{"id":28425,"date":"2025-07-23T19:58:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hotelsalepage.com\/feed\/cision-pr-newswire\/south-africans-living-in-australia-and-new-zealand-can-now-avail-passport-id-and-birth-registration-services-with-ease\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T19:58:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:58:34","slug":"south-africans-living-in-australia-and-new-zealand-can-now-avail-passport-id-and-birth-registration-services-with-ease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=28425","title":{"rendered":"South Africans living in Australia and New Zealand can now avail passport, ID, and birth registration services with ease"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><i>VFS Global expands passport, ID, and birth registration service capabilities with new renewal centres for South African citizens in <span class=\"xn-location\">Auckland<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Wellington<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Sydney<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Melbourne<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>VFS Global is the official outsourcing partner for the DHA Services Centre for consular services in <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span> for the Republic of <span class=\"xn-location\">South Africa<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">AUCKLAND, New Zealand<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">SYDNEY<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">July 23, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; <b>With many South African nationals residing outside of their home country, the need for easy direct access to government and consular services is becoming more imperative than ever before. To deliver this service, the Home Affairs Department has extended its partnership with VFS Global to launch passports, ID, and birth registration services in <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span> with newly opened centres in <span class=\"xn-location\">Auckland<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Wellington<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Sydney<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Melbourne<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>.<\/b><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">   <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2736723\/Ribbon_Cutting_Sydney.jpg?p=medium600\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Inauguration of South Africa DHA Services Centre in Sydney by Honourable Minister of Home Affairs for the Republic of South Africa Dr. Leon Schreiber (first from right)\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2736723\/Ribbon_Cutting_Sydney.jpg?p=medium600\" alt=\"Inauguration of South Africa DHA Services Centre in Sydney by Honourable Minister of Home Affairs for the Republic of South Africa Dr. Leon Schreiber (first from right)\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/a>   <br \/>   <span>Inauguration of South Africa DHA Services Centre in Sydney by Honourable Minister of Home Affairs for the Republic of South Africa Dr. Leon Schreiber (first from right)<\/span>  <\/div>\n<p>The DHA Services Centre in <span class=\"xn-location\">Auckland<\/span> (<span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span>) was inaugurated on <span class=\"xn-chron\">15 July 2025<\/span> by H.E. Mr. Johnny Sexwale, South African High Commissioner to <span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span> on behalf of the Minister of Home Affairs, while the <span class=\"xn-location\">Sydney<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Melbourne<\/span> (<span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>) were inaugurated on <span class=\"xn-chron\">16 July 2025<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-chron\">18 July 2025<\/span>, respectively, by Honourable Minister of Home Affairs for the Republic of South Africa Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Leon Schreiber<\/span>. The DHA Services Centre in <span class=\"xn-location\">Wellington<\/span> has also started operations.<\/p>\n<p>By leveraging scalable and intuitively designed services in the passport application and consular services domain, VFS Global delivers on a range of key requirements from online appointment booking and customer support to front-office services, biometric enrolment and doorstep return-delivery of passports and other documentation requirements.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Jiten Vyas<\/span>, Chief Commercial Officer, VFS Global<\/b>, added, <i>&#8220;We would like to thank the Department of Home Affairs in the Republic of <span class=\"xn-location\">South Africa<\/span> for its continued faith in us. Our focus and commitment will be to provide world-class service to the South African diaspora in <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span> to ease the passport renewal process for South African nationals.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Melbourne<\/span>: Level 5, 332 St Kilda Road, <span class=\"xn-location\">Melbourne<\/span> 3004<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Sydney<\/span>: Level 6, 88 Pitt Street, <span class=\"xn-location\">Sydney<\/span>, NSW 2000<\/li>\n<li>Business hours: <span class=\"xn-chron\">9AM to 5PM<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span>: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Auckland<\/span>: Huawei Center, Level 8, 120 Albert Street, Auckland CBD, <span class=\"xn-location\">Auckland<\/span> 1010<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Wellington<\/span>: Level 6, 50 Manners Street, Te Aro, <span class=\"xn-location\">Wellington<\/span> 6011<\/li>\n<li>Business hours: <span class=\"xn-chron\">9AM to 4PM<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>For