Department of Home Affairs South Africa

The Department of Home Affairs offers many services to the citizens of South Africa, as well as foreigners who wish to visit, work or stay in South Africa. The Department’s core functions are:

Civic Services

• Maintaining the National Population Register (NPR)
• Managing the birth, marriage and death records
• Determining and granting citizenship
• Issuing travel documents and passports
• Issuing identity documents (ID)

Immigration

• Administering admissions into the country
• Determining the residency status of foreigners and issuing permits thereof
• Custodianship of refugee affairs
• Inspectorate
• Policy directives