Home Affairs offices to be open on Saturdays in run up to May 29 elections

The Department of Home Affairs, Dundee office included,  will open its offices for five hours a day on Saturdays
up to May 25 2024, excluding the April 27 public holiday, for ID collection services.
This also includes facilitation of new applications and the issuance of Temporary Identity
Certificates.
According to the department, the offices will also resolve challenges on
duplicates, amendments, rectifications, and dead-alive cases with the required supporting
documents.
The offices will open from 8 am to 1 pm.
Mobile offices are also scheduled to return to deliver IDs in the remote areas where they took
applications from.
“Local offices, working with stakeholders that include councillors, will communicate the dates,
times and venues of those visits. Mobile offices will be used to support the identified local
offices.
“In addition, clients can now book appointments to collect their Smart ID Cards and Green
barcoded ID books before visiting offices by using the Branch Appointment Booking System
which is available on the Department of Home Affairs website- www.dha.gov.za,” said the
department on Thursday.
Alternatively, clients can visit Home Affairs offices without making a booking.
“We invite people who have applied for their IDs, particularly young people who are first-time
applicants, to come to our offices to collect their documents. This initiative gives people more
options to collect their enabling documents,” said Deputy Minister, Njabulo Nzuza.
The department has encouraged clients who have applied for identification documents and
have received their SMS notifications, to seize the opportunity by visiting their Home Affairs
office to collect these critical documents.

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