Citizenship Application Specialists In Johannesburg

If you have a Permanent Residence Permit on any of the categories for five years, you can apply for naturalisation (full citizenship). However, you must comply with your permanent residence certificate conditions to qualify.

This includes, among others, proof of language proficiency. It is also compulsory for applicants to attend induction and the naturalisation ceremony, where they will stand before a judge to be granted citizenship. To help you navigate all the requirements, chat with one of our citizenship application specialists in Johannesburg.

Permanent residency vs citizenship

You have most of the rights and responsibilities of a South African citizen as a permanent resident. A citizenship application specialist in Johannesburg can help you distinguish the difference and help decide which option is best for you. However, you cannot vote in South African elections or hold a passport.

In addition, citizenship is more permanent than permanent residency. If you do not live in South Africa within the first year after receiving your permit, if you live outside South Africa for three years, or if you are convicted of a serious criminal offence, your permanent residence permit may be revoked.

Furthermore, citizenship by birth or descent cannot be revoked unless you take on another nationality without first applying to keep your South African nationality or serve in the armed forces of a country at war with South Africa.

Finally, you may lose your South African citizenship through naturalisation if you provide false information about yourself, conceal important information about your application, obtain your naturalisation fraudulently, or if you are sentenced to a year in prison for an offence that would have been an offence in South Africa.

Contact PM Immigration for details

For more information and assistance from our experienced team of citizenship application specialists in Johannesburg, contact PM Immigration today.