Reference number for South Africa Permanent Resident Permit?

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on 12 Jan 2016

Hi everyone, Did anyone in this forum ever applied for Permanent Resident Permit (PRP) at the South African High Commission? If so, do they issue a reference number to trace the outcome of the permit? I am asking because I applied for it from my home country in Lesotho and they could not give me a reference for the application. They said they cannot give me the reference number since the decision is made in Pretoria not from the embassy.

Anonymous (not verified) on 5 Apr 2016 - 13:18

Hi i leftSA in 2004 on a contract which has been extednded many time and now ends in October 2016 - we have perminant resident certificates which were issued in 1981 - can we re entrer SA using the same cetificates?

Mrs.K on 17 Nov 2016 - 10:39

If you dont apply in South Africa itself then you wont get a reference number at all. We applied at a consulate too and also do not have a reference number. Very frustrating but not much can be done.

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