As an honorary office, the Honorary Consulate of South Africa in Dresden (honorary consul Prof. Dr. Wolfram Scharff) supports South African nationals and promotes contacts with South Africa in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. For passports and visas, the South African Embassy in Berlin is responsible.
Contact Details
| Address | Not published – contact the consulate before visiting (Dresden) |
| Telephone | +49 351 563 34 70 |
| Fax | +49 351 563 34 71 |
| konsul@ifu.de | |
| Head of Mission | Prof. Dr. Wolfram Scharff, Honorary Consul |
| Consular district | Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt |
Opening Hours
No address or opening hours are published. Contact the honorary consul by phone or e-mail.
Location of the Consulate
About the honorary consulate in Dresden
Honorary consul Prof. Dr. Wolfram Scharff represents South Africa in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. The Federal Foreign Office lists only a telephone number and e-mail address.
Where do I apply for a passport or visa?
Visas, passports and document authentication are handled by the South African Embassy in Berlin. Passport appointments and the registration of children born in Germany are booked through the VFS Global service centre.
Contact details of the South African Embassy in Berlin, as listed on its page in this directory:
- Address: Tiergartenstrasse 18, 10785 Berlin, Germany
- Telephone: +49 30 22 07 30
- Email: berlin.admin@dirco.gov.za
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday 08:00 – 16:30
- Website: www.suedafrika.org
What can an honorary consul do?
An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by South Africa and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help South African citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.
Other consulates and embassies in Dresden
13 other countries are represented in Dresden: Croatia (honorary), Czech Republic (consulate general), Denmark (honorary), Finland (honorary), Georgia (honorary), Hungary (honorary), Luxembourg (honorary), Panama (honorary), Slovenia (honorary), South Korea (honorary), Spain (honorary), Switzerland (honorary), United Kingdom (honorary).
South African missions in Germany
Measured in a straight line from Dresden, the nearest other South African office is the Embassy in Berlin (about 160 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Dresden.
- Berlin (160 km) – Embassy of South Africa
- Munich (360 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg)
- Bremen (410 km) – Honorary Consulate (Bremen)
- Dortmund (440 km) – Honorary Consulate (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Dresden – Honorary Consulate (Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt) (this page)
- Erfurt (190 km) – Honorary Consulate (Thuringia and Hesse)
- Hamburg (380 km) – Honorary Consulate (Hamburg)
- Lübeck (380 km) – Honorary Consulate (Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
- Stuttgart (410 km) – Honorary Consulate (Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
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Details checked on 7 October 2026. Sources: Embassy of South Africa in Berlin, German Federal Foreign Office. Rules and opening hours can change. Confirm with the consulate before your visit.
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