Frequently Asked Questions
South African passport and Travel document (adult)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, every South African citizen shall be entitled
to a South African passport.
Requirements for application:
- A duly completed BI-73(application for South African passport),
BI-529 (determination of citizenship status) and BI-9 (to take fingerprinted)
- Submit original and copy of South African current passport.
- Submit 3 photos not more than one (1) month old.
- 1 280 baht for 32 pages and 1 920 baht for 48 pages.
- In case lost/stolen/damaged South African and Travel document. Must
submit police report in English. Translations have to be taken to the
Legalization Division of the Consular Affairs Department in Thailand.
Double fee will be charged in this regard.
Passport photographs specifications
• Width 35 mm x Height 45 mm.
• A close-up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face
• takes up 70-80% of the photograph.
• Of high quality with no ink marks or creases and not damaged.
• Show you looking directly at the camera and your mouth closed.
• Have appropriate brightness and contrast.
• Be printed on high-quality photo paper.
• Show your natural colour .
• Show your eyes open and clearly visible-no hair across your face.
• Show you facing square onto the camera, not looking over one. shoulder (portrait style) or tilted.
• Show both edges of your face clearly.
• Be taken with a light grey or plain cream-coloured background.
• Be taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows or flash reflections on your face and no red-eye.
Show you alone (no chair backs, toys or other people visible).
If you wear glasses
• The photograph must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection off the glasses
• No dark-tinted lenses or heavy frames.
Make sure that the frames do not cover any part of your eyes