NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 346
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 14 March 2014
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 6 of 2014
Mrs S V kalyan (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
How many foreigners have been naturalised in total in the (a) 2010-11, (b)
2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 financial years (i) in each (aa) month and (bb)
home affairs office and (ii) from which country did each foreign national
originate in each of these years?
NW399E
REPLY:
Prior to October 2011, the finalisation of naturalisation applications were
performed at the provincial offices (offices of application) of the
Department. No records were maintained concerning naturalised citizensâ
country of origin. Centralisation of applications for naturalisation was
implemented from October 2011. The information obtained is as follows:
a) 2010-11: 6 102
|No of |(aa) Month |(bb) Home Affairs |(ii) Country of |
|Naturalised | |Offices |Origin |
|Applicants | | | |
|527 |April 2010 |No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
|791 |May 2010 |No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
|594 |June 2010 |No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
|370 |July 2010 |No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
|210 |August 2010 |No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
|439 |September 2010|No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
|525 |October 2010 |No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
|635 |November 2010 |No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
|583 |December 2010 |No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
|399 |January 2011 |No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
|490 |February 2011 |No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
|539 |March 2011 |No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
b) 2011-12: 1 603 NATURALISATION WAS CENTRALIZED AT H/O AS AT
OCTOBER 2011
|No of |(aa) Month |(bb) Home Affairs |(ii) Country of |
|Naturalised | |Offices |Origin |
|Applicants | | | |
|105 |April 2011 |No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
|344 |May 2011 |No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
|138 |June 2011 |No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
|587 |July 2011 |No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
|245 |August 2011 |No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
|66 |September |No records on hand |No records on |
| |2011 | |hand |
|0 |October 2011|No records on hand |No records on |
| | | |hand |
|11 |November |No records on hand |Lesotho: 2 |
| |2011 | |Madagascar: 2 |
| | | |Japan: 2 |
| | | |India: 5 |
|4 |December |No records on hand |Britain: 1 |
| |2011 | |Portugal: 1 |
| | | |Lesotho: 1 |
| | | |Zimbabwe: 1 |
|66 |January 2012|No records on hand |Britain: 2 |
| | | |Pakistan: 4 |
| | | |Nigeria: 8 |
| | | |Zimbabwe: 19 |
| | | |Portugal: 4 |
| | | |Russia: 1 |
| | | |Mozambique: 12 |
| | | |Angola: 3 |
| | | |Lesotho: 1 |
| | | |Germany: 1 |
| | | |Mauritius: 1 |
