When I arrived at 16:30, unfortunately and to my shock, NO PASSPORT! I pleaded with the supervisor t

Due to fly out to Kenya on the 8th October, Lazanne budget car rental coupons realised at the last minute that her passport was sitting with the UK Border Agency for a Visa for her trip to London on 26 October. That means she had less than 24 hours until departing South Africa and no passport!
I woke up the morning before my trip to Kenya and realised that my passport was with the UK Border Agency budget car rental coupons as I had handed it over to them for my UK Visa. I immediately went to Home Affairs in Barrack Street, Cape Town .
At Home Affairs you need to inform the person at the information desk the reason for your visit. You will be given the appropriate application form and a unique number for your application which will eventually be called out. You then need to take these documents with you to the correct application desk – it's a fairly simple and efficient procedure.
2 passport budget car rental coupons photos and your SA ID, as well as a written motivation stating why you need the temporary passport. Don t worry about writing the motivation beforehand as they will give you an additional form to complete at Home Affairs.
On the Home Affairs website budget car rental coupons they state that it may take up to 1 week. My experience however was different to what I read on their website. My application was submitted at 9am and was I told to collect my temporary passport at 16:30pm on the same day. I asked whether I should call to confirm that it s ready but was advised that there s no need to call, and I was assured it would be ready by then. I couldn t believe my luck after all the panic.
When I arrived at 16:30, unfortunately and to my shock, NO PASSPORT! I pleaded with the supervisor to track my passport and told her that my flight to Nairobi departs Cape Town International at 7am the next morning, so I desperately needed it. The supervisor was kind and very helpful unlike the staff I spoke to before getting hold of her. She went the extra mile to check the passport storage room on another floor and which she has no access to, but she went anyway to see if anyone was still there. This all happened after closing hours and when most of the staff had already gone home. She then found that the person who processed my application failed to give me one very important document budget car rental coupons to sign and that was the reason why my passport wasn t ready. She advised me to be there at 7:30 the next morning and she will personally ensure that my passport is ready for collection.
I travelled to Kenya and there were no restrictions, but there are certain countries that will refuse entry with to travellers with a temporary passport. budget car rental coupons Home Affairs advises you to confirm with the individual country authorities.
A temporary passport is valid for 12 months. The Home Affairs website states budget car rental coupons that a new passport must already have been applied for before a temporary passport application can be lodged, but if you have a good enough reason, budget car rental coupons like mine, then they will gladly assist budget car rental coupons and you ll get your temporary budget car rental coupons passport on the same day. Just make sure all your docs are signed!
Please note that Home Affairs ONLY accepts cash! My mind filled with utter astonishment while handing budget car rental coupons over my cheque card at the payments counter and the lady rudely glared at me because budget car rental coupons I was supposed to know that!
Thanks for this article, I had the exact same experience, sent my passport in to apply for a visa for India and only realised that I m travelling in 2 days to Nairobi aswell.temporary passports can be given on the same day in emergency situations, I seem to have everything sorted, going to pick it up later today.
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