Surname Change

[Sicilian-Najdorf]

Hi All
Hoping someone has some insight on this.
We got married and we were issued a document by the marriage officer that contains our details/date etc...all handwritten.
I was under the impression that this was our marriage certificate but after speaking to the marriage officer, apparently it's not.
He advised that he did his part by registering at Home Affairs and that we actually need to go there to get the actual marriage certificate.
Is this correct?

The next thing is that my wife wants to have her surname changed to mine - What are the requirements for this?
Can this be done online?

According to this site: http://www.dha.gov.za/index.php/amendments

Assuming a different surname (Section 26 of Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1992)

A woman may assume her husband's surname, or revert to her maiden surname or a prior surname she legally bore, and since 1997 a woman may also join her surname with that of her husband's as a double-barreled surname.

No application to the Department of Home Affairs is necessary in these instances, but to enable the Department to update the Population Register, women should notify the Department of such changes in writing.


Thanks

 

[WesleyDB]

You have to go to home affairs to get the actual marriage certificate, if I remember correctly it takes about 6 weeks. As far as changing her surname, she will have to go into home affairs and get a new ID made.

 

[Romito]

You have to go to home affairs to get the actual marriage certificate, if I remember correctly it takes about 6 weeks. As far as changing her surname, she will have to go into home affairs and get a new ID made.

Only if she notified the marriage officer who solemnized the marriage that she would like to assume her husband's Surname. There's an option on the marriage register to inform DHA which Surname to register. Within a day or 2 after the marriage officer hands in his papers, the marriage is registered.

She can however go them and write an affidavit to assume his Surname if it wasn't registered so with the marriage, then do a new ID.

 

[Speedster]

The marriage officer issues you a marriage certificate. You can apply for an unabridged marriage certificate from home affairs should you require one.

As mentioned above, the marriage register has a field where the wife's surname can be changed. If the officer screwed up you probably have to do a name change application at home affairs.

 

[Romito]

The marriage officer issues you a marriage certificate. You can apply for an unabridged marriage certificate from home affairs should you require one.

As mentioned above, the marriage register has a field where the wife's surname can be changed. If the officer screwed up you probably have to do a name change application at home affairs.

Some marriage officers don't bother to issue the handwritten (DHA27) certificate. Just pay home affairs R20.00 to print an abridged one.