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Contact Details

Physical address:

15 Whitehall, London,SW1A 2DD.
Click here for directions, bus and tube routes.

Postal address:

South African High Commission,
Home Affairs, Consular Section,
15 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2DD.

Telephone No:
0207 925 8900

Fax No:
020 7839 5198

EXCHANGE PERMIT(IN RESPECT OF A LEARNING INSTITUTION IN THE REPULBIC IN CONJUCTION WITH A FOREIGN LEARNING INSTITUTION OR AN ORGAN OF A FOREIGN STATE ORGANIZING OR ADMINISTERING THE EXCHANGE PROGRAMME.)

PLEASE NOTE

Kindly be advised that the visa appointment line has been closed except for Permanent Residence applications. Applicants can report to the office on “walk in” as from Monday 17/05/2010 between 9-11 am only. No one will be attended to after 11am.

Applicants for permanent residency must sent their request for appointment to: Tibak@dirco.gov.za . Visiting hours are between 9-11 am from Monday to Friday except public Holidays. No one will be attended to after 11am.

OPENING & CLOSING OF OFFICE

The office dealing with South African passport holders will be opened from 08:45 AM to 12:45 PM Monday to Friday except on public holidays.
The office dealing with Foreign passport holders will be opened from 09:00 AM to 11:00 AM Monday to Friday except on public holidays.

Passport & ID Photo Standards Poster

Passport & ID Photo Standards Flyer

PLEASE NOTE
1.	No flight arrangements have to be made until the processing officer has informed you of the likelihood of the permit being issued to you.
2.	All payment must be in a form of money order or bank certified check.
3.	All applicants must provide their e – mail addresses so that they can be informed of the status of their applications.
4.	Incomplete applications will not be considered.
5.	No calls should be made to the office until the application has passed stated turn around time.
6.	All applications must be sent to the office by special delivery envelopes.

Processing Fee: £35.00
Turn Around Time: 30 Working Days

2 Passport size photographs.
Passport valid for no less than 30 days after expiry of the intended visit.
Medical report.
Radiological report.
Full birth certificate in respect of each dependent child.
Marriage certificate or in a case of foreign spousal relationship, proof of official recognition thereof issued by the authorities of the foreign country of the applicant (where applicable).
Affidavit where a spousal relationship to a South African citizen or resident is applicable as well as documentation proving cohabitation and the extent to which the related financial responsibilities are shared by the parties and setting out the particulars of children in the spousal relationship.
Proof of union recognized in terms of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998 (Act No. 12 of 1998), where applicable.
Written consent from both parents or sole custody parent where applicable with proof of sole custody.
Proof of legal adoption (Where applicable).
Legal separation order (Where applicable)
Police clearance certificates in respect of applicants 18 years and older, in respect of all countries where person resided one year or longer.
Vaccination certificate, if required by the Act.

Prescribed Form.
Offer of employment detailing the terms, conditions and duration of the intended employment and certifying that the applicant’s remuneration will comply with applicable legal requirementsand the employers’ undertaking to provide for the welfare and needs of the applicant.
Prepaid Self Addressed Special Delivery Envelope

Documents

Temporary Residence Permit
Please see attachment (contained within the Temporary Residence Permit) in respect of medical, radiological and police report,