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LazyLion
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OK so two things I have noticed that Home Affairs are now requiring as of November 2020.
This is by way of circular to all Home Affairs Marriage Officers (and I assume also Church Based Marriage Officers although we have not received that Circular yet).
1) If you intend on concluding a marriage with Ante-Nuptial Contract, Home Affairs NOW REQUIRES that you provide a stamped copy from the DEEDS OFFICE indicating that your Ante-Nuptial contract has been registered with the Deeds Office. This will be submitted along with the completed marriage register forms by the officiating marriage officer when he goes to register your marriage at Home Affairs.
This is a change from before where only a letter from the applying attorney was sufficient proof that an Ante-Nuptial contract had been entered into.
It can take up to six weeks to get the stamped copy back from the Deeds Office because they work very slowly.
So this means you need to make your application for Ante-Nuptial contract WELL IN ADVANCE of your intended marriage, or you may run into a situation where you marriage registration is delayed (or even worse entered into the Home Affairs database as in Community of Property).
2) The prospective couple are now required to visit a Home Affairs branch in person with a letter from the marriage officer so that their ID numbers can be verified and checked before any prospective marriage can take place. Home Affairs wants to look up their ID numbers on the system to verify that they are both in a position to be married (prior divorces or death of a spouse must be cleared from the system). The couple will then be given a letter to give to the Marriage Officer that the marriage can proceed. Without those clearance documents, no marriage documents can be submitted by the marriage officer to Home Affairs. The letter from the marriage officer must include his BN number and their ID numbers and the prospective date of their marriage. Unfortunately many home affairs officials are not even aware of this new requirement so you may still encounter difficulties.
This is by way of circular to all Home Affairs Marriage Officers (and I assume also Church Based Marriage Officers although we have not received that Circular yet).
1) If you intend on concluding a marriage with Ante-Nuptial Contract, Home Affairs NOW REQUIRES that you provide a stamped copy from the DEEDS OFFICE indicating that your Ante-Nuptial contract has been registered with the Deeds Office. This will be submitted along with the completed marriage register forms by the officiating marriage officer when he goes to register your marriage at Home Affairs.
This is a change from before where only a letter from the applying attorney was sufficient proof that an Ante-Nuptial contract had been entered into.
It can take up to six weeks to get the stamped copy back from the Deeds Office because they work very slowly.
So this means you need to make your application for Ante-Nuptial contract WELL IN ADVANCE of your intended marriage, or you may run into a situation where you marriage registration is delayed (or even worse entered into the Home Affairs database as in Community of Property).
2) The prospective couple are now required to visit a Home Affairs branch in person with a letter from the marriage officer so that their ID numbers can be verified and checked before any prospective marriage can take place. Home Affairs wants to look up their ID numbers on the system to verify that they are both in a position to be married (prior divorces or death of a spouse must be cleared from the system). The couple will then be given a letter to give to the Marriage Officer that the marriage can proceed. Without those clearance documents, no marriage documents can be submitted by the marriage officer to Home Affairs. The letter from the marriage officer must include his BN number and their ID numbers and the prospective date of their marriage. Unfortunately many home affairs officials are not even aware of this new requirement so you may still encounter difficulties.
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