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You first need to register your baby's birth with Home Affairs, then apply for their passport at your embassy/consulate so that you can apply for an Accompanying Minors Visa.
No. You only qualify for South African citizenship if at least one parent is/was a South African citizen or has permanent resident status.
They may have a specific reason, so you'll need to ask them. If they won't help, you can lay a complaint.
You can apply for a spousal visa on a visitor’s visa from within South Africa, following a Constitutional Court ruling in June 2019.
All extensions must be submitted through VFS Global. Here is a list of everything you will need.
She can go to the Department of Home Affairs. Because she and the father are Zimbabwean, the child's birth certificate will not have an ID number.
You can apply for a relative's visa, but you will need it endorsed to allow you to work if you are offered employment.
Yes, her passport will be sufficient to register for matric.
You have to go to Home Affairs in person with whatever documents you have left, as well as a police complaint report of the theft
Home Affairs is the only body which can verify the status of an employee, but it is an exceptionally slow and dysfunctional body.