The Department of Home Affairs wishes to announce the closure of the Zimbabwean Special Permit application process by end of business today, 31 December 2014.
In line with the announcement made by Minister Malusi Gigaba on 12 August 2014, the closure of the ZSP application process also marks the expiry date of the old Dispensation for Zimbabwean Project (ZSP). This means that ZSP permits whose expiry dates were beyond 31 December 2014 have been brought forward to today. In this regard, 245 000 ZSP holders were eligible to apply for the ZSP.
Upon announcing the ZSP, we also brought on board VFS as a partner and established ten ZSP centers to facilitate this process as part of expanding our footprint in pursuance of heightened levels of service delivery.
We wish to announce that as of Tuesday, 30 December 2014, 207 802 applications had been received while 198 840 appointments had been booked through VFS.
We wish to extend our gratitude to all eligible Zimbabweans who participated in this process as well as to VFS who played an integral role in assisting the Department of Home Affairs in reaching this milestone.
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Mayihlome Tshwete
Cell: 072 869 2477
Thabo Mokgola
Cell: 060 962 4982
