South Africa Visa

Hi there,

Does anyone has any experience on getting South African Visa?

I need to do a work assignment there for one week, do I need to apply for a work permit or will a business vais be suffiecient?

Is the visa straightforward to get? How long does it take? Can I apply at the embassy for a same day visa like the French visa?

I hold Chinese passport, in the UK after I got married with a British national last year.

Thanks for your help.

It depends on what you are planning on doing in South Africa. What exactly does your work assignment entail?

just called the London embassy, they seems very helpful. at least they have a real person answering my queries on a 0207 number. though we still have to go through the dreaded 0906 line to book an appointmnet !!!

strepsil wrote:just called the London embassy, they seems very helpful. at least they have a real person answering my queries on a 0207 number. though we still have to go through the dreaded 0906 line to book an appointmnet !!!

How did you manage that???