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Identification Act, 1997 (Act No. 68 of 1997)

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Identification Regulations, 1998

15. Fees

 

The following fees are payable in the respective cases:

 

(a) Issuing of first Identity Document.

Free

 
(b) Re-issuing of Identity Document.

R140.00

However, the re-issuing of an identity document is free of charge in cases proven to be Departmental errors;

 
(c) Issuing of a temporary identity certificate.

R70.00

 
(d) Furnishing of information from the population register on magnetic tape or similar format in accordance with the provisions of section 21(2) of the Act.

(i) any person, organisation, body, society or institution who requests such information (either “bio” or “non-bio”) to be provided in real-time

R10.00 (Ten Rand) per transaction
(ii) any person, organisation, body, society or institution who requests such information in batches which will not be provided in real-time

R1.00 (One Rand) per verification field requested, calculated on the number of input requests received and not on the output responses provided; and
(iii) any State department, municipality or statutory body

No fee per transaction or transactions

 
(f) Frame of four black and white photos taken for an identity document by the Department.

R40.00

 

[Regulation 15(d) substituted by regulation 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Regulations by Notice No. 6336 of GG52893, dated 23 June 2025 - shall come into operation on 01 July 2025]