Can I apply for South African citizenship if I was born here to foreign national parents but left before I turned 16?

The short answer Generally you can only apply for citizenship through naturalisation if you've only lived in South Africa until you were 18, but you could ask Home Affairs for an exception. The whole question Dear Athalie I was born in South Africa to foreign parents but I had to leave the country when I was 14 because my mother passed away and...

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