| | | |Italy: 1 |
| | | |Malawi: 1 |
| | | |Morocco: 1 |
| | | |Ethiopia: 1 |
| | | |Iran: 1 |
| | | |USA: 1 |
| | | |India: 1 |
| | | |Angola: 2 |
| | | |DRC: 1 |
|22 |February |No records on hand |Bangladesh: 1 |
| |2012 | |Swaziland: 1 |
| | | |DRC: 1 |
| | | |Zimbabwe: 6 |
| | | |Pakistan: 1 |
| | | |Mozambique: 7 |
| | | |Britain: 1 |
| | | |Nigeria: 1 |
| | | |Egypt: 2 |
| | | |Ghana: 1 |
|15 |March 2012 |No records on hand |Swaziland: 1 |
| | | |Pakistan: 1 |
| | | |Nigeria: 2 |
| | | |Morocco: 1 |
| | | |Mozambique: 2 |
| | | |India: 2 |
| | | |Taiwan: 1 |
| | | |Britain: 3 |
| | | |Zimbabwe: 2 |
(c) 2012-13: 732
|No of |(aa) Month |(bb) Home Affairs |(ii) Country of|
|Naturalised | |Offices |Origin |
|Applicants | | | |
|21 |April 2012 |No records on hand |Britain: 1 |
| | | |Pakistan: 2 |
| | | |Nigeria: 6 |
| | | |DRC: 6 |
| | | |Malawi: 1 |
| | | |Ghana: 1 |
| | | |Mozambique: 2 |
| | | |Korea: 1 |
| | | |Zimbabwe :1 |
|17 |May 2012 |No records on hand |Zimbabwe: 4 |
| | | |Nigeria: 2 |
| | | |India: 6 |
| | | |Britain: 2 |
| | | |Lesotho: 1 |
| | | |Mozambique: 1 |
| | | |Portugal: 1 |
|38 |June 2012 |No records on hand |Nigeria: 4 |
| | | |Pakistan: 2 |
| | | |Angola: 1 |
| | | |Zimbabwe: 5 |
| | | |Brazil: 1 |
| | | |Cameroon: 1 |
| | | |Taiwan: 1 |
| | | |Portugal: 2 |
| | | |Australia: 1 |
| | | |Malawi: 1 |
| | | |Ethiopia: 2 |
| | | |Kenya: 5 |
| | | |India: 5 |
| | | |Britain: 2 |
| | | |Lesotho: 1 |
| | | |DRC: 3 |
| | | |Italy: 1 |
|40 |July 2012 |No records on hand |Poland: 1 |
| | | |China: 1 |
| | | |Portugal: 4 |
| | | |Mozambique: 2 |
| | | |Lesotho: 4 |
| | | |Bangladesh: 1 |
| | | |Swaziland: 1 |
| | | |Cameroon: 1 |
| | | |Britain: 3 |
| | | |Scotland: 1 |
| | | |India: 2 |
| | | |Cuba: 1 |
| | | |Zambia: 2 |
| | | |Netherlands: 2 |
| | | |Greece: 1 |
| | | |Zimbabwe: 3 |
| | | |DRC: 1 |
| | | |Italy: 1 |
| | | |Malawi: 1 |
| | | |Kenya: 2 |
| | | |Zambia: 1 |
| | | |Somalia: 2 |
| | | |USA: 1 |
| | | |Pakistan: 1 |
|62 |August 2012 |No records on hand |Bangladesh: 1 |
| | | |Ivory Coast: 1 |
| | | |Nigeria: 6 |
| | | |Mozambique: 2 |
| | | |Zambia: 5 |
| | | |Scotland: 2 |
| | | |India: 2 |
| | | |DRC: 3 |
| | | |Zimbabwe: 15 |
| | | |Swaziland: 2 |
| | | |Sierra Leone: 1|
| | | |Lesotho: 1 |
| | | |Bulgaria: 1 |
| | | |Kenya: 4 |
| | | |Pakistan: 1 |
| | | |Britain: 7 |
| | | |Ukraine: 1 |
| | | |Australia: 1 |
| | | |Ghana: 1 |
| | | |Turkey: 1 |
| | | |Myanmar: 1 |
| | | |Greece:1 |
| | | |Portugal: 2 |
|37 |September |No records on hand |Swaziland: 1 |
| |2012 | |Mozambique: 4 |
| | | |Zambia: 1 |
| | | |Nigeria: 5 |
| | | |China: 1 |
| | | |Malawi: 1 |
| | | |Zimbabwe: 5 |
| | | |Britain: 3 |
| | | |Lesotho: 4 |
| | | |Ghana: 4 |
| | | |India: 1 |
| | | |DRC: 1 |
| | | |Cuba: 1 |
| | | |Scotland: 1 |
| | | |Germany: 2 |
| | | |Croatia: 1 |
| | | |Senegal: 1 |
|17 |October 2012|No records on hand |Zimbabwe: 2 |
| | | |Mozambique: 1 |
| | | |India: 1 |
| | | |Yugoslavia: 4 |
| | | |Lesotho: 3 |
| | | |Nigeria: 2 |
| | | |Algeria: 1 |
| | | |DRC: 1 |
| | | |Senegal: 1 |
| | | |Britain: 1 |
|156 |November |No records on hand |Nigeria: 13 |
| |2012 | |Zimbabwe: 27 |
| | | |Ghana: 13 |
| | | |Guinea: 1 |
| | | |Germany: 2 |
| | | |India: 4 |
| | | |Britain: 8 |
| | | |Kenya: 7 |
| | | |New Zealand: 1 |
| | | |Mozambique: 16 |
| | | |Uganda: 2 |
| | | |Malawi: 2 |
| | | |Zambia: 6 |
| | | |Lesotho: 8 |
| | | |Ukraine: 2 |
| | | |Pakistan: 5 |
| | | |China: 2 |
| | | |Georgia: 1 |
| | | |Sweden: 2 |
| | | |Somalia: 6 |
| | | |Taiwan: 4 |
| | | |Cameroon: 1 |
| | | |Bulgaria: 1 |
| | | |Scotland: 1 |
| | | |DRC: 3 |
| | | |Swaziland: 2 |
| | | |Kenya: 4 |
| | | |USA: 1 |
| | | |Burkina Faso: 1|
| | | |Poland: 1 |
| | | |Russia: 1 |
| | | |Greece: 1 |
| | | |Italy: 1 |
| | | |Iran: 2 |
| | | |Botswana: 2 |
| | | |Mauritius: 2 |
|54 |December |No records on hand |Mozambique: 3 |
| |2012 | |Britain: 10 |
| | | |Scotland: 1 |
| | | |Zimbabwe: 6 |
| | | |Uganda: 1 |
| | | |India: 8 |
| | | |Pakistan: 2 |
| | | |Mauritius: 1 |
| | | |Somalia: 1 |
| | | |Taiwan: 1 |
| | | |Belgium: 1 |
| | | |Botswana: 1 |
| | | |Cameroon: 2 |
| | | |China: 1 |
| | | |Lesotho: 3 |
| | | |Malawi: 1 |
| | | |Zambia: 2 |
| | | |Angola: 1 |
| | | |Portugal: 1 |
| | | |Guinea: 5 |
| | | |Nigeria: 2 |
|116 |January 2013|No records on hand |Portugal: 4 |
| | | |Zimbabwe: 19 |
| | | |Lesotho: 5 |
| | | |Nigeria: 6 |
| | | |Britain: 5 |
| | | |Serbia: 4 |
| | | |China: 4 |
| | | |Korea: 1 |
| | | |Italy: 2 |
| | | |DRC: 5 |
| | | |Belgium: 2 |
| | | |Pakistan: 2 |
| | | |Germany: 1 |
| | | |Uganda: 2 |
| | | |Mozambique: 12 |
| | | |Malawi: 2 |
| | | |Swaziland: 4 |
| | | |Cameroon: 2 |
| | | |India: 7 |
| | | |Iran: 3 |
| | | |France: 2 |
| | | |Bangladesh: 2 |
| | | |Greece: 3 |
| | | |Ghana: 3 |
| | | |Sierra Leone: 1|
| | | |Senegal: 2 |
| | | |Kenya: 3 |
| | | |Taiwan: 1 |
| | | |Botswana: 2 |
| | | |Thailand: 1 |
| | | |Tanzania: 1 |
| | | |Zambia: 2 |
| | | |Canada: 1 |
|114 |February |No records on hand |Lebanon: 1 |
| |2013 | |Britain: 11 |
| | | |Cyprus: 1 |
| | | |DRC: 4 |
| | | |Nigeria: 7 |
| | | |Portugal: 7 |
| | | |Ghana: 3 |
| | | |Uganda: 3 |
| | | |Senegal: 2 |
| | | |Cameroon: 1 |
| | | |Swaziland: 5 |
| | | |Pakistan: 1 |
| | | |Angola: 2 |
| | | |Lesotho: 11 |
| | | |Zimbabwe: 16 |
| | | |Scotland: 1 |
| | | |Iran: 2 |
| | | |Switzerland: 2 |
| | | |Mozambique:8 |
| | | |Bangladesh: 2 |
| | | |India: 6 |
| | | |Poland: 1 |
| | | |Zambia: 4 |
| | | |New Zealand: 1 |
| | | |Kenya: 3 |
| | | |Morocco: 1 |
| | | |Malawi: 1 |
| | | |Russia: 1 |
| | | |China: 2 |
| | | |Somalia: 1 |
| | | |N. Ireland: 1 |
| | | |Taiwan: 2 |
|86 |March 2013 |No records on hand |Zimbabwe: 14 |
| | | |Britain: 5 |
| | | |Nigeria: 12 |
| | | |Lesotho: 9 |
| | | |Ghana: 4 |
| | | |Yugoslavia: 1 |
| | | |Switzerland: 2 |
| | | |DRC: 10 |
| | | |Somalia: 1 |
| | | |Pakistan: 3 |
| | | |Mozambique: 5 |
| | | |Malawi: 4 |
| | | |Swaziland: 1 |
| | | |China: 1 |
| | | |Poland: 1 |
| | | |Australia: 1 |
| | | |Zambia: 1 |
| | | |Guatemala: 1 |
| | | |Greece: 1 |
| | | |Iran: 1 |
| | | |India: 2 |
| | | |Portugal: 1 |
| | | |Albania: 1 |
| | | |Senegal: 1 |
| | | |Sri Lanka: 1 |
| | | |Russia: 1 |
| | | |Cameroon: 1 |