Home Affairs’ new Digital Partnership Model is streamlining the Smart ID application process, making it faster and more accessible for citizens at selected bank branches.

Five bank branches in KwaZulu-Natal now offer smart ID card applications, with more expected to open across the province as the programme expands.

With an expanded digital partnership programme kicking off this week between Home Affairs and major banks, the number of bank branches offering smart IDs in South Africa has increased from 32 to 49.

By the end of the week, new machines will be operational in 17 bank branches in South Africa, enabling clients of two of South Africa’s biggest banks to apply for a smart ID in 5 to 10 minutes.

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The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has digitised Smart ID applications by partnering with local bank branches, allowing applicants to complete the process quickly.

The first phase of the process has already gone live. Nine South African banks are involved in the initiative at the moment.

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