South African Embassy in Sweden, South African Citizen Services, Renunciation of SA Citizenship
Renunciation of South African Citizenship
A South African citizen who intends to acquire the
citizenship or nationality of another country, or who also has the citizenship or nationality of another
country, may renounce his/ her South African citizenship by submitting the following documents:
Form BI-246 to be fully completed to be fully completed in duplicate, in
block letters and in black ink;
Form BI-529 to be fully completed in block letters and in black ink;
Note:
- All applicants are kindly requested to fully complete this form, which would assist in locating
records at the Department of Home Affairs in Pretoria.
- Questions 9, 10, 11 of Part A are of particular importance.
- Questions that are not applicable should be marked as 'n/a'; if answers to certain questions are
not known e.g. the mother's identity number, they should be marked as 'Do not know'.
Original or certified copies of South African passport or identity document;
Naturalisation assurance from the relevant Swedish / Latvian
authorities accompanied by an English translation by a sworn translator;
A self-addressed A4-size envelope with postage paid for SEK 71 (registered mail), to return the
certificate after issuing, and any personal original documents;
Should you require clarification on completing the application forms or have any further enquiries about the
application process, please contact our office at your convenience.
NOTE (please read carefully):
There is no application fee for the renunciation of South African citizenship.
The applicant shall cease to be a South African citizen from the moment the declaration is registered at
the Department of Home Affairs in Pretoria.
The minor children under 18 years of a person who has renounced his or her South African citizenship
shall also cease to be South African citizens, unless the other parent remains a South African citizen.
Applicants are advised that applications submitted at our office are referred to the Department of Home
Affairs in Pretoria, where the documents are issued, with the diplomatic freight bag once every two
weeks.
Unfortunately the intra-departmental movement of the application and tracing of original records in the
register held by the Department of Home Affairs is a time consuming task, with the result that these
applications may take up to six (6) months to process.
Applicants would be immediately notified as soon as the issued document has been received by our
office from Pretoria, and are kindly requested not to contact our office unnecessarily for progress reports.
Applicants may however contact our office in the event of the application taking longer than six (6)
months.
Due to the long-term nature of such applications, applicants are kindly requested to keep our office
informed of any change of address during the processing period; in fact, applicants should also provide
us with a valid cellphone number and email address when submitting their application.
On receipt of the renunciation declaration from Pretoria, the applicant would be requested to return his
or her current South African passport and identity document.
A complete application may be either mailed to our office, or submitted personally during the consular opening
hours: Mon-Tue, Thu-Fri; 09:00-12:30.
Application forms should not be folded, and applications that are submitted by post, should be mailed in an
A4-size envelope.
Consular Main