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This website is a joint project of the South African Embassy in Washington, DC and the South African Consulates General in Los Angeles and New York.
NB: Passport and Birth Registration in New York
22 March 2023
Due to unforeseen challenges, applicants from the states/islands listed below covered by the South African Consulate General in New York will be temporarily required to submit their passport and birth registration application forms/documentation in-person. Normal operations will be restored once challenges have been addressed.
Connecticut | Pennsylvania |
Delaware | Rhode Island |
Kentucky | South Carolina |
Maine | Tennessee |
Massachusetts | Vermont |
New Hampshire | West Virginia |
New Jersey | British Virgin Islands |
New York | St. Martins |
North Carolina | Bermuda and Cayman |
Applicants under the jurisdiction of the South African Consulate General in Los Angeles and the Embassy of South Africa in Washington DC can still send their applications as per the usual arrangement.
Attention: Applicants in the West Coast
13 July 2023
The South African Consulate General in Los Angeles is open to the public via appointment system only.
To make an appointment please email consular.la@dirco.gov.za.
Consular hours are from 09h00 to 12h00 only.
Applicants that fall under the jurisdiction of Los Angeles (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington State, Wyoming, US Territory of Guam) should send or apply in Los Angeles.
Processing time for visitor visas is 10 days and may take up to 15 working days during peak times.
Authentication / notarization of documents are strictly by appointment only.
Attention: Applicants in the Midwest Region
20 April 2021
All the 14 states in the Midwest region which includes the following: Illinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Indiana, Oklahoma, Ohio, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas and Arkansas to forward their applications to the South African Embassy in Washington DC.
Schedule your appointment:
For further information visit the South African Embassy's website: https://www.saembassy.org.
Attention: New York Applicants
The visiting hours strictly by appointment only for Immigration Affairs (non-South African applicants) and Civic Services (South African applicants) are from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. Consular Services (South Africans in distress, not applicants) will be assisted upon appointment until closing time.
Appointments can only be made through the link below:
Tel | : | (212) 692-2401 |
Cell | : | (917) 200-8396 |
Emergency | : | (929) 698-0052 (Distressed and/or destitute South Africans only) |
NB: BI-529/DHA-529
Please be advised that application for birth certificate requires the BI-529/DHA-529 when the application is made from outside the country.
- The form BI-529/DHA-529 must be fully completed by the applicant;
- The purpose of this form is to locate records at the Department of Home Affairs in Pretoria; therefore, all applicants must complete this form and ensure that the information furnished is correct and complete.
- Questions that are not applicable should be marked as ‘n/a’; if answers to certain questions are not known, they should be marked as ‘Do not know’
- Questions 9, 10, 11 of Part A are of particular importance.