Firstly, this whole process may no longer be required. The SA Supreme Court of Appeal ruled in June that automatic loss of citizenship is unconstitutional ( polity.org.za/article/sca-strikes-down-piece-of-legislation-that-led-to-automatic-loss-of-sa-citizenship-2023-06-13 ). You should probably revi...

Just the photo page.

If you're already naturalised and have submitted your first passport application, then I think your suggestion would work. In the worse case, if your passport were to get lost along the way, you'd be entitled to assistance from the British Embassy in Spain since you're a UK citizen. If you're still ...

I received my Certificate of Exemption today. It's nothing fancy - just an A4 sheet of plain paper printed in black and white, with both ink and embossed stamps. 07/04 I posted my application 11/04 Delivered to SAHC 20/04 SAHC posted response 22/04 Royal Mail delivered So 8 business days turn-around...

I received my application from SAHC today with the helpful information that (contrary to their website) they no longer accept postal orders for payment. They now only accept bank transfers to: Bank: Nedbank Private Wealth Name: South African High Commission Account Number: 93274091 Sort Code: 16-57-...

I posted my application to SAHC today via 2nd class signed-for. Contents: 1 x cover letter 1 x signed and completed form BI-1664 1 x signed and completed form BI-529 2 x certified copies of passport 1 x original letter of non-acquisition 1 x postal order to the value of £25.00 in favour of "South Af...

I received my letter of non-acquisition today, so that's 6 work days after submitting the application online.

Thanks, alterhase58. That's helpful. I'll ask again at the Post Office with that info.

I've seen the thread british-citizenship/non-acquisition-for ... 36127.html before, and it's the same topic but doesn't have much detail.

I went to the post office today and they said I can't send a special delivery envelope using normal stamps, so now I'm stumped. Do I use a special delivery envelope with no stamps, or normal envelope with 2 stamps? It's a pity user-mentions are disabled, because HelloWorld_21 seems to have done this...

I am a South African national with ILR in the UK, and am planning on applying for UK citizenship later this year. I'd like to retain my SA citizenship, so I need to apply to the SAHC beforehand. The SAHC website is surprisingly helpful: they have guidance on the process , and PDF versions of the BI-...