GEORGE NEWS -The George Municipal Licensing Department will now open its doors on every second Saturday, to accommodate clients who need to renew their motor vehicle licenses.
The extended service hours are specifically for car licenses that expires annually, for which vehicle owners get a 21 days grace period to make a payment. No other services will be offered on these specific dates.
The Saturday dates have been scheduled with the public's needs taken into consideration, at month-end and before the expiry of the 21 day grace period.
6 and 20 May; 3 and 24 June; 1 and 22 July; 5 and 19 August; 2 and 16 September; 7 and 21 October; 4 and 18 November; and 2 December.
Driving licence testing centre in Mission Street, Pacaltsdorp: 08:00 - 15:00. All members of the public present in the building before 15:00 will be able to complete their transactions.
Motor vehicle registration offices, next to the George Train Station in Hibernia Street: 8:00 - 15:30. (On Wednesdays the opening time is 8:30 for compulsory internal training of e-Natis transactions). Both offices operate during lunch hour. Please contact 044 801 9310 for further information.
Make sure you know about Fica
The George Municipality remind all motorists of the Fica regulations that are currently in operation and appeal to vehicle owners to contact the George Traffic (licensing department) if they are unsure of what documentation they need for specific transactions.The Fica process is the verification of personal information and address in terms of Regulation 32A of the National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000 (Fica). It is national law that motorists must verify all personal information and address with any motor vehicle or driving license transaction.
This follows the promulgation of regulation 32A of the National Road Traffic Regulations (NRTR) on 31 October 2015.
What this means is that any person or body of persons (companies or organisations) must submit proof of full names, identity or business number and residential and postal address before any registering authority can issue a motor vehicle license disc or operator card. If any person has not gone through the Fica process, there is a clerk available at the motor vehicle licensing department to assist you with this.
Because of the many different scenarios associated with registering and re-reregistering vehicle owners are urged to contact the licensing department on 044 801 9310.
• In person with identity document, passport, traffic register (original or copy)
• Proof of address for Fica purposes
• The necessary finances
• Authorisation letter stating the registration number and the authorization of the person doing the transaction (the person's full names)
• In the case of a married couple, a spouse doing the transaction can bring their marriage certificate and this will be sufficient prove as permission.
• In the case of husband and wife, a marriage certificate is acceptable as evidence to confirm the relationship between the two residents.
• Fica is being done annually and proof of addresses should be served at each renewal.
The new regulations will require each person to provide proof of (full names and identity number) and residential and postal addresses for verification when there is a change of person or change of address or with the first application that is being made for a NaTIS service at a registering authority or driving license testing centre.
• Proof of full names and identity or business number and verification documents
• Temporary RSA identity certificate
• RSA identity document
• RSA identity card
• Valid RSA passport
• Foreign country identity document
• Traffic Register Number (TRN) certificate issued by the National Traffic Information System (NaTIS) in terms of the National Road Traffic Act if the TRN for a private individual must be accompanied by a valid source document in the form of an unexpired Refugee ID (BI-1707)
• Foreign passport
• Work permit or study permit
• Certificate of incorporation or name change of a company
• Founding statement or certificate of name change of a close corporation.
• Utility account (water, electricity, sewerage or refuse removal)
• Bank / Financial statement
• Municipal rates and taxes invoice
• Telephone account (landline or cell phone account)
• Official correspondence from South African Revenue Services (Sars)
• Correspondence from a body corporate or share-block association
• Retail store statement of account / invoice
• Letter from the administration department for applicants living in any type of residence (e.g. a hostel or barracks)
• Letter with an official date stamp from the educational institution, or the residence, hostel or boarding house confirming student residence
• Letter with an official date stamp from the Ward Councillor or Local Tribal Authority confirming the postal and residential address for an applicant who resides at an informal settlement or rural area
• A mortgage statement from a financial institution
• A lease agreement (signed by both parties)
• An official tax return / tax assessment
• A recent short-term or long term insurance policy document or renewal letter
• A valid television license document
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