The Department of Home Affairs has included more bank branches that will offer passport services in South Africa. Here’s where…
Home Affairs expands to MORE bank branches
The Department of Home Affairs has expanded its services to more bank branches in South Africa, with a new office opening up in the Northern Cape. On Tuesday, 8 November, the department said that it is in the process of launching a new office at the Kathu Mall in the Northern Cape.
The new office is currently taking walk-ins as part of its stress testing and will go into full operation soon.
With the new inclusion in the Northern Cape, it will bring the total number of active bank branches which offer Home Affairs services to 27, with the department anticipating the rollout of 43 more agreements with participating banks in 2023, reports Business Insider.
Home Affairs is also looking to launch satellite offices at popular malls across the country.
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Here are the 27 banks where you can currently get a passport:
Gauteng
- Absa Centurion Lifestyle
- Absa Sandton Mall
- Absa Keywest Mall
- FNB Bank City JHB
- FNB Centurion Lifestyle
- FNB The Grove Mall
- FNB The Glen
- FNB Sandton
- Nedbank Arcadia
- Nedbank Constantia Kloof
- Nedbank Rivonia
- Standard Bank Centurion
- Standard Bank Killarney Mall
- Standard Bank Simmonds Street JHB
- Standard Bank Jubilee Mall
- Discovery Bank Sandton
- Investec Sandton
Western Cape
- Standard Bank Promenade Mall
- Standard Bank Canal Walk
- FNB Greenpoint
- Nedbank St George’s Mall
KwaZulu-Natal
- Standard Bank Kingsmead
- FNB Cornubia
Eastern Cape
- Absa Greenacres
- Standard Bank Newton Park
Limpopo
- FNB Burgersfort
Mpumalanga
- Nedbank Nelspruit
Northern Cape
- NEW Standard Bank Kathu Mall – stress testing, taking walk-ins
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