I would like to apply for South Africa citizenship by naturalization. Travel records of the past 5 yrs are required. Unfortunately, i lost my port in April 2018 which means i don't have any records prior to that date. How can i successful convince Dept of Home Affairs that i never left South Africa for more than 90 days in the past 5 yrs? Can i use an affidavit, employer's letter or bank statement at least to prove that i was around.
SA Citizenship application
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when inductions will held in Louis Trichardt Limpopo
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other provinces can also attend induction or its only for KZN
We were told process is as follows:
1. Attendance to be ed on system
2. Pretoria to capture induction against each one in attendance
3. Pretoria to print certificates and send to Maritzburg regional office
4. Applicants to be called by Maritzburg regional mgr in 2-3 weeks to come sign allegiance & collect cert (same time advised to apply for new ID & pt)
5. Come back to Citizenship counter and add your wife & kids (no need for proof of PR for them. Their citizenship automatically flows from main applicant)
1. Attendance to be ed on system
2. Pretoria to capture induction against each one in attendance
3. Pretoria to print certificates and send to Maritzburg regional office
4. Applicants to be called by Maritzburg regional mgr in 2-3 weeks to come sign allegiance & collect cert (same time advised to apply for new ID & pt)
5. Come back to Citizenship counter and add your wife & kids (no need for proof of PR for them. Their citizenship automatically flows from main applicant)
Yes our session had guys from provinces outside KZN. Use your discretion though, travel at your own risk.
Your wife & kids will not do a full-blown citizenship application. They will do a lite version called "Elevation & Proclamation of citizenship status". Its done at Citizenship counter. Required - your citizenship cert & your new ID
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Thanks for update, i inquired from DHA Durban, they told only people who applied through KZN DHA can qualify for induction in Durban. I have to wait for induction in Limpopo.
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I wish it was like this for a spouse of SA citizen and Mother of two minor Citizens (myself).... I have been trying to submit my Naturalisation for over a year and DHA wants ... Spousal Interview , now I am supposed to have two spousal interviews ( been in SA since 2009)
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number 5 , wife /kids to qualify automatically citizenship. do they need PR or they can qualify on relative visa (TRP)
I dont know about families on different permit from the main member. The trainer was referring to a family setup where everyone is on PR. She was recommending family naturalisation applications so everything is done in one go.
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I wanted to kindly request that you update us when this process is complete in the next 3 weeks. I applied for citizenship in 2018, and got approval in December 2019, which I received via SMS, and also went to DHA and showed approval awaiting induction into the system. However, I only managed to get booked for induction in July 2022. At that induction, I was told all the above you have been told. The lady even gave us her personal number to follow up with her in 3 weeks. I'm sad to say we have not received anything even the call centre says we will be called when the certificates are ready. At our induction, there were about 3 guys who were told their certificates were ready and they immediately drove to PTA to collect. I have seen in the comments someone saying no certificates were printed since 2018 and I would believe it. But I remain hopeful. Thank you
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Be rest assured that the 3 people who went to PTA head office to collect their naturalization certificates, they got them. The person i know that got his certificate in July or August 2022 was all over Europe for holidays on his South African port.
What I've learnt from posts here though is that someone's initiative through 'pushing' helps, instead of waiting for a phone call. A case in point is that of people who added their names on the induction list.
Let's keep pushing.
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Sure will keep you posted. optimistic but very cautious. One guy in our group was getting inducted for 2nd time in 2 successive years. He never received any update after 1st session and his follow-ups yielded blanks.
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