SOUTH AFRICAN HIGH COMMISSION IN LONDON NO
LONGER ACCEPTING “WALK IN” APPLICATIONS
With effect from the 5th June 2006 no
further “walk in” applications will be accepted by the Consular
Section at the High Commission in London.
The High Commission have further advised that with effect from that
date the following services will be received by appointment ONLY:
Passports;
Registrations of Birth;
Applications for Retention of South African Citizenship Status;
Applications for Exemptions from the Loss of South African Citizenship Status;
Visas/Visitors permits;
Temporary residence permits in all categories.
Please note that applications for
other services not listed above can only be made by mail and this
includes permanent residence applications.
Appointments have to be made seven working days before a persons
visit to the offices of the High Commission.
Appointments can be made in any of the following ways:
By way of e-mail at the e-mail address appointments@rsaconsulate.co.uk;
By way of telephone at telephone number (020) 7925 8916. This telephone is unmanned and you will be required to leave a message giving the following particularity:
Surname;
Forenames;
Date of birth;
E-mail address;
Type of designated service requested;
Suggested date of appointment.
The Consular office will confirm
appointments, according to their website, and respond by either
e-mail or return call or text message within 24 hours (excluding
weekends and public holidays) of the request for an appointment.
By way of telefax on the High Commission’s telephone number at
(020) 7925 8930/32.
The High Commission have indicated that they will shortly have an
online web based appointment system.
Appointments can also be made in person when the applicant uplifts
the forms from the Embassy and once the appointment has been set,
the applicant will be informed accordingly.
We are still offering a free assessment of viability of all
applications for temporary and permanent residence in South Africa
at www.immigration.org.za
and in respect of South African citizenship matters at
www.citizenship.co.za.
We will continue to endeavour to keep you informed of all
developments in respect of immigration and citizenship law as these
developments happen. You are welcome to contact us be e-mail and/or
telephonically with any enquiries you may have.
Julian Pokroy has been practicing immigration law as a specialist
practitioner for his own account or in partnership since 1980 but
has been involved in immigration law since 1970.
During this period he has served on the Immigrants Selection Board
of the Department of Home Affairs from January 1993 to December
1996, served on the Parliamentary Task Group which drew the Green
Paper on International Migration in 1996, is a member of the
Immigration Advisory Board to the Minister of Home Affairs and has
chaired the Immigration and Refugee Law Committee of the Law Society
of South Africa since its inception and for the last five years has
chaired the Law Society of the Northern Provinces Immigration,
Nationality and Refugee Law Committee.”
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