The department of home affairs has announced that the collection of passports by applicants will now take place strictly from the office where they were applied for, and third parties may not to collect passports on the applicants’ behalf.
This is to ensure that non-South African residents cannot duplicate passports and to secure the integrity of the passports by making them incapable of foolproof for fraudulent acquisition.
He added this process was not new, as it was the same method that was being used to collect smart ID cards.Motsoaledi mentioned that the department had exempted passport collection from this method because many travellers found themselves in a hurry to travel.Many travellers, especially in the business world and other big institutions, may not always have time to come to our offices. Unfortunately, this privilege is now being taken away.
He said the department was aware that this would inconvenience some frequent travellers and busy people who might not have time, but they were appealing that everybody must be prepared to readily pay this price for the integrity of the passports.
“I must warn that this is very rare, and the people will have to pay an arm and a leg for this to happen.”
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