PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENT SERVICES (SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES ONLY)
Online Document Service
NOTE that all required documents for the refugee program are available at a minimal direct government charge from your local Home Affairs office. You can get all your documents WITHOUT using this service.
This professional service is specifically designed for those with SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS or COMPLEX CASES or for those who cannot access a Home Affairs office.
The service is useful especially to people already out of the country and will be at an ADDITIONAL COST – over and above the direct costs – for professional assistance.
Struggling to get your documents directly? Need professional advice?
This paid-for service will facilitate obtaining:
Unabridged Birth Certificates
Unabridged Marriage Certificates
Unabridged Death Certificates
Divorce Decrees
Apostilles
Letter of Impediments
*Unabridged birth certificates for adults will be needed once you’ve been in the U.S. for one year, and wish to apply for Permanent Residency (Green Card). It is best to arrange this now.
Unabridged Certificates:
Unabridged certificates are valid forever as long as you don’t write on them or laminate them. The process takes approximately 4-6 weeks, provided nothing is outstanding in your file with the Department of Home Affairs. The good news is that if your child was born after 2010, you can apply for their unabridged birth certificates and wait for them to be printed (if documents are outstanding in their files, then it will not be printed while you wait). The fee is R75.00 payable to the Department of Home Affairs.
