E-Home Affairs bank branches as of November 2022

[Jan]

Bank branches where you can get your passport and smart ID — with more to come

The number of bank branches offering passport and smart ID renewals in South Africa has reached 27, with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) revealing that it is currently testing a ninth Standard Bank branch at Kathu Village Mall in the Northern Cape.

Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's department, while presenting to the portfolio committee on Home Affairs on Tuesday, 8 November, said it plans to roll out smart ID and passport renewal sites to a further 43 bank branches.

 

[notinterested]

Can you go to any branch of any bank or do you have to be their customer?

 

[willisau]

Why are there 3 banks at Centurion Lifestyle Centre?? But there are none in the Montana areas of Pretoria North??

 

[supersunbird]

Can you go to any branch of any bank or do you have to be their customer?

You need to pay during the booking process with an account of said bank.

 

[bokka1]

Are there no ABSA branches in Cape Town who does this?

 

[Lefty309]

You need to pay during the booking process with an account of said bank.

Does the person requesting a new passport/ID need to be the holder of said bank account? Or can they use someone else's card to make payment?

 

[supersunbird]

Does the person requesting a new passport/ID need to be the holder of said bank account? Or can they use someone else's card to make payment?

Well, it wasn't card payment when I last did it, it was deducting it from a bank account, kind of like e-filing, but it's been a while.