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HELLO.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>Welcome to the website of the South African Consulate-General, located in New York, NY that promotes South Africa\u2019s interests in areas of the eastern and southern United States.<\/p><p>As such, the Consulate provides consular, civic and passport services to South Africans in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, West Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.<\/p><p>Accordingly, we aim to foster excellent relations between South Africa and the states within our jurisdiction through focusing on promoting the strategic goals on enhancement of relations around trade and investments, Tourism, Arts and Culture as well as on Education and Training. These goals are aimed to support South Africa\u2019s priorities that have been identified by our Government.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c08b19 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9c08b19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-675e951 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"675e951\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aae2f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3aae2f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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