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New Visa Appointment system at the Consulate General of France in Johannesburg

With effect from 1st November 2008, every applicant (6 years old and above) that resides in the provinces of Gauteng, Kwazulu natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northwest and Freestate is required to apply in person at the office of the Consulate General of France in Johannesburg. The Consulate General’s address is: Standard Bank Building, 3rd Floor, 191 Jan Smuts avenue, Parktown North, Johannesburg

Prior to applying in person at the office of the General Consulate of France, applicants are required to schedule an appointment. Applications will not be accepted without an appointment. Applicants wishing to apply for a Schengen visa to travel to France are required to submit their applications after taking a prior appointment online at http://fr.vfsglobal.za.com. The Internet facility is available 24x7. Applicants can call our helpline number at +27 (0) 82 234 4433; the phone-in facility is available 0800-1500, Monday-Friday. Appointment can be scheduled online by the applicant only; it cannot be scheduled at the call center.

There will be an appointment scheduling service charge of R110.00 inclusive of VAT levied per application over and above the visa fees. Appointment fee is not payable by children under six years of age, their parents will submit for them. The appointment scheduling service charge is payable by cash deposit in advance at any Nedbank branch or by online credit card option.

Name of Bank: Ned bank

Account Name: VFS Visa Processing South Africa Pty Ltd..

Reference: Main applicants Passport Number

Account Number: 1454 092 688

Attention - Please note that applicants are required to use the main applicants passport number as the reference number when making a deposit. ( IF APPOINTMENT IS NOT TAKEN WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF PAYMENT, THE PAYMENT WILL BE FORFEITED. APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO MAKE A FRESH PAYMENT )

Applicants need to wait 24 hours after depositing the service fee to be able to schedule an appointment.

The visa fee is payable in cash (in Rand) equivalent at the Consulate General, on the day of the appointment.

If you are unable to schedule an appointment kindly check the following procedures -   

                                                               i.      Please allow 24 hours from the date of payment to schedule appointment. Cash deposits made on Friday or the day before public holiday will be updated on the next working day for the applicant to schedule an appointment

                                                             ii.      Cash deposit has been made in full i.e. R110 or multiples of 110 as per the number of applicants (R220 for 2 applicants, R330 for 3 applicants and so on)

                                                            iii.      Appointment scheduling service charge is R110.00 inclusive of VAT levied per application over and above the visa fees.The visa fee should NOT be credited in A/C number 1454 092 688. The visa fee is payable in cash in the Rand equivalent at the Consulate General on the day of the appointment. Kindly refer http://fr.vfsglobal.za.com/visa-fees.aspx for the visa fees

                                                            iv.      ONLY CASH DEPOSITS AND ONLINE CREDIT CARD PAYMENT are accepted. Electronic transfers and cheque payments are not accepted

                                                              v.      Passport number should be used as Reference number while making payment. Incase of multiple applicants, the passport number of the primary applicant should be used as Reference number. Reference number must be the passport number; multiple passport numbers will not be accepted. It should not contain name, phone number, id number, name of company etc.

                                                            vi.      If the group of applicants wish to schedule appointment on different dates then separate cash deposits must be made using the passport number of the primary applicant in that group.

                                                         vii.      If you are still unable to schedule an appointment or getting error message kindly email info.frsa@vfshelpline.com with the following details

1.       Your Full name,

2.       Contact details (phone number & email id),

3.       Amount deposited

4.       Was payment made by Cash or Credit card – Yes/ No?, If No, how was the payment made?

5.       Reference number used while making payment

6.       Date of payment

7.       Passport number

8.       Error message.

9.       Kindly attach proof of payment (clear scanned copy) to expedite the process.

                                                         viii.      Applicants need to schedule appointments online – cannot be scheduled at call center

                                                           ix.      All emails will be answered by the next working day

                                                           x.      Group of more than 10 applicants must email the payment details mentioned above in point number 7 to info.frsa@vfsglobal.com to schedule their appointment.

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