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Home Affairs has introduced a new online Branch Appointment Booking System which they say is quick and easy. Or you will have to visit the nearest Home Affairs office.
The Department of Home Affairs says that undocumented foreign nationals born in South Africa are issued with a birth certificate free of charge. All children born in SA must be registered.
Accommodations should be made to help you if you look different because you have aged since your last ID photo was taken and your fingerprints are faded.
It could be that they are struggling to verify your identity because you have a green ID book and your photo is not clear enough.
Make an affidavit and apply for a duplicate clinic card from the hospital where you were born.
If you have something with her ID number on, go to Home Affairs and ask them to help you with the ID. You can report her death by lodging a completed death notice.
You can submit ID and passport applications and payments on the eHomeAffairs website.
Home Affairs is dealing with a huge backlog of applications. You may need legal aid to compel them to process yours now.
Home Affairs is supposed to let your adoptive parents help you apply. They should also tell you why your applications have been denied.
There is a huge backlog at Home Affairs, so the acting Director-General extended existing permits for those who applied or appealed before 20 November 2023.