The pandemic has resulted in many changes to the way we live and travel, as well as substantially impacting the administrative processing of personal and travel documents in South Africa and around the world. Level 1 lockdown came into effect in South Africa from 1 October 2021, coinciding with the reopening of offices of the Department of Home Affairs. There have been numerous recent developments and guidelines regarding the processes around domestic and international travel, in addition to the resumption of Home Affairs services. These developments are summarised below. International and dom...