The Department of Home Affairs has gazetted new fees for travel documents in South Africa, which will increase the cost of getting a standard passport by 50%.
South Africa’s passports and processes for acquiring them are currently undergoing a security overhaul after incidents where home affairs officials were arrested for fraudulently processing illegal immigrants and foreigners were caught using false documents abroad.
This includes removing the ability for anyone to pick up a passport on an applicant’s behalf or having passports shipped for collection to other parts of the country. Other changes include: Only the person who applied for that passport can come and collect it by activating it through a fingerprint. South Africa is a signatory to the Convention on International Civil Aviation Origination and is subjected to regular audits, including on how it handles lost and stolen passports.
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