Check your Marital Status
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The Department of Home Affairs has launched a new online marriage verification service as part of the Check Your Marital Status Campaign that was launched at the beginning of August. The service has been made available to assist in preventing and uncovering instances where South Africans have been unknowingly married to foreigners. The foreign spouses use the marriage to get residence and work permits in South Africa. By 18 August 2004, the Campaign had uncovered 200 fraudulent marriages in South Africa. The Department has promised to nullify resident permits, work permits and citizenship of people who have benefited from fraudulent marriages. |
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If you are a South African citizen, you can check your marital status by logging onto the Department of Home Affairs website and submitting your ID number.You can also visit your local Home Affairs office to check your status or contact the toll free number 0800 10 1994 during working hours (07:15 - 15:45). |
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Department of Home Affairs (The Government of South Africa) |
The content on this page was last updated on 14 August 2008
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