South Africans wanting to go to France
Due to technical reasons or busy circunstances, the Visa Section could be closed without prior notice, either forced to limit the number of applications daily accepted.
South Africans wanting to go to France
Due to technical reasons or busy circunstances, the Visa Section could be closed without prior notice, either forced to limit the number of applications daily accepted.
South
Africans wanting to go to France :
THE FRENCH CONSULATE IN JOHANNESBURG INFORMS THAT TEMPORARY PASSPORTS ARE NOT VALID ANYMORE TO GO TO FRANCE .
Since march 25th 2001 the short stay visas issued by the Consulate General of France in Johannesburg and the Consulate of France in Cape Town are Schengen visas, valid for fifteen countries : Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden.Where to apply for a Schengen visa ?
If you intend to visit only one Schengen country, you must apply at the Embassy or Consulate of that country.
If you intend to visit several Schengen countries, you must apply for a visa at the Embassy or Consulate of the country that is your main destination/ longest stay.
If you intend to visit several countries but do not have a main destination, you should apply for a visa at the Embassy or Consulate of the country of your first point of entry.
• If you live in GAUTENG, FREE-STATE, KWAZULU-NATAL, MPUMALANGA, NORTHERN PROVINCE, or NORTH-WEST, you have to go to the Consulate General of France in Johannesburg :
Address : Opening Hours : Details : 191 Jan Smuts Avenue, cnr 7th Avenue
Standard Bank Building 3rd Floor
Parktown North 2196
8h30- 12h00
(without appointment)
Tel. : 011 778 56 00
Fax : 011 778 56 02
E-mail : Visas.JOHANNESBURG-FSLT@diplomatie.gouv.fr* : Due to technical reasons or busy circunstances, the Visa Section could be closed without prior notice, either forced to limit the number of applications daily accepted.
• If you live in WESTERN CAPE, EASTERN CAPE or NORTHERN CAPE, you have to go to the Consulate of France in Cape Town :
Address : Details : 78 Queen Victoria Street
Gardens - CAPE TOWN 8001
Tel.: 021 674 40 68 or 69
Fax.: 021 671 31 09Take note : If you wish to go to a French Department or Territory abroad (Reunion, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, French Polynesia, New Caledonia) or to Mayotte, you must apply for a special visa which is not the same as the Schengen one.