Can someone please advise?

 

PRP + copy, verification of PRP for ID purposes + copy, ID photos (I think port + copy too, just take this also) and it's free of charge. The only part that sucks is that you have to go to a dodge DHA office out of town.

 

Hi @expat_007 I am going to submit my id application. Would appreciate if you can answer few questions.

1. did you certify all the copies from police station or home affairs does it for you while submitting?
2. Do we need to take any appointments before visiting soweto or lenesia branch?
3. Did you submit birth certificate and marriage certificate as well?

 

Hi,
Yes I certified the copies from police station.
No appointments are required you just walkin.
Yes submitted birth certificate and marriage certificate.

Please also take address proof.

 

Here are the guidelines for others based on my experience.

Original and Certified copies are required during submission at Eldorado Park DHA.

PRP Original + Certified copy
PRP verification Original + Certified copy
port + Certified copy of front page (Bio)
Birth certificate + Certified copy
Marriage Certificate + Certified copy
Spouse Id/port certified copy
Address proof (required is some office but not in Eldorado Park)

Processing time - 3months
No tracking system. Keep checking with DHA for collection on call.

Note: Lenasia office requires your spouse to be present. Probably the person’s personal requirement as he was very rude to foreigners.

However Eldorado Park doesn’t have any such requirement.

Office around Joburg
Eldorado Park
Lenasia
Orange Farm

 

Lenasia DHA did not ask my spouse to be present while applying for ID. I guess it depends on the type of your PR you hold. If you acquired it as a spouse of SA Citizen/PR holder, they may request it but for PR with critical skills they do not.

 

Good day,

Can someone please advise how long it will take to get the Green ID Book after submitting the application?

We applied three months ago, and it's still not finalized. When we checked the call center, they were saying the application at the marriages section.

Did anyone give any advice?

 

If you are not married it takes a month or 2. If you are married it takes much longer because they have to your marriage at your home country. Now it depends on how quickly your home country responds to DHA.

 

Sorry, can someone explain "PRP Verification" please? How, and with whom, is this done?
Thanks

 

Sorry, can someone explain "PRP Verification" please? How, and with whom, is this done?
Thanks

All new PR Certificate comes with a verified Copy of PR. That is all you need for ID Application.

 

Did anyone get their Green ID Book recently? Could you please share your experience and timeline?
I applied on 20th June 2024 and waiting.

 

Hi there,
We applied on April and still waiting. when we phone callc enter they keep saying application was at "Marriage section".
Thank you.

 

Hi everyone,
I don't necessarily follow this side of the forum (yet), but I saw this in the news yesterday. Has anyone here who has been waiting for their IDs, received as the news suggests? I'm trying to ascertain if DHA meant "...backlog of ID application for SA citizens cleared...", or ALL applications in the system. 👇

 

I don't think they have cleared all the application, the numbers are vague. I had applied ID 3 months ago and it is still on fingerprints verification stage.
They don't have any SLA to finalise an application. You can't even track the application, so they can say whatever they want.

 

do we know what are the stages of an ID application and what is the timeline in average?

 

Hi @TheSoftwareGuy
My uninformed suspicion is that the minister's recent announcement about opening the Smart ID card issuance to PR and naturalized foreign nationals "in the near future" might have something to do with this. Other than that, what I have read on this forum is that 26(6) PR ID applications take a minimum of 3 months because of marriage certificates/status having to be verified back in the countries of origin. Other Categories have a much shorter timeline. Then again, there's the fact that not everyone has the same experience...
Do you mind sharing if this delay has been affecting your life negatively, since receiving your PR?

 

Good day guys,

I collected my wife's ID today from DHA, and it took around 5 months to process.

I have a quick question: my wife got her PRP under spousal and on the SA ID book my surname is printed instead of my wife's surname?

Is DHA going to put husband's surname on the ID book, as on PR she got her own surname ?

Can you please someone kindly advise?

Thanks

 

Only responding to send you congratulations. I've zero knowledge of your question...

 

Nothing negatively but we still need to apply for Driving licenses within a year time. It's a hassle with JMPD on road.

Nothing negatively but we still need to apply for Driving licenses within a year time. It's a hassle with JMPD on road.

I can relate 100%. I live with the same reality.

 

how long have you been waiting for ID?

 

We applied the ID at Eldorodo, Soweto.

All educational documents and PRP copy having different surname.

Which category we need to apply for correction?

We still go to the same DHA office for 1st time issuing ID book or we can get it corrected at near by DHA offices like Centurion etc.

If we submit for correction can we travel with SA ID we have?

Please kindly advise.

 

In Pretoria which are the DHA offices/branches that do I.Ds for PR holders? Does my spouse need to be there, if it's a spousal PR? I hope this is not the case as spouse is away. Anyone who has recent experience, please share. Thank you!

 

I know my sister went to Mabopane

 

I see a few people here who know about PRP holders getting ID's, can someone help explain to me please exactly what does a PRP holder need an ID for? Is it just the convenience?

- e.g. you can't open a Tyme bank without an ID number, but even temporary residents generally can open a bank , so PRP's should be able to as well without an ID at other banks?

- either way you can't vote

- you can get a ZA driver's license without an ID

so what do you definitely need an ID for?

 

Hi,
My understanding is that this is required by law. Once granted permanent residence, you have to be added to the country's population in order to be "visible" like every citizen. You're right about applying for things like drivers licenses and bank s, but that is only up to a certain time limit. You WILL eventually be required to produce an ID book/card after a certain time "or else".

There's an example of foreign national not so long ago, who managed to get high up the corporate ladder at a government agency in the NW once he got his PR. This only went for so long, unfortunately, because it was demanded that he produce an ID. As it turned out, he lost his job and is now fighting deportation in court because it was discovered that his PR was fraudulent. Off the topic, but I was just using the example to illustrate my point.

 

Hello guys, I collected my PRP today. I am now 18. I now need to apply for ID any idea as to what documents are required?

I heard that before the end of the 24/25 financial year they want to start allowing PRP holders and other groups of citizens to apply for SmartID... Is it best to wait for that to come or should i just apply now?

 

You need an ID book to do a lot of stuff in South Africa. Comparing an ID book, the use of your PRP is much limited in your daily life. There are many occassions, people just don't take your PRP as proof of you residency, such as banks.

So if you can, get an ID book as soon as possible when you get your PRP.

In of the Smart ID, you count on what DHA has indicated about their plan in future? Come on, bro.

 

you are right bro... i'm going to apply for ID next week.

 

I managed to apply for my ID today so how long are they usually taking to come out these days?

 

 

Hi
Where did you apply?

 

sharing my recent experience in banking with a PR and no South African ID, only tried with 3 banks fwiw:

- Tyme is a no-go, they only have online / app onboarding which starts with an ID number

- Capitec got my blood boiling, staff at two different branches didn't seem to have a clue what a PRP even is and insisted on seeing a work permit ... once you get past that obstacle they insist on a SA ID, I've confirmed with their client care center which had a more informative reply, but still not helpful in our case, you must have a valid port and residence permit, but also a salary slip / employment letter i.e. it can be done without an ID but then you must be employed, or it can be done without employment, but then you must have an ID

- FNB sorted us out immediately, no problem, without any nonsense about work permits or employment or needing an SA ID

 

Thank you for sharing, brother. Glad to hear that you managed to get joy.

How is the ID application going?

 

Yea i was also thinking of waiting till they allow PR holders to get SmartID but then again I thought why wait for something that might not come. I also need my ID to do a lot of things

 

Good point. I guess it's a matter of what your pressing needs are. If when the time comes you are required to swap the green book for the smart card, then so be it... Some people like the gent on this forum can continue life undisturbed. Others are required to present an ID....

 

Congratulations
It’s was a long waiting gane
But its worth it at last

 

Hi

My son got his PR in October last year, I now want to get his birth cert and id number/book, he's 12. I live in Randburg area, which homeaffairs office should I visit for prompt service?

 

Randburg DHA on Malibongwe

 

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know where PRP holders in Eastern Cape can apply for Green bar coded ID? I went to the port Elizabeth branch in North End yesterday and was told they stopped issuing to Permanent residents and Naturalized citizens since 2022. I was told to try Alice in East London, Fort Beaufort and 2 other places they are far away but I just wanted to know if anyone has recently done their ID's in any of these offices and the requirements?

I have called these offices but they don't answer the phone. Please help 🙏🏾

 

I am having the same issue with you. Mine is a replacement. I misplaced my ID book. I am thinking of going to Grahamstown.

 

DHA cancelled many office for green ID book issuance in the past couple of years. It's now only fewer offices are processing ID book applications.

 

Hi,

I need to apply for my daughter's green ID book. She just turn 16, she has a PRP.
I went to Grahamstown where she is at school. They gave me the same reply as xty4evermore, Alice, Fort Beaufort, and another one I don't .

Please could you give the name of the other 2 xty4evermore?

If someone know, please could you confirm what are the necessary documents to apply for your child's first green ID Book, knowing that the parents and the child are foreigners with PRP's, and parents already have their green ID books.

Thank you

The requirements are just your child's b

Ahh, ok. Thank you, I learned a new thing today. And yes, you're 100% right. Our child is 8 and only has a birth certificate(with her id No. by default). Will only get an ID book once she hits 17.

ID book is at 16.

 

The requirements are just your child's b

ID book is at 16.

Oh, is it 16? Interesting.

 

Good day all.
I got my PR this January 2025 ( Marriage route) . I immediately applied for the Green ID book same January I'm based in Gauteng. I have already waited for 2 Months and not out yet, Just hoping its out soon as its required to do mostly everything. Greetings