{"id":120311,"date":"2016-04-14T12:49:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T10:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=120311"},"modified":"2016-04-14T12:49:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T10:49:07","slug":"get-your-smart-id-cards-from-these-bank-branches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/120311\/get-your-smart-id-cards-from-these-bank-branches\/","title":{"rendered":"Get your Smart ID cards from these bank branches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Home Affairs has <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dha.gov.za\/index.php\/statements-speeches\/757-statement-by-home-affairs-director-general-mkuseli-apleni-at-the-media-briefing-convened-to-present-an-update-on-ehomeaffairs-applications-pretoria-13-april-2016\" target=\"_blank\">provided a list<\/a><\/strong> of 11 bank branches which support the eHomeAffairs portal\u2019s Smart ID and passport application process.<\/p>\n<p>The department launched the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/government\/160910-get-your-smart-id-card-online-ehomeaffairs-launched.html\"><strong>Smart ID and passport applications website<\/strong><\/a> on 7 April, and invited South African citizens between 30 and 35 to use it.<\/p>\n<p>Home Affairs said its focus is currently on Gauteng and Canal Walk in the Western Cape, and asked citizens outside these areas not to use the site until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>Between 7 April and 13 April, 4,088 citizens registered through the online portal, said Home Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Of those, 140 online applications were successfully processed.<\/p>\n<p>The list of supported bank branches is posted below.<\/p>\n<p>FNB Towers was not mentioned in\u00a0the\u00a0listing, but it was one of FNB\u2019s pilot locations for the eHomeAffairs system.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"40%\">Branch<\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"20%\">City<\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"40%\">Address<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ABSA Centurion Lifestyle<\/td>\n<td><strong>Centurion<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Centurion Lifestyle Centre, c\/o Old Johannesburg Road &amp; Lenchen Ave<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ABSA Towers North<\/td>\n<td><strong>Johannesburg<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>180 Commissioner Street, Johannesburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ABSA Ghandi Square<\/td>\n<td><strong>Johannesburg<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Ghandi Square, Johannesburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FNB Towers<\/td>\n<td><strong>Johannesburg<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Civic Towers, 41 Stiemens St, Johannesburg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FNB Menlyn Square<\/td>\n<td><strong>Pretoria<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>c\/o Lois Ave and Gobie Street, Newlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FNB Merchant Place, Rivonia,<\/td>\n<td><strong>Johannesburg<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>4 Merchant Place, Cnr Rivonia Road and Fredman Drive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FNB Centurion Lifestyle<\/td>\n<td><strong>Centurion<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Centurion Lifestyle Centre, c\/o Old Johannesburg Road &amp; Lenchen Ave<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Standard Bank Centurion<\/td>\n<td><strong>Centurion<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Standard Bank Building, 1263 Embankment Rd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Standard Bank Killarney, Rosebank<\/td>\n<td><strong>Johannesburg<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Killarney Mall, c\/o Riviera Road and Killarney Ave<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Standard Bank Canal Walk, Cape Town<\/td>\n<td><strong>Cape Town<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Shop 599LL, Canal Walk Shopping Centre, Century City Dr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nedbank Rivonia<\/td>\n<td><strong>Johannesburg<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Rivonia Village, c\/o 9th and Rivonia Blvd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nedbank Lakeview, Roodepoort<\/td>\n<td><strong>Johannesburg<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>16 Constantia Dr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/119351\/home-affairs-launches-online-id-application-pilot\/\"><strong>Home Affairs launches online ID application system<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/119149\/apply-for-your-smart-id-card-online-from-thursday\/\">Apply for your Smart ID card online from Thursday<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to South African Smart ID applications head online\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/116706\/south-african-smart-id-applications-head-online\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">South African Smart ID applications head online<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Absa now supports smart ID applications at its branches\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/114306\/absa-joins-pilot-for-smart-id-applications-at-its-branches\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Absa now supports smart ID applications at its branches<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Affairs has provided a list of 11 bank branches which support the eHomeAffairs portal\u2019s Smart ID and passport application process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":114308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-120311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-active"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120311"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120323,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120311\/revisions\/120323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}