--- title: Home affairs to move all visa processing online | daily.dev description: South Africa's Department of Home Affairs is transitioning all visa processing to its Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) system, eliminating manual... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/home-affairs-to-move-all-visa-processing-online-150ijarvc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Home affairs to move all visa processing online | daily.dev og:description: South Africa's Department of Home Affairs is transitioning all visa processing to its Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) system, eliminating manual... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/home-affairs-to-move-all-visa-processing-online-150ijarvc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/150IJarVC.png og:image:alt: Home affairs to move all visa processing online og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Home affairs to move all visa processing online **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary South Africa's Department of Home Affairs is transitioning all visa processing to its Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) system, eliminating manual paper-based processing at missions abroad. The move, announced by minister Leon Schreiber, aims to cover tourist visas first, then study visas, and eventually all visa categories by 2029. The ETA uses machine learning for document verification and biometric facial matching. The shift follows an SIU investigation uncovering widespread visa fraud by a small number of officials exploiting the manual system, resulting in 20 dismissals and cancellation of over 2,000 fraudulently issued study visas. The department also plans to expand facial recognition to all international airports and build a broader digital ID system backed by an 'intelligent population register'. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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