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Unfortunately the South African embassy has come to the point whereby the only way you can get information from them is to personally stand outside the entrance and wait for an official to come out and ask them for advice. The website is useless, the information advice line is automated and costs well over £1 a minute and there is absolutely no way you can talk to a human being (not that there are any working at the South African embassy).mads wrote:Hi guys, I am on ILE, hubby british and my baby has a british passport but I would like to register her birth in south africa as well and give her dual nationality. I have tried to contact the sa embassy in London (to no avail!)
Anyone have any avenues I can follow on this?
Thank you once again
mads
No mention is made of any age limits with regards to this section of the act.A major citizen who-
1. enters the Republic or departs from the Republic making use of the passport of another country; or
2. 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,
3. is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months
Butting in as a non-South African: I do not think you are insane at all - as you say, this is part of her heritage and she may not thank you later if she is not, and cannot become, a South African citizen. But you will need to do the same thing for any future children, to avoid unnecessary family squabbles!mads wrote:Good idea Siggi! I can use my mom's address..
My husband thinks I am insane to do it but it is part of her heritage and i think she should be given the choice when she is older. Our choices might not be her choices and i am hoping things will get better in the future in the good old SA.
South African children can lose their citizenship if the parents do.Dawie wrote:Siggi, what you are referring to is actually the requirement for South African citizens who are intending to naturalise to apply for retention of their South African citizenship. People under the age of 18 do not need to apply for retention of their South African citizenship if they are going to naturalise as British citizens as they will not lose their citizenship whilst still minors (according to the embassy website).