How much are South African passports in 2024?

South African passport price hike

Passport prices are certainly not what they used to be, with the last hike seeing a 50% price change in 2022.

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As reported by Business Tech, the Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi, accounted for the steep jump in prices as a result of the last change being a whole decade ago – also noting that South African passports were three times cheaper than many other countries.

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How much are they?

Accordingly, the fee adjustments for South African passports and other official travel documents came into effect on 1 November 2022. Here’s how much South African citizens have to fork out:

• Adult tourist passports are R600 for 32 pages
• Maxi tourist passports costs R1 200 for 48 pages
• Child passports are R600
• Official passports are R600
• Diplomatic passports R600
• Documents for travel purposes are R600
• Crew member certificates are R600.

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Meanwhile, application fees for SA passports or travel document made outside the country at Missions, Embassies or Consulates, are as follows:

• For adult tourist passports it will cost R1 200 for 32 pages
• For adult maxi tourist passports it will cost R2 400 for 48 pages
• For child passports it will cost R1 200
• Emergency travel certificates will cost R140.

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