THE eChannel system,
to be trialled in selected
banks from next
month, will not process
passport applications,
Department of Home
Affairs spokesperson,
Mayihlome Tshwete,
told TNW.
Earlier, the South
African government news
portal reported that
applications for smart
ID cards and passports
would be processed at
banks and the South
African Post Office as
part of the eChannel
system. However,
Mayihlome has since
clarified that, for now, the
pilot would only be for
the application of smart
ID cards.
Mayihlome was quoted
in Traveller24 saying that
“while the Department’s
new Smart ID card pilot
project does not allow for
the application process
of passports as yet, that
is the end goal”.
New system won’t process passports – DHA
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