Question NW3368 to the Minister of Home Affairs
15 November 2023 - NW3368
Roos, Mr AC to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
(1)Regarding the process that is underway for South Africans born abroad and naturalised citizens to be able to receive Smart IDs, what (a) is the progress on the verification process of their records, (b) are the full details of the systems and administrative steps required to facilitate Smart ID applications for the citizens, (c) are the target dates by when each of the specified steps is anticipated to be completed and (d) department(s) and/or service provider(s) are responsible for each step; (2) whether there are any steps of the process that rely on third-party departments and/or service providers to be appointed to complete the step; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the full relevant details?
Reply:
(1)(a) The Department is in a process of verifying all documents on the database for naturalised citizens.
(1)(b) The current Live Capture system will be used to issue Smart ID Cards for naturalised citizens.
(1)(c) The Department will announce to all naturalised citizens on the issuance of Smart ID Cards.
(1)(d) The same system that is being used in the Live Capture environments country-wide will be used and is capable of processing these Smart ID Cards to the identified categories of citizens.
(2) As indicated in (1) above the same system and delivery model for citizens will apply, to process and produce Smart ID cards for naturalised citizens.
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