What are your RIGHTS as an asylum seeker in South Africa? You are entitled to an asylum seeker document. You are entitled to have the asylum seeker document renewed for the duration of the processing of your asylum claim by the Department of Home Affairs, including appeals and reviews. You have all the rights outlined in South Africa’s constitution, such as those in the Bill of Rights (except ones that are explicitly for South African citizens only, such as the right to vote or form a political