Embassy of South Africa in Ankara Turkey

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Official Website	http://www.southafrica.org.tr/

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Please Note:

Visits to the Embassy of South Africa in Ankara are strictly by appointment. For specific services, visitors must visit the designated section at the embassy and book an appointment accordingly on the email addresses mentioned above. For instance, if you want to apply for consular services, you should visit the Consular Section. To book an appointment, you can directly mail the high commission or consular email section .

Consular Services:

The Embassy of South Africa in Ankara offers a wide range of consular services, including the processing of visas and passports and document legalization. To apply for a new passport, renew your old passport, want to change the particulars on your current passport, or need to report about a lost or damaged passport, book an appointment with the high commission's passport service

These consulate services are listed below:

Process passport applications
Process visa applications
Legalization of documents
Issuing emergency travel documents
Power of attorney
Birth Certificate
Application forms
Authentication of documents

In case you want to apply for an identity card, report about your lost or stolen South Africa ID card, or need to edit or change your particulars on the Identity verification card, consult the high commission.

Remember that passport applications take at least six weeks to process. Dual nationals must declare the other nationality before applying for the renewal of their South Africa passport. If you want to regain South African citizenship, wait until the completion of the regaining process. Furthermore, passports are delivered to the applicant via postal services, and there's no need to visit the high commission.

In the wake of the pandemic, visitors are requested to provide a registered, secure, and trackable envelope with their full address and pre-paid postage stamps to receive their sensitive documents via post. The envelope must indicate the applicant's full name and postal code while having enough return postage. Moreover, anyone visiting the Embassy of South Africa in Ankara must abide by the necessary SOPs, wear a mask, and comply with social distancing rules

Visa Services:

The Embassy of South Africa in Ankara offers visa facilitation services to those not eligible for an electronic visa South Africa. You can contact the Mission to obtain information about the type of visas you need to apply for, and apply for your desired single-entry, double-entry, and multiple-entry visa, transit visa, and diplomatic official visa. The Embassy also facilitates East African Visa and Referred Visa.

Remember that single-entry visa can be obtained for tourism and business purposes whereas diplomatic official visa is only for people traveling to South Africa on official duty. A multiple-entry visa is issued to British citizens only, and other citizens' applications are diverted to the immigration headquarters for further processing. To obtain an entry permit for a brief stop-over in South Africa or an overnight stay, you need to apply for a transit visa. The East African visa is a multiple-entry visa granted to tourists visiting South Africa, Rwanda, and Uganda. Referred visas are issued to members of certain countries. The immigration services director approves their visas.

Please note that applications submitted without complete support documents will not be processed. It may take up to three business days for the embassy to process your visa application.

Granted Visa Types

Visa types granted by South Africa are;

South Africa Visas for medical treatment
South Africa Visas for working in the entertainment industry
South Africa Visas for attending a conference
South Africa Visas for compliance of Treaty conditions
South Africa Visas for crew (maritime)
South Africa Visas for cultural / economic / social exchange programmes
South Africa Transit visas (foreigners en-route to the neighbouring countries)

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South Africa and Turkey Relations-

The South Africa and Turkey enjoy cordial bilateral relations. The high commission's diplomatic mission's mandate is to forge stronger and closer ties between the two countries. Pursuing bilateral and multilateral cooperation in diverse sectors, including culture, defense, tourism, trade and investments, science and technology, security, and other fields while safeguarding mutual benefits, is vital for their relations. The countries are cooperating to resolve global issues like climate change, piracy, terrorism, cybersecurity, etc. The South Africa is the most important source market for tourism in Turkey.
You can read about Turkish Visa Application.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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