LOST/STOLEN PASSPORTS If a passport is stolen or lost on campus, the incidence must be reported to Campus Control as well as the police in order to get an affidavit. The Wits International Office will then issue the student with a copy of the passport (the page containing your personal details and passport number) and a copy of the study visa. The student should then proceed to their embassy to apply for a new passport. As soon as the passport is available, the student should go to Home Affairs to obtain a study visa.
Documents required are: new passport, affidavit, copy of stolen passport and Study Visa
PASSPORT RENEWALS Passport renewals are done at the Embassy, High Commission or Consulate of your home country in South Africa. Once you have received your new passport, the following should be submitted to the Department of Home Affairs to transfer your valid visa:
Complete form BI1739
Form to be completed in black ink only
Confirmation of registration from faculty
Your application for transfer of a Study Visa needs to be signed and stamped by arepresentative in the Wits International Office before it is submitted to the Department of Home Affairs. Though the WIO will make copies of these documents for your student file, it is advised that you retain a set of the documents for your own records
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