In order to further promote its consular services, the consular office of the Chinese Embassy will reopen to the public from Tuesday, 15 November, 2022. The work schedule and details are as follows:

I.The opening hours of the consular office are from 9:00 am to 11:30 am, on Tuesday and Thursday, except for public holidays.

II. The consular office only accepts applications for Chinese diplomatic, service (official), courtesy visas, as well as Chinese legalization. For ordinary Chinese visas, please contact Chinese Visa Application Service Centre in Johannesburg.

III.All applicants are required to make appointments with the consular office in advance through email, and come to the embassy at a confirmed time slot. The email address is pretoria@csm.mfa.gov.cn. From Tuesday, 15 November, 2022, applications delivered to the office by post or courier will no longer be accepted.

IV. For health and safety reasons, applicants are required to take the security and temperature check on site. Face masks must be worn indoors all the time. Applicants who don’t meet the requirements will be denied entry into the office.

V. Please be kindly noted that the Consular District of the Chinese Embassy includes: PRETORIA, NORTHWEST, LIMPOPO, MPUMALANGA. Only applicants residing in the above-mentioned area can lodge their applications at the Embassy.
For further inquiries, please contact 0027-12-4316537 between 8:00am to 12:00am on working days.

Thank you for your attention and cooperation.

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