more, visit:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/services.vfsglobal.com\/aus\/en\/zap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/services.vfsglobal.com\/aus\/en\/zap<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/services.vfsglobal.com\/nzl\/en\/zap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/services.vfsglobal.com\/nzl\/en\/zap\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><i>VFS Global expands passport, ID, and birth registration service capabilities with new renewal centres for South African citizens in <span class=\"xn-location\">Auckland<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Wellington<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Sydney<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Melbourne<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>VFS Global is the official outsourcing partner for the DHA Services Centre for consular services in <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span> for the Republic of <span class=\"xn-location\">South Africa<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">AUCKLAND, New Zealand<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">SYDNEY<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">July 23, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; <b>With many South African nationals residing outside of their home country, the need for easy direct access to government and consular services is becoming more imperative than ever before. To deliver this service, the Home Affairs Department has extended its partnership with VFS Global to launch passports, ID, and birth registration services in <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span> with newly opened centres in <span class=\"xn-location\">Auckland<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Wellington<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Sydney<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Melbourne<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>.<\/b><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">   <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2736723\/Ribbon_Cutting_Sydney.jpg?p=medium600\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Inauguration of South Africa DHA Services Centre in Sydney by Honourable Minister of Home Affairs for the Republic of South Africa Dr. Leon Schreiber (first from right)\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2736723\/Ribbon_Cutting_Sydney.jpg?p=medium600\" alt=\"Inauguration of South Africa DHA Services Centre in Sydney by Honourable Minister of Home Affairs for the Republic of South Africa Dr. Leon Schreiber (first from right)\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/a>   <br \/>   <span>Inauguration of South Africa DHA Services Centre in Sydney by Honourable Minister of Home Affairs for the Republic of South Africa Dr. Leon Schreiber (first from right)<\/span>  <\/div>\n<p>The DHA Services Centre in <span class=\"xn-location\">Auckland<\/span> (<span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span>) was inaugurated on <span class=\"xn-chron\">15 July 2025<\/span> by H.E. Mr. Johnny Sexwale, South African High Commissioner to <span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span> on behalf of the Minister of Home Affairs, while the <span class=\"xn-location\">Sydney<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Melbourne<\/span> (<span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>) were inaugurated on <span class=\"xn-chron\">16 July 2025<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-chron\">18 July 2025<\/span>, respectively, by Honourable Minister of Home Affairs for the Republic of South Africa Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Leon Schreiber<\/span>. The DHA Services Centre in <span class=\"xn-location\">Wellington<\/span> has also started operations.<\/p>\n<p>By leveraging scalable and intuitively designed services in the passport application and consular services domain, VFS Global delivers on a range of key requirements from online appointment booking and customer support to front-office services, biometric enrolment and doorstep return-delivery of passports and other documentation requirements.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Jiten Vyas<\/span>, Chief Commercial Officer, VFS Global<\/b>, added, <i>&#8220;We would like to thank the Department of Home Affairs in the Republic of <span class=\"xn-location\">South Africa<\/span> for its continued faith in us. Our focus and commitment will be to provide world-class service to the South African diaspora in <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span> to ease the passport renewal process for South African nationals.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Melbourne<\/span>: Level 5, 332 St Kilda Road, <span class=\"xn-location\">Melbourne<\/span> 3004<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Sydney<\/span>: Level 6, 88 Pitt Street, <span class=\"xn-location\">Sydney<\/span>, NSW 2000<\/li>\n<li>Business hours: <span class=\"xn-chron\">9AM to 5PM<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span>: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Auckland<\/span>: Huawei Center, Level 8, 120 Albert Street, Auckland CBD, <span class=\"xn-location\">Auckland<\/span> 1010<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Wellington<\/span>: Level 6, 50 Manners Street, Te Aro, <span class=\"xn-location\">Wellington<\/span> 6011<\/li>\n<li>Business hours: <span class=\"xn-chron\">9AM to 4PM<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>For more, visit:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/services.vfsglobal.com\/aus\/en\/zap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/services.vfsglobal.com\/aus\/en\/zap<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/services.vfsglobal.com\/nzl\/en\/zap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/services.vfsglobal.com\/nzl\/en\/zap\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cision-pr-newswire","category-cision-pr-newswire-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}