What is the difference between an abridged and unabridged birth certificate?

What is the difference between an abridged and unabridged birth certificate?

The difference between abridged and unabridged birth certificates. Abridged birth certificates merely indicate the name and surname of a child’s mother. Unabridged birth certificates include the details of both the mother and the father.

How do I get an unabridged birth certificate at home affairs?

If you need additional copies of a birth certificate you must:

1. complete Form BI–154 and submit it to the nearest office of the Department of Home Affairs if you are in South Africa, or the nearest South African embassy, mission or consulate if you are overseas.
2. pay the required fee for the application.

How long do you wait for an unabridged birth certificate?

8 weeks

How much does an unabridged birth certificate cost?

Please note that an unabridged birth certificate currently costs R75 and can take up to 8 weeks to be processed. Furthermore, all submitted documents must be originals or certified copies. If your child was born after the 14th of March 2013, then you should already be in possession of an unabridged birth certificate.

What is the process of late registration of birth certificate?

Here are the documents you need to bring for late registration of your child’s birth certificate: Negative Results Certification or NRC. Baptismal Certificate. Marriage contract of the parents (if married) or acknowledgement of the biological father and a copy of his Community Tax Certificate (CTC), if not married.

What is the fastest way to get a birth certificate in South Africa?

What is the fastest way to get a birth certificate in South Africa? Document specialists Apostil.co.za are very experienced in obtaining birth certificates in as fast as one week.

Can a parent apply for an unabridged birth certificate?

Certified copies of unabridged birth certificates and parental consent where applicable will be acceptable when travelling with children. The application can be made at any home affairs office, by the parent(s)/guardian, who should take along their identity documents and the child’s abridged certificate.

Do adults need unabridged birth certificate for immigration?

You do not need an unabridged birth certificate for domestic travel (for example between Johannesburg and Cape Town), but for international travel, you require this official document. Often for visas, overseas marriages and foreign citizenship applications, a South African would require an unabridged birth certificate.