Consulate Closures in South Africa.

1.  ALL VFS Schengen – Will be open, only closed on South African Public Holidays

 

2.  Angola Cape Town – Closing 15th December re-opening 09th January 2017

 

3.  Angola Johannesburg – Closing 15th December 2016 and re-opening 11th January 2017

 

4.  Belgium – Will be open, only closed on South African Public Holidays (Cape Town and Johannesburg)

 

5.  Canada – Normal Christmas holidays

 

6.  China Closed – Closed 16, 26th, 27th December 2016 and 02nd January 2017

 

7.  Egypt – No updates yet but generally closed between Christmas and South African Public Holidays

 

8.  France – Closed 16th, 26th, 27th December 2016 and 02nd January 2017

 

9.  Germany – Only Closed on South African public Holidays. The Embassy and Consulate will have skeleton staff but will impact the processing times.

 

10.  Greece – Normal Christmas holidays.

 

11.  Italy – Closed 16th, 26th, 27th December 2016 and 02nd January 2017

 

12.  Japan – Closed 16th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th December 2016 and 02nd January 2017

 

13.  Madagascar – Closed 16th, 26th, 27th December 2016 and 02nd January 2017

 

14.  Morocco – No updates yet but generally closed between Christmas and South African Public Holidays

 

15.  Mozambique – No updates yet but generally closed between Christmas and South African Public Holidays

 

16.  Nigeria – Closed between 28th of December 2016 and 2 January 2017

 

17.  Russia – Closed 16th, 26th, 27th December 2016 and 02nd January 2017 to 6 January 2017

 

18.  Rwanda – No updates yet but generally closed between Christmas and South African Public Holidays

 

19.  Senegal – 26 December 2016 until 02 January 2017

 

20.  Taiwan – Closed 16th, 26th, 27th December 2016 and 02nd January 2017

 

21.  TLS Australia – 26 December 2016 until 2 January 2017

 

22.  TLS Switzerland – Closed on certain days currently confirmed for 27, 28 and 29 December 2016. Another update will follow next week.

 

23.  TLS United Kingdom – Only closed on South African Public Holidays and working with skeleton staff (May impact processing times)

 

24.  Uganda: Closed from 15 December 2016 until 5 January 2017

 

25.  Ukraine – Closed 16th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th December 2016 and 02nd January 2017

 

26.  USA (no updates yet but generally between closed between Christmas and South African Public Holidays)

 

27.  Vietnam – Closed 16th, 26th, 27th December 2016 and 02nd January 2017