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Home Affairs set to fast track e-Visa rollout

Source: Enca, 03/05/2018

The Home Affairs Department wants to fast track the rollout of e-visas
to increase the number of tourists visiting the country.
e-Visa will introduce the online capture of visa and permit
applications and capture the applicantâ€™s biometrics in South Africa and
abroad.
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has instructed the department to
prioritise the fast-tracking of the new online e-Visa system.
An application will be captured and submitted online together with the
required supporting documents that will be scanned and attached to the
application.
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said, `I have given an instruction
to the department to prioritise the e-visas and to ensure that at the
end of this financial year we make a very concrete announcement as to
online visa applications as well as the issuance of e-visas.
`It is going to be very significant for us to improve our traveller
numbers and to ensure that some of the passenger traveller processes we
undertake upon arrival we can undertake online through the verification
of the records and the documents that people require to travel to SA.
`We could simply in SA to make it easier for them.`

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