Passport Applications

A

aquadat0r

Well-Known Member
Joined
May 6, 2010
Messages
498
Reaction score
52
Location
Gauteng
Hi all,

I'm trying to find out which bank in Cape Town has the most recent slot available for passport applications. Unfortunately, the system only allows you to book, after payment. I'm trying to get a slot this week if still possible else early next week. Does anyone know how to get visibility on this? Or has booked recently?

Thanks
 
I did mine recently , did the required online stuff and then booked an appointment at FNB Portside in Green point. Earliest appointment i could get was a month later however i can say it beat the hell out of going to home affairs. I did my biometrics and literally a week later i collected my passport.
 
I have accounts with most banks, just not sure which has the shortest waiting time and no easy way to figure it out.
 
If I recall correctly, you can try a walk-in (and oftentimes be successful with that) once you have obtained an online booking reference for a future date.
 
If you need it urgently I'd also do the walk in route.
Most everyone I know that used the banks has had appointments at least 2 weeks forward.
But no, I think the only way to really know is to pay and get to that end point.
 
I have done the payment on the DHA web site for Standard Bank. What else must I do to make the payment? It is not reflecting in by bank account and the status on the DHA is "Bank Acknowledgement Received". I think I must now log in to my Standard Bank and do the payment? Or what must I do now? If I go to the bookings it says I must still do a payment, but I have tried to do this.

Edit: I have tried and there is no option to add DHA as a known beneficiary. The instruction is to go to Standard Bank`s old site and pay there, but the link they give opens a broken page.
 
Last edited:
Benedict A55h0le said:
I have done the payment on the DHA web site for Standard Bank. What else must I do to make the payment? It is not reflecting in by bank account and the status on the DHA is "Bank Acknowledgement Received". I think I must now log in to my Standard Bank and do the payment? Or what must I do now? If I go to the bookings it says I must still do a payment, but I have tried to do this.

Edit: I have tried and there is no option to add DHA as a known beneficiary. The instruction is to go to Standard Bank`s old site and pay there, but the link they give opens a broken page.
Click to expand...
AFAIK you have to logon to your internet banking and authourise the payment on there. This is what I done (FNB) a few years ago when applying online via DHA
 
My passport is expiring later this year so I need to apply for a new one. I've registered on ehome.dha.gov.za but now I just get a "please wait" with a loading circle on screen. Is this website just useless or am I doing something wrong?
 
Speedster said:
My passport is expiring later this year so I need to apply for a new one. I've registered on ehome.dha.gov.za but now I just get a "please wait" with a loading circle on screen. Is this website just useless or am I doing something wrong?
Click to expand...
Is this the form page that you need to fill out ?If it is ,its the useless f%6kng website that hangs. I just kept reloading until it worked.
 
Kornhub said:
Is this the form page that you need to fill out ?If it is ,its the useless f%6kng website that hangs. I just kept reloading until it worked.
Click to expand...
Finally got it to work. Booking date is for 2 August. Can I go to the bank earlier, or do I have to wait for my date?
 
Speedster said:
Finally got it to work. Booking date is for 2 August. Can I go to the bank earlier, or do I have to wait for my date?
Click to expand...
Wait for your date because if your name is not on the list for the day they will not help you.
 
Sorry for the mini hijack but when trying to login to e home affairs, I type in my ID number and password and click login. It then says an OTP has been sent to my cell phone number ending with (last 4 digits listed are correct) but no OTP comes through (no matter how many times I click Send New OTP). I checked the email I received from home affairs when I first registered and the cell phone number listed in there is correct, but no OTP comes through :/

So where the heck do I go from here? I really don't want to have to go into home affairs to renew my passport :(
 
No dates available at Standard bank in Canal Walk no matter how far forward you try.

Have been at home affairs in CPT since 5.30am this morning and it's unlikely I'll get in today. They only able to do about new 20 applications today.

Good luck getting a passport

Edit: After the booking hasn't worked for days it looks like there are slots open again. Mid August in Canal Walk. Late July in Mitchell's Plain
 
Stickfigure said:
Sorry for the mini hijack but when trying to login to e home affairs, I type in my ID number and password and click login. It then says an OTP has been sent to my cell phone number ending with (last 4 digits listed are correct) but no OTP comes through (no matter how many times I click Send New OTP). I checked the email I received from home affairs when I first registered and the cell phone number listed in there is correct, but no OTP comes through :/

So where the heck do I go from here? I really don't want to have to go into home affairs to renew my passport :(
Click to expand...
I know folk have experienced this happening for one or two days but if it continues over a few days at different times, calling in might be your best bet.
Silly question but no setting on your phone preventing the SMS coming through?
 
Okay I somehow managed to brute force my way in. Got all the way to uploading of documents but now it's just hanging.

Trying to login again and the website is just hanging. Typical :/
 
SAguy said:
No dates available at Standard bank in Canal Walk no matter how far forward you try.

Have been at home affairs in CPT since 5.30am this morning and it's unlikely I'll get in today. They only able to do about new 20 applications today.

Good luck getting a passport

Edit: After the booking hasn't worked for days it looks like there are slots open again. Mid August in Canal Walk. Late July in Mitchell's Plain
Click to expand...
I have tried again today. For me there are bookings open for Canal Walk, but there is no way to pay so its impossible to make the booking. Only the old Standard Bank site could do the payments but the old site does not exist anymore.
 
Benedict A55h0le said:
I have tried again today. For me there are bookings open for Canal Walk, but there is no way to pay so its impossible to make the booking. Only the old Standard Bank site could do the payments but the old site does not exist anymore.
Click to expand...
I actually managed to pay on std bank without any issues, was the simplest part of the process for me.
 
Benedict A55h0le said:
I have tried again today. For me there are bookings open for Canal Walk, but there is no way to pay so its impossible to make the booking. Only the old Standard Bank site could do the payments but the old site does not exist anymore.
Click to expand...
I paid with standard Bank today though?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X