how long does it take to get your smart id card
When the Department begins to roll out the Smart ID Card, it will be issued to 16 year olds who apply for IDs and to pensioners. It will also be issued to South Africans who re-apply for their IDs.We will thereafter be issuing IDs to South Africans by the year of their birth.t is envisaged that the new smartcard process will take only three days, whereas the turnaround time on the old green barcoded ID was about 54 days after application. The Department of Home Affairs has said that it is likely to be able to produce three million ID cards a year.