NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 864
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 03 May 2013
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 14 of 2013
Mr M Mnqasela (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
Does she intend to privatise the services of (a) permanent and (b)
temporary residence permit applications and (c) other related services; if
so, (i) who are the service providers in each case and (ii) what is the
estimated cost of this privatisation?
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REPLY:
(a) to (c) No. The Department of Home Affairs does not intend to
privatise the services of permanent residence permit and
temporary residence permit applications or other related
services. However, the Department is in the process of
appointing a service provider who will collect the applications
on behalf of the Department at the front end. The processing and
adjudication of applications will still be done by the
Department.
(c)(i) The supply chain management process is not yet finalised. The
Department of Home Affairs at this stage does not know who the
service providers would be.
(c)(ii) There are no costs anticipated for the Department. The costs
for the services rendered by the service provider will be
covered from the revenue collected i.e. the administrative fees
payable by applicants when submitting their applications.