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How to renew your passport

Source: Traveller24, 14/06/2019


Renewing your passport is a lot easier than applying for a new one. SA
passports have to be renewed every 10 years and for people who are 15
years or younger, their passports can be renewed up to 5 years after
they expire.
Do it online
With the country moving forward through digitisation and the
introduction of the eHomeAffairs system, you can now renew your
passport or apply for an ID online - a virtual and far more efficient
experience!
Things sure have improved too for the passport renewal process, which
can take up to a 1 week or 10 days, depending on where you apply. Home
affairs will also update you with SMS notifications when your passport
is ready for collection.
Please note, you will need internet banking to proceed with your
online passport application and will have to go to a Home Affairs
branch to capture their biometrics and collect their passport.
Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria residents have the option of
recording their biometrics and collecting their renewed passport at
specific Absa, FNB, Standard Bank or Nedbank branches - so the idea of
standing in long lines are now a thing of the past.
However, if you don’t live in either of these places, you can use the
eHome Affairs services, but you will need to go into Home Affairs to
record your biometric data and to collect your passport or ID.
What you need
• A copy of your ID
• R400 for the passport
• Access to internet banking
Step-by-step
Step 1: Account registration
Register on the eHome Affairs website
Create a profile
Answer the simple security questions
Create a password
Capture the one time pin sent to your cellphone
Attach a copy of your ID
Step 2: Make a payment
Enter your account details on the site.
Log into your internet banking to authorise the payment �` go to ‘My
Bills’ under ‘Payments’ to initiate a payment instruction.
Add the Department of Home Affairs as a beneficiary and a payment
instruction will now appear under ‘My Bills’.
Enter your reference number and approve the payment of R400 to the
Department of Home Affairs.
Step 3: Make an appointment
Once the Department of Home Affairs has registered that you have paid,
you will be able to make an appointment to record your biometric data.
If you live in Cape Town, Johannesburg or Pretoria, you will be able
to select a bank branch with the required facilities. If not, you will
have to go to your local Home Affairs �` this does not require an
appointment.
If you are able to make an appointment at one of the bank branches you
will be given a choice of time slots.
Select a time slot, after which will receive appointment confirmation
via email and an SMS which you will need to take with you to the bank.
Step 4: Record your biometrics
Option 1: Home Affairs Branch
Once the Department of Home Affairs has registered your payment you
will be eligible to proceed with your biometrics data �` two
thumbprints, a photo and your signature.
You do not need to make an appointment at Home Affairs.
Simply go to your local branch to have your biometrics done.
You will need to take your ID book with you to the Home Affairs branch.
Option 2: Home Affairs equipped bank branch
Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria residents can make an appointment
for their biometrics at their local bank branch once their payment has
been registered.
You will be given a choice of time slots. Once you’ve selected a time
slot, you will be sent a confirmation via SMS and email.
You will need to take the confirmation email or SMS to the bank.
You will be given a choice of time slots. Once you’ve selected a time
slot, you will be sent a confirmation via SMS and email.
Take your ID book and confirmation email or SMS with you when going to
your local bank branch.
Step 5: Wait for an SMS or email
When your passport is ready for collection, you will receive
notification. This should take roughly ten days.


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