{"id":915,"date":"2024-08-13T08:34:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T08:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/paris\/?page_id=915"},"modified":"2024-11-22T10:15:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T10:15:10","slug":"consular-section","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/paris\/consular-section\/","title":{"rendered":"Consular Section"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"915\" class=\"elementor elementor-915\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-07cc941 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"07cc941\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e91f1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e91f1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><b>CIVIC SERVICES<\/b><\/span><\/p><p>The embassy is open to receive applicants in person without an appointment Mondays to Thursdays in from 13h30 &#8211; 15h30 to complete the application.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Passports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Adult Passport\u00a0<\/li><li>Child Passport\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>\u00a0Lost Passport and Emergency Travelling Certificate\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>Collection of Passports\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Parental consent<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li>Consent to Issue Passport to a Minor\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>Minor Children Traveling on a Foreign Passport\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Identity Documents<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Identity Document\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Births<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Application for Birth Certificate\u00a0<\/li><li>Foreign Birth registration<\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Marriage\/Divorce<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Registration of Marriage\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>Registration of Divorce\u00a0<\/li><li>Application for Marriage Certificate<\/li><li>Application for Divorce certificate\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Deaths<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li>Registration of Death\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>Application for a Death Certificate\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Citizenship<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Retention of South African Citizenship<\/li><li>Determination of South African citizenship<\/li><li>Renunciation\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Name Changes<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li>Change of Surname (Minor)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/li><li>Change of Surname (Adult)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/li><li>Change of Forename (Minor)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/li><li>Change of Forename (Adult)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">C<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>ertification\u00a0 of South African documents<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li>Birth certificate<\/li><li>Marriage certificates<\/li><li>Death certificates<\/li><li>\u00a0ID<\/li><li>Drivers\u2019 Licence<\/li><li>Passport<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Emergency Travelling Certificate<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>The embassy is open for the application of the ETC Mondays to Fridays from 09H00 &#8211; 12H00 and 13H30 &#8211; 15H30 without an appointment. The process takes 2 to 5 days.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Apostille Application:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>The embassy is open Mondays to Thursdays in the afternoons 13h30 \u2013 15h30 without an appointment for submission.<\/p><p>The embassy does not apostille. The documents will be sent to DIRCO for apostilling. It takes 4 months to 8 months<\/p><p>The applicants are to bring the original document to be apostilled and their passport copy.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Police Clearance<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>The embassy can only assist with the forms to fill and take fingerprints, and for that, we are open Mondays to Thursdays without an appointment between 13h35 and 15h30.<\/p><p>To submit the application, the applicant has to send the application themselves to SAPS. The information will be available on the forms that we will provide.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Legalisation\/Authentication of documents<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>The signing of documents in the presence of an officer of Oath for the purposes of purchasing or selling property or assets.<\/p><p>It is Wednesday afternoons between 14h00 and 15h30 per appointment<\/p><p>The public is to send us an email to request an appointment.<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Applicants who have any questions or require more information before coming to the embassy for submission of civic application should send an email to Keneilwe MAHANYELE<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"cloakfa12e5bbdc21a8c940ca5ced1e22bd06\"><a href=\"mailto:mahanyelek@dirco.gov.za\">mahanyelek@dirco.gov.za<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>VISA SERVICES<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Submission of visa application is by appointment only.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>Mondays to Thursdays 09h00-12h00.<\/p><p>The applicants must send an\u00a0<strong>email to request an appointment.<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Collection of the outcome and passports<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>The consular will send an email to applicants to come collect their outcome or passport, applicants are to produce the email as proof of communication at the reception. Applicants should immediately switch off their phones thereafter, inside the consular waiting room, the use of phones is prohibited.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Submission of outstanding documents<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>The applicants are allowed to come without a second appointment upon producing proof that there were received at the embassy previously (on email) usually several days following the initial appointment.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Questions regarding the progress of a submitted visa application<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>The applicants should send an email directly.<\/p><p><strong>All questions regarding visas and request for appointments is by email to Xolani MOENG\u00a0<span id=\"cloak4f3d8a9bdd06c7c0521b590c9cab69dc\"><a href=\"mailto:moengx@dirco.gov.za\">moengx@dirco.gov.za<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and Vida QUARTEY\u00a0<span id=\"cloak7545c94648d95d887aa9fe6e571d43d6\"><a href=\"mailto:quarteyv@dirco.gov.za\">quarteyv@dirco.gov.za<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Diplomatic and official visa applications<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>The embassy is open Monday to Friday 09h00 -12h00 and 13h30 -15h30 to receive the applicants with or without an appointment.<\/p><p>The applicants must\u00a0 communicate with the consular services by email prior and send a courier to submit on their behalf. 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