# The Department of Home Affairs has announced the launch of doorstep passport delivery for South Africans living abroad, starting 1 November. Minister Leon Schreiber unveiled the initiative in The Hague, Netherlands, as part of the department’s ‘Home Affairs at Home’ reform. The new service reduces passport processing times from 18-months to just five weeks and allows courier delivery in 18 global cities. Fees range between 521-rand and one-thousand-and-43-rand, with rollout to South Africa planned next.
Home Affairs launches doorstep passport delivery for South Africans abroad