​I had a few clients contacting me on the process of leaving South Africa after marrying a foreigner that just happens to be the love of your life (see the previous blog). My advice stands, don’t bother to get married in South Africa if she is not a citizen. Really, it is not worth the hassle, go to her country or a neutral one and let someone (paid at ridiculous rates) help you through the process. But let us say that you somehow got married and now you need the unabridged (note, unabridged) birth and marriage certificates. Be aware that Hell Affairs (Home Affairs to you) will make you wait ..read more

I don’t often write blogs anymore as it is a waste of time as far as marketing goes but you may be saved considerable time and anguish by reading here. Like many others that lost a loved one to God, I was blessed beyond belief when I met a Swiss American woman, a soulmate, and one I got married to recently inside South Africa. The difficulties started when the marriage had to be registered and if not registered at Home Affairs it is not a legal marriage, it is that simple and thus open for abuse by those knowing full well what power they have over you. The law changed, I believe in 2014, and ..read more