We thought we had reached the end of our stay at the NVC, but they have sent a request for my original birth and marriage certificates. Our marriage certificate took us 4 months to receive when we applied in November 2006. The birth certificate (both unabridged) took only 6 weeks. I am hoping that getting them re-issued will be quicker. does anyone know how long it takes for them to reissue these documents in South Africa?

Hi there i had applied for my children's unabridged birth certificate for their british passports and it took nearly 12 weeks to recieve them. I hope your process goes quicker for you as I know it takes you a whole day to stand in the queue there to hand it in and then you wait a another 10-12 weeks to recieve it. Good luck.
Nice to see another south african on the forum.

Good luck with this process! I pray that God works miracles in the hearts of the people who can help you the most.

My mom was able to do a walk-in at the department of homeland affairs and got my hand written birth certificate for me. (that was 2 years ago though) She priority mailed it to me. I believe she went to the one on Vortrekker road in Bellville (Western Cape)