VISA INFORMATION
The Embassy of Italy in Pretoria is competent for:
• issuing visas for citizens residing in: Namibia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Lesotho;
• visas for South African citizens holding diplomatic, service and official passports;
ATTENTION: THE EMBASSY OF ITALY IN PRETORIA DOES NOT ISSUE VISAS TO SOUTH AFRICAN CITIZENS HOLDING ORDINARY PASSPORTS.
THE PROCESSING OF VISA APPLICATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT OF JOHANNESBURG/PRETORIA IS ASSIGNED TO THE COMPANY VFS (https://visa.vfsglobal.com/one-pager/Italy/Southafrica/english/)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON VISAS REQUIRED VIA THE VFS COMPANY, PLEASE CONTACT THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF ITALY IN JOHANNESBURG,
Mail address: visa.johannesburg@esteri.it – tel.011 728 1392-3
NOTICE
The Embassy does not accept cash payments anymore.
Payment for all Consular Services and Visas can be made ONLY via Electronic Transfer (EFT).
All bank charges related to the transfer shall be paid by the applicant; therefore the Embassy bank account should reflect the full amount due.
If the amount received by the Embassy is lower than the amount due by the applicant, the requested documents will not be processed,
and the amount paid will not be refunded.
You are kindly advised to double check with your Bank that all charges are paid by the payer.
In order to avoid the cash deposit bank fees, you are kindly requested to use the EFT payment only.
The reference of the payment has to be the surname of the person requesting the Consular Service, and not of the person making the
payment, should they be different people.
The EFT is to be made into the following account:
Acc. Holder: Embassy of Italy
796 GEORGE AVE
ARCADIA – 0083 – Pretoria
Bank: First National Bank
Branch Code: 251345 – Brooklyn
Acc Number: 62419825122
Swift Code: FIRNZAJJXXX
Reference: ‘Surname of the person requesting the Consular Service’
The rates of ConsuIar Services change every 3 months according to the exchange rate.
Should you require any additional information, kindly contact the Consular Office on 012-4230024/26/27 or email consolato.pretoria@esteri.it
For Visa rates, call 012-4230025 or email visti.pretoria@esteri.it