-cacf9ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cacf9ff\" 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\">Reporting death abroad<\/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-3214ba14 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3214ba14\" 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-6c50b1b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c50b1b1\" 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: 6 months<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fee-nbsp-c-6-00-effective-from-01-nov-2022\">Fee:\u00a0C$ 6.00 (Effective from 01 NOV 2022)<\/h5>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reporting death of South African citizen or permanent resident abroad:<\/p>\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>Long form death certificate that includes important details like date, time and cause of death.<\/li>\n\n<li>Complete\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ottawa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/04\/DHA_1663_A.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DHA-1663<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Please mail in the deceased original id and passports to us so we can cancel them and include a small express envelope for the return of these documents back to you safely.<\/li>\n\n<li>Fee \u2013\u00a0CAN $6.00\u00a0in money order or certified cheque payable to the \u201cSouth African Consulate General\u201d in Toronto\u00a0or\u00a0to the \u201cSouth African High Commission\u201d in Ottawa.\u00a0No\u00a0cash, please.\u00a0No\u00a0personal cheques, please.<\/li>\n\n<li>Small self addressed express envelope for the mailing of the certificate back to you when received from Home Affairs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All forms to be completed in\u00a0<strong>BLACK<\/strong>\u00a0ink.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do NOT to write \u201cN\/A\u201d or draw lines through the form if the question does not apply, leave blank space.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do\u00a0<strong>NOT<\/strong>\u00a0use wite-out.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reporting death abroad Processing time: 6 months Fee:\u00a0C$ 6.00 (Effective from 01 NOV 2022) Reporting death of South African citizen or permanent resident abroad: All forms to be completed in\u00a0BLACK\u00a0ink. 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