You will also have to prove your father’s position at the time of your birth:

• Is your father a South African citizen?
• Can you prove this with his identity document?
• If he is not a South African citizen:
  • Does he have an ID showing him to be a permanent resident in South Africa?
  • Does he have a passport of the country he came from?

You will need to try to find proof of his status at the time you were born. These might be:

• Old passports showing his registration in work or permission to be in South Africa
• The record from TEBA showing that he was a contract worker on the mines
• Any other paper showing that he was working legally in South Africa at the time you were born