(You can, if you want, renew your passport immediately on receiving it. Itâs your money.) If your passport is nearing expiration and you anticipate traveling in the near future, you should renew your passport far enough before your travels that you will have the renewed passport in hand before you depart.
The Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (Act No. 2 of 2000) is commonly referred to as PAIA. PAIA gives legislative effect to the right of access to information in accordance with section 32 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (the Constitution).Both private and public bodies have a duty to provide the access to the requested records, unless specifically refused in terms of PAIA.AIA gives legislative effect to the right of access to information in accordance with section 32 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (the Constitution). Both private and public bodies have a duty to provide the access to the requested records, unless specifically refused in terms of PAIA.
2.2 How long does an organisation have to respond to my access request? According to the Act, an access request must be responded to within 40 days from the date you make the access request. Until 40 days are up, we cannot investigate this matter. If you receive no reply or are unhappy with the response, at that stage you can submit a complaint to this office.