DUAL NATIONALITY
APPOINTMENT
LINE NUMBERS
South African Citizens
Appointment line for Passports (Child passports applications
MUST be made by post ONLY), Birth Registrations,
Retention of RSA Citizenship and Exemption from Loss
of RSA Citizenship is 09065
540 799.
(South African
citizens who want to apply by POST are
free to come to the office Monday to Friday
between 3 PM & 4 PM to be assisted
with the taking of fingerprints)
Foreign Citizens
Appointment line for visas & temporary
residence permits is 09065
540 798.
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Calls cost £1 / min from
BT Landlines. Other networks may vary
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- PLEASE
NOTE: Administrative
Fines & Security Deposits are
still by post only.
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SOUTH AFRICAN CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT
ACT, 2004 (ACT NO. 17 OF 2004)
The Amendment Act repealed
section 9 of the South African Citizenship Act, 1995 as of 15th
September 2004, which regulated the use of the citizenship or nationality
of another country by a South African dual citizen.
This inter alia means that
the system of exemption/letters of permission to make use of a foreign
passport has now been terminated. No further applications in this
regard may therefore be processed.
The repealed section 9 has
been replaced with a section as specified in the new section 26B.
Section 26B reads as follows:
“ A major citizen who-
- enters the Republic or departs from the
Republic making use of the passport of another country; or
- while in the Republic, makes use of his
or her citizenship or nationality of another country in order
to gain an advantage or avoid a responsibility or duty,
- is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction
to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months”.
From section 26B you will notice that it will henceforth be an offence
for a major South African citizen to enter the Republic or to depart
there from making use of the passport of another country. In other
words making use of a passport other than a South African passport.
Furthermore, it will also
be an offence for such a citizen, while in the Republic, to use
his or her foreign citizenship or nationality to gain an advantage
or to avoid a responsibility or duty.
In essence, the Amendment
provides that a South African dual citizen can use his or her foreign
passport (citizenship/nationality) freely outside South Africa,
but in South Africa, may not use his or her foreign nationality
or citizenship to gain an advantage or to avoid a responsibility
or duty which he or she, as a South African citizen, would otherwise
not have been entitled or subject to.
Any
enquiries in regard to this notice should be directed in writing
to the consul:
Consul Migration,
South African High Commission,
Home Affairs, Consular Section,
15 Whitehall,
London, SW1A 2DD.
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