South Africa Consulate General Munich

Before your visit

The South African Consulate General is at Sendlinger-Tor-Platz 5 in central Munich, at the Sendlinger Tor underground station.

• Civic services (passports, IDs, births): appointments by e-mail to munich.civicapp@dirco.gov.za.
• Consular section and visas: munich.consular@dirco.gov.za.
• Note: the embassy reports that the consulate’s telephone system is being upgraded, so e-mail is the most reliable channel.

About the South African Consulate General in Munich

South Africa’s only consulate general in Germany serves Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg – home to the German car makers with large plants in South Africa – and handles visas for long stays as well as services for South African citizens. It is headed by Consul General Makabe Boitumelo Makoko.

Which South African office is responsible for me?

Honorary consuls in Bremen, Dortmund, Dresden, Erfurt, Hamburg, Lübeck and Stuttgart do not provide consular services such as visas or authentication.

Consular services

• Visas for work, study, retirement and other long stays
• South African passports and smart ID cards
• Registration of births of children born in Germany
• Police clearance certificates and