South African Honorary Consulate in Mersin

Visits to the South African Honorary Consulate in Mersin 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 or email on nolcar@olcartour.com.

The South African Honorary Consulate in Mersin 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 South African Honorary Consulate in Mersin must abide by the necessary SOPs, wear a mask, and comply with social distancing rules

The South African Honorary Consulate in Mersin 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.

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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Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease the South African Honorary Consulate in Mersin could have adjusted its office hours or services. Please do confirm personally.