Натурализация — отложенное заявление по достижении совершеннолетия, ребенок, рожденный RSA от родителей-неграждан/не PR (s4(3))
Гражданство в стране Южная Африка
- Право на участие
- Лицо, родившееся в Республике от родителей, которые не являются ни гражданами Южной Африки, ни постоянными жителями, имеет право подать заявление на получение гражданства Южной Африки по достижении совершеннолетия (18 лет), если он или она постоянно проживали в Республике от рождения до совершеннолетия и рождение зарегистрировано в системе регистрации рождений и смертей Act 51 of 1992 (раздел 4(3) Гражданства Act 88 of 1995). Это требование об отсрочке натурализации, поданное по достижении совершеннолетия, а не автоматический статус, и оно было предметом дела Министра внутренних дел против Али [2018] ZASCA 169.
- Сроки
- Deferred/conditional acquisition (e.g. registration or claim at majority).
- Отказ от гражданства
- Не требуется
Обзор
A person born in the Republic to parents who are neither South African citizens nor permanent residents qualifies to apply for South African citizenship on reaching majority (age 18) if he or she has lived in the Republic continuously from birth to majority and the birth is registered under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 51 of 1992 (s4(3) of the Citizenship Act 88 of 1995). This is a deferred naturalisation claim made at majority, not an automatic status, and was the subject of Minister of Home Affairs v Ali [2018] ZASCA 169.
Требования
- Statutory age definitions: 'major' means a person who has attained 18 years and 'minor' means any person who is not a major. The majority threshold (18) is the operative cut-off for the lived-to-majority routes (s2(3), s4(3)) and for the minor-naturalisation route (s5(4)).
Сроки
Timeline: delayed. Document burden: high. Required: residency, physical presence.
Правовая основа
- Deferred-claim-at-majority (s4(3)): a child born in the Republic of parents who are NOT SA citizens and have NOT been admitted for permanent residence QUALIFIES TO APPLY for South African citizenship upon becoming a major if (a) he or she lived in the Republic from birth to majority, AND (b) the birth was registered under the BDR Act 51 of 1992. This is a NATURALISATION application route (s4 chapter), distinct from the automatic s2(3) PR-parent birth route. It is the subject of Minister of Home Affairs v Ali [2018] ZASCA 169.
Примеры сценариев
Примеры сценариев приведены на английском языке.
Eligible to apply — deferred naturalisation claim at majority.
s4(3) lets an RSA-born child of non-citizen/non-PR parents apply for citizenship on attaining majority if she (a) lived in the Republic from birth to majority and (b) has a registered birth — both met. This deferred claim was vindicated in Minister of Home Affairs v Ali [2018] ZASCA 169; it is a naturalisation application ('qualifies to apply'), not automatic by-birth status.
Not eligible under this route — correct route is s2(3) (by birth).
s4(3) applies only where the parents were neither citizens nor PR holders; because Thabo's parents held PR, he falls under the automatic s2(3) by-birth route ('qualifies to be a South African citizen by birth'), not the s4(3) naturalisation application. Confirming parental status at birth is the threshold triage.
Eligible to apply — late registration does not defeat the claim.
s4(3)(b) requires only that the birth 'has been registered' and fixes no deadline, so a historical registration gap cured by late registration does not extinguish the deferred claim (text is silent on timing). Once registered and with continuous birth-to-majority residence shown, Emmanuel qualifies to apply at 18.
Not eligible under this route — continuous residence broken.
s4(3)(a) requires the child to have 'lived in the Republic from the date of his or her birth to the date of becoming a major'; the five-year absence breaks the continuous-residence condition. The documentary burden to prove lifelong residence is high (school, medical and residence records across the whole period).
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