Identity
Identity & Documents. ID capture. Home Affairs check. Auto-file.
Tshomi verifies South African ID numbers against Home Affairs, chases missing documents in-language, and files everything under the correct participant record.
Identity
Unsplash · @rocinante_11
Headline figure
99.2%
ID verification accuracy
Home Affairs XDS
Every event on this module leaves an audit-trail row exportable as JSON.
99.2%
ID verification accuracy
Home Affairs XDS
< 2m
Median doc chase → receipt
Live instance · rolling 30 days
0
Manual filings
Since Jun 2026
Automation
What Tshomi does automatically.
ID photo → OCR → Home Affairs check
Missing-document reminders in-language
Filing under participant + programme
Encryption at rest
Flow
Step by step.
1
Capture
Photo of ID via WhatsApp.
2
OCR
Number and surname extracted.
3
Verify
Cross-referenced against Home Affairs.
4
File
Saved to participant record, encrypted.
1
Capture
Photo of ID via WhatsApp.
2
OCR
Number and surname extracted.
3
Verify
Cross-referenced against Home Affairs.
4
File
Saved to participant record, encrypted.
Sample conversation
What the participant actually sees.
Tshomi · WhatsApp · in-language
Ndicela iphoto ye-ID yakho ecacileyo — icala eliphambili nje.