The Department of Home Affairs for South Africa offers both immigration services for foreigners wishing to obtain a permit or visa to visit or immigrate to South Africa, as well as civic services for the citizens of South Africa.

IMMIGRATION PERMITS, VISA'S, RESIDENCY AND CITIZENSHIP SERVICES

Classified as services for visitors on holiday, business or medical trips, work seekers, workers, students, marriage and partners of South African citizens.

The Department of Home Affairs acknowledges on its website its role in the delivery of these services but also states "Many times, the successful delivery of these services relies not only on our efforts. You have the responsibility of providing the Department with the correct documentation at the correct service delivery points".

In essence the prospective immigrant needs to ensure their permit, visa or residency application is in the correct category – (work permit, business permit, retired permit, study permit, spousal permit, life partner permit, relatives permit), the correct permit application is completed and that it is submitted correctly at the appropriate service delivery point.

If you are unsure what type of permit you need to apply for please visit the below:

For information on different types of permits and visa's
Complete our online free immigration eligibility assessment
Request a call back from one of our immigration client managers

INTERGATE IMMIGRATION SERVICE

The Department of Home Affairs registers professional immigration practitioners who are provided with power of attorneys, by prospective clients to prepare, submit and monitor their permit applications. Immigration practitioners are registered with home affairs after meeting the eligibility criteria that includes supplying to home affairs police clearance, a commitment in writing to adhere to the home affairs code of conduct for immigration practitioners and successful completion of the examinations as laid down by the Director–General of Home Affairs South Africa.

Clients utilising the services of an immigration company should ensure that they deal with an organisation that has registered immigration practitioners.

To learn more about Intergate Immigrations Immigration Practitioners please click here

CIVIC SERVICES

• Re-register a child born out of wedlock
• Insert forename or surname in a birth registration of a person registered without a forename
  
or surname Change forename(s)
• Change surname of a minor
• Change surname of majors
• Change gender
• Correction of error(s)
• Register a death
• Application for a death certificate
• Register a death outside South Africa
• Register a marriage
• Application for a marriage certificate
• Consent to marriage of a minor
• Letter of confirmation of marital status
• Verify marital status online
• Record adoption
• Insert biological father's particulars in the birth registration of his child registered as born out of wedlock
• Register a birth (late registrations): After one year, but before 15 years
• Register a birth (late registrations): After 30 days, but before one year
• Register a birth (late registrations): After one year, but before 15 years
• Register a birth outside South Africa
• Application for a birth certificate
• Application for a birth certificate
• Registration of Foreign Birth
• Application for Naturalization
• Application for Retention of citizenship
• Application for exemption from loss of citizenship
• Application for resumption of citizenship
• Application for renunciation of citizenship
• Determination of citizenship Status
• To whom it may concern letters
• Duplicate copy of naturalization certificate
• Temporary passport
• Child passport
• Document for travel purposes
• Emergency travel certificate
• Maxi passport (64 Pages)
• Official passport
• Crew member certificate
• Replacement of new format South African tourist passports that runs out of blank visa pages
• Replacement of lost/stolen South African passport
• Replacement of lost/stolen document for travel purposes
• Replacement of lost/stolen maxi passport
• Replacement of lost/stolen child passport