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Birth Registration Application.
New Zealand applicants, please follow this link.
This birth registration process is applicable to newborn children AND all other persons, irrespective of age.
One of the parents of the child must be a South African citizen * at the time of birth to enable the child’s birth to be registered in South Africa. Children born out of wedlock may be registered by the mother as sole parent. If the child born out of wedlock is to be registered in the father’s name, paternity must be acknowledged on form DHA-24.
No errors or amendments are acceptable on the forms. Clear print, in black ink, is required.
The following documentation must be submitted:
- Form DHA-24 Notice of Birth (fully completed). This form is not available online and may never be copied. To obtain form DHA-24, please see below.
- Form BI-529 - By any one of the South African parents
- Form BI-529 - On behalf of the child/applicant.
- Two identical coloured photographs of the child/applicant
- Form CON 40 - Affidavit by parent regarding citizenship or nationality of another country
- Certified copy of the child/applicant’s foreign birth certificate (showing names of both parents)
- Certified copy of marriage certificate of parents – if applicable
- Certified copies of parent(s) identity documents or passports (only page with biological data)
- Fully completed passport application for child (if in need).
- Copy of the certificate of the parent(s) authority to hold dual citizenship. (If applicable)
There is no fee for the Birth Registration and the first birth certificate is issued free of charge.
Forms, except Form DHA-24, may be downloaded from www.sahc.org.au.
To obtain the DHA-24 Birth Notification form, please email your request to:-
(Please quote the name and date of birth of the child)
Applicants from Australia immigration.canberra@foreign.gov.za or
Applicants from New Zealand consular@sahcwellington.co.nz or Wellington@foreign.gov.za
NB: Quote the child's full names, surname and date of birth as well as the postal address. The form will then be posted out. Alternatively, phone the Mission.
Return Postage
Only Australian applications (New Zealand return postage)
- For applications originating from within Australia – a Self-addressed Express or Registered Post Envelope (One envelope per family is sufficient).
Postal Address:
Only Australian applications (New Zealand postal address)
South African High Commission
State Circle
Yarralumla
ACT
2600
Phone: (02) 6272 7300
See instructions for the passport application on this web site.
* Where permission has been granted to hold dual citizenship by the Department of Home Affairs, please include a photocopy of that authority.
Requirements for a Child’s Passport
The documentation below must be completed and returned together with the birth registration application:
- Form
BI-73 (passport application)
- Section A – Child’s particulars and parents contact details
- Section B – Certification to be completed by Police Officer / Justice of the Peace / Magistrate / Commissioner of Oaths
- Section C – Consent from both parents is required
- Section E – Completion by sponsoring parent
- Four recent identical coloured passport photographs. Clear, full face of applicant, showing only head and shoulders measuring 35mm x 45mm. (Photographs taken at photo booths are not acceptable). The reverse of two photographs to be endorsed by certifier to declaration (Section B of form BI-73) with the initials and surname of the child in block letter on the reverse side of the photographs, signed and dated. Do not staple to form or allow any stamp to be placed on the upper side of the photograph and wait until endorsement is dry.
- New Child Passport Fee: AUD 25.00
Payment must be in Australian Dollars (AUD) made out to the “South African High Commission” by way of Postal Money Order or Bank Cheque. (One Money order or Bank Cheque for whole family)
Personal cheques or credit cards are NOT accepted
Return Postage:
Only Australian applications (New Zealand return postage)
- For applications originating from within Australia – a Self-addressed Express or Registered Post Envelope (only one envelope per family).
