The document details an individual's experience applying for a South African passport in March 2015 at the Home Affairs office in Belville, Cape Town. It took 22 minutes to fill out the carbon-copy application form and pay the R400 fee for a standard 26-page passport. The passport was issued within 8 working days and a text was received confirming it was ready for collection within 11 working days total. The experience applying and receiving the passport is described as fast, efficient, and friendly.

1. Getting a South African
Passport
March 2015

2. Date of application
• 16th March 2015
• Belville, Cape Town Home Affairs
• Carbon-copy type form (hence unavailable
on-line) filled in using black ink
• Need place of birth, ID No., date of birth
• 22 minutes from opening time to payment

3. Price of RSA passport
• R400 for a normal one having 26 pages
for Visas.
• (R800 for a maxi passport – no idea how
many Visa pages).

4. Date passport issued
• 31 March 2015
• 8 working days to be issued ☺
• 11 working days to get the sms ☺

5. Passport collected
• Overall experience:
– Fast, efficient and friendly
Belville now opens at 8am! It was 7:30am
when I applied.
And yes dude in the yellow shirt – you do have
to wait till it opens, its called a queue, so join
it.