Welcome to the web pages of the Home Affairs Consular Section.The Home Affairs Consular section is an attached Department which falls under the auspices of the South African High Commission, London. We however represent the Department of Home Affairs in respect of all functional maters.

The Consular section essentially deals with two types of clients:

• South African Citizen living in the UK who require services such as application for identity documents, passports, registration of births, copies of marriage, birth and death certificates. Click on the link above for South African citizens.
  
  
  
• Foreign nationals who want to visit South Africa either temporary or permanently can click on Foreign Citizens
  
  

Opening hours are:

• The office dealing with South African passport holders will be opened from 8:45 AM to 12:45 PM Monday to Friday except on public holidays.
  
  
• The office dealing with Foreign passport holders will be opened from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Monday to Friday except on public holidays.

Emergencies

In cases of extreme emergency, applicants concerned should send their emergency requests to: tibak@foreign.gov.za or fax to: 020 7925 8930 - 31. Ensure that you include :

• doctors’ letter or death certificate - Issued by the Department of Home Affairs, in cases of deaths in South Africa
• your telephone number so that you can be contacted immediately.

Please, do not proceed to the office without receiving a confirmation to come.