Yes, the Port Shepstone Home Affairs office is open for business
Minister Gigaba said moving to paperless applications is another way of ‘meeting the future by rising to opportunities created by technological advancements for maximising client satisfaction'.
Port Shepstone Home Affairs has dismissed rumours that its offices would be closed for 10 days.
This follows reports doing the rounds on various social media that the offices would be closed from Friday, July 13 to this Saturday, July 21.
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According to Port Shepstone Home Affairs manager, Terry Kotze, the Port Shepstone office, just like other home affairs offices in the country, was going paperless, and national dates for the system upgrades had been set.
Notices issued by the National Department of Home Affairs informed the public that the system migration would mean ID and passport services would not be available during that period.
However, Mr Kotze pointed out the Port Shepstone office was fortunate in that its system upgrades had taken place last Sunday as it fell under the ‘large offices’ banner.
According to a statement by Department of Home Affairs minister Malusi Gigaba, from next week there will no longer be a need to fill in forms when registering births, marriages or deaths.
Minister Gigaba said moving to paperless applications is another way of ‘meeting the future by rising to opportunities created by technological advancements for maximising client satisfaction’.
Documents will now be saved electronically and be easily retrievable upon request.
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