Citizen (or civic) services refer to the services provided to South African citizens by the Department of Home Affairs. South African citizens / applicants who are currently residing in The Republic of France may approach the Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in Paris.

PASSPORTS
•Ordinary passport : adults and children (see form attached)
Fingerprint form (DH9) must be requested at the South African Consulate
Determination of citizenship (DH529)- See requirements attached
•Maxi passport: Persons 16 years and older

CITIZENSHIP
•Acquisition of South African citizenship
•Loss of South African citizenship
•Retention of South African citizenship
•Exemption from the loss of South African citizenship
•Determination of South African citizenship
•Renunciation of South African citizenship
•Resumption of South African citizenship
•Notice to South Africans who have dual citizenship

IDENTITY DOCUMENT
•Identity document

CHILD & FAMILY MATTERS
•Registration of a child born in France
•Registration of a marriage solemnised in France
•Registration of a divorce decreed by a court in France
•Registration of the death of a SA citizen in France

CERTIFICATES
•Birth certificate
•Marriage certificate
•Death certificate
•Confirmation of marital status

AMENDMENTS
•Assumption of surname of an adult
•Alteration of a surname of a child
•Alteration of forename
•Alteration of date of birth
•Insertion of father’s particulars on the child’s birth register

EMERGENCY SERVICES
•Emergency passport

ADDITIONAL / CONSULAR SERVICES
•Apostille
•Commissioner of Oaths
•Arrest of a SA citizen in France
•Death of a SA citizen in France
•Applying for a South African police clearance certificate
•Recording an adoption
•Rectification of incorrect information as a result of a departmental error
•Getting married in South Africa