The Department of Home Affairs says it is tightening rules around passport applications and collections to stop fraud. | TebogoMonama
The Department of Home Affairs is making changes to passport applications and collections to avoid fraud.The department has also introduced a transit visa for Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationals.
"In recent months, the South African passport has been in the news for the wrong reasons. Firstly, on 24 March 2022, in our Krugersdorp office, the nation saw us apprehending a Pakistani national and arresting him with some South African citizens and corrupt Home Affairs officials. All these people were working together to defraud the SA passport.' made headlines all over the media, including on social media," he said.
Motsoaledi added that the department was implementing several steps to secure the passport, saying it was changing the rules around passport issuance. "We are aware that this will inconvenience some frequent travellers and some busy people who might not have time, but we are appealing that everybody has to be prepared to readily pay this price for the integrity of our passports," he said.
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