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CHILD PASSPORTS

  • Appointment must be made for passport application to be handed in at the office, if it is not going to be posted.
  • The telephone number for the Appointment line: 09065 540 799.

:: Calls cost £1 / min from BT Landlines. Other networks may vary ::

  • All applicants for RSA passports must provide their e – mail address so that they can informed when the passport is ready for collection.
  • Payments must be made in British Pounds in a form of cash, bank draft or postal order.
  • Postal orders and bank drafts must be made payable to SA HIGH COMMISSION.
  • Passport applications made by post must be sent by special delivery envelope and must have another fully paid self addressed special delivery envelope enclosed for the return of issued documents. Your special delivery envelope maybe used if the application is incomplete.
  • Incomplete applications will not be considered.
  • Child passport (under the age of 15 ½ years of age) applications can be made by post and NO fingerprints are required.
  • Child passport is valid for 5 years .

Required Application Forms

  • BI-73 (Passport Application Form). Both parents MUST sign the consent on paragraph C of the form for all children under the age of 18. If the parent is single, a full birth certificate MUST be provided. In cases of divorced parents, both parents MUST sign the consent form. Under circumstances where one parent is a sole guardian, a guardianship order MUST be provided. In cases of deceased parent, a death certificate MUST be provided.

  • BI-529 (Determination of Citizenship). Must be completed by all SA citizens living abroad. Holders of foreign citizenship MUST provide proof of how they acquired such a foreign citizenship. In cases of those applicants who acquired foreign citizenship through any of their parents, a certified copy of full birth certificate showing the birth places of your parent(s). Under circumstances where even the parents acquired such a citizenship through descent, a letter from relevant authorities in the country concerned will suffice. Also refer to questions 9,10 and 11 of Form BI-529

  • Supporting Documents
  1. 4X passport size photographs.

  2. 2X certified copies of bio – data page of passport. This is a page showing your face and all your particulars. Requested copy of the passports of applicants making applications in person will be certified accordingly by Consular staff. Applicants not having ID number must provide their RSA birth certificate.

  3. 2X certified copy of divorce decree – if applicable.

  4. 2X certified copy of foreign birth registration or naturalization certificate – if applicable.

  5. Original police report – if your passport is lost or stolen /form CMO 217.


  6. Sworn statement detailing how your passport was destroyed or damaged – if passport is damaged or destroyed.

  7. Written consent from both parents (If applicants are under 18 years).

  8. No fingerprints are required for applicants younger than 15 ½ years of age.

  9. 2X certified copy of valid British Visa.

Prescribed Fees

Child Passport
£10.00

Turn Around Times

Child Passport
4 Months

Forms to be downloaded:

BI-73
BI-529

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Contact Details 

Our Physical address is:

15 Whitehall, London,SW1A 2DD.
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Our full postal address is:

South African High Commission,
Home Affairs, Consular Section,
15 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2DD.

Telephone No:
020 7925 8900
020 7925 8901
020 7925 8910

Fax No:
020 79258930
020 79258931
020 79258932