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Adopted Children and Citizenship
Foreign children who are born in South Africa and legally adopted by a South African citizen are governed in terms of the Children’s Act of 38 of 2005 and their birth is registered in South Africa. This means they will have citizenship of South Africa by birth.
(See: Checklists and Citizenship)
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