South Africans living in Australia and New Zealand can now avail passport, ID, and birth registration services with ease

• VFS Global expands passport, ID, and birth registration service capabilities with new renewal centres for South African citizens inAucklandandWellingtoninNew ZealandandSydneyandMelbourneinAustralia
• VFS Global is the official outsourcing partner for the DHA Services Centre for consular services inAustraliaandNew Zealandfor the Republic ofSouth Africa

AUCKLAND, New ZealandandSYDNEY,July 23, 2025/PRNewswire/ --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 inAustraliaandNew Zealandwith newly opened centres inAucklandandWellingtoninNew ZealandandSydneyandMelbourneinAustralia.

The DHA Services Centre inAuckland(New Zealand) was inaugurated on15 July 2025by H.E. Mr. Johnny Sexwale, South African High Commissioner toNew Zealandon behalf of the Minister of Home Affairs, while theSydneyandMelbourne(Australia) were inaugurated on16 July 2025and18 July 2025, respectively, by Honourable Minister of Home Affairs for the Republic of South Africa Dr.Leon Schreiber. The DHA Services Centre inWellingtonhas also started operations.

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.

Jiten Vyas, Chief Commercial Officer, VFS Global, added,"We would like to thank the Department of Home Affairs in the Republic ofSouth Africafor its continued faith in us. Our focus and commitment will be to provide world-class service to the South African diaspora inAustraliaandNew Zealandto ease the passport renewal process for South African nationals."

Australia:

• Melbourne: Level 5, 332 St Kilda Road,Melbourne3004
• Sydney: Level 6, 88 Pitt Street,Sydney, NSW 2000
• Business hours:9AM to 5PM

New Zealand:

• Auckland: Huawei Center, Level 8, 120 Albert Street, Auckland CBD,Auckland1010
• Wellington: Level 6, 50 Manners Street, Te Aro,Wellington6011
• Business hours:9AM to 4PM

For more, visit:

• Australia:https://services.vfsglobal.com/aus/en/zap 
• New Zealand:https://services.vfsglobal.com/nzl/en/zap/ 

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SOURCE VFS Global