Home Affairs opens more services to the public
Some of the services are being offered to ensure citizens have access to essential services, especially in this difficult time.
COLLECTION of smart identity cards, birth registrations and temporary measures regulating entry and exit from South Africa for emergency medical attention are now open at the Department of Home Affairs – under level 4 of the national coronavirus lockdown.
According to the department’s spokesperson, Siya Qoza, while some services may have been restricted, limited services are being offered to ensure citizens have access to essential services, especially in this difficult time.
Qoza said the services are rendered to citizens and other clients at civic services front offices across the country, between Monday and Friday, from 8.30am to 3.30pm.
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Qoza added people who have lost or misplaced their IDs may apply for the Temporary Identification Certificate (TIC) during this period which is issued on the spot as no applications for IDs are accepted.
According to the spokesperson, the department had 411 390 uncollected smart ID cards as of 15 May and is calling on the applicants to collect them, adding that the same applies to green ID books.
He said smart ID card collection services are provided at all modernised live capture offices, however, no new applications service will be available.
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