Smart ID cards at banks

JOBURG – South Africans citizens will soon apply for the Smart ID cards at major banks.

According to Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba, FNB, Standard Bank and Nedbank have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Home Affairs for the pilot.

“At the moment there are three banks that have come on board and we have signed a memorandum of understanding to start a pilot process with them,” he said.

Gigaba informed that there are new innovations that are going to be introduced by the Department in the course of the next financial years to assist South Africans in applying for their Smart ID cards and passports.

To date over one million Smart ID cards have been issued.

The process of applying for Smart ID card:

• Submit all your applications at the bank kiosk, take biometric photograph, automated fingerprint and electronic signature and that is compiled to an electronic package and deposited to Home Affairs.
• Do your payments at the bank for the Smart ID card.
• The money will then be deposited at the government printing works.
• The applicant will be able to collect the Smart ID card at the bank where they applied.
• Those that are eligible to apply are pensioners older than 60 years or 16-year-olds.
• The pilot projects with the banks are expected to begin in April.