Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The South African smart identity card – known as a Smart ID Card – replaces the old green bar-coded identity book. [1] Both are identity documents that serve as proof of a person's identity. This proof includes a person's photograph , their full name , their date of birth , their place of birth , and their unique identity number .
South Africa: South African identity card: Compulsory for citizens 16 and older, and compulsory for all non-citizen permanent residents. The older form of Identity Document, in the form of a green booklet, began being phased out in 2013. [91]
The front of the South African Smart ID The reverse of the South African Smart ID. South African citizens aged 15 years and 6 months or older are eligible for an ID card. The South African identity document is not valid as a travel document or valid for use outside South Africa.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
South African identity card Explanation of identity number in a South African identity document during apartheid. In South Africa every citizen must apply for an Identity Card from the age of 16 years. The ID number is already allocated at the time the birth certificate is generated and required for child passport applications.
A South African passport (also colloquially referred to as the 'Green Mamba' [3] or the 'Biltong Book' [4] by South Africans) is a travel document issued to citizens of South Africa for the purpose of international travel.
Don’t have an AOL subscription yet? Sign up today and come back to manage all of your subscriptions in a single location. Check out all of the available AOL products and services below.
Parliament of South Africa: Assented to by: Governor-General Gideon Brand van Zyl: Royal assent: 22 June 1950: Commenced: 7 July 1950: Repealed: 28 June 1991: Administered by: Minister of the Interior: Repealed by; Population Registration Act Repeal Act, 1991: Status: Repealed