Well, I finally spoke to someone at Pretoria Home Affairs. Because of the strikes, and because it turns out that London sat on our application for WEEKS before sending it to Pretoria, there is NO WAY we will get the passport in time. In fact, she will probably not even have had her birth registered by then. They are still trying to determine our citizenship, which will take a few more weeks.
So - the question now becomes... do we just take her in on her British passport (illegally, because she will be returning permanently) or apply for a temporary emergency passport (which will cost us MORE money)????
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Hi,
We had a similar dillema when returning from Ireland. We were told that you can enter with the EU passport, but you need to notify Home Affairs. Then you have 3 months to get the temp/permanent passport or you end up paying a fine. 3 Months should be ok. It's going to be easier to have the birth registered though and then you won't need the passport. Good Luck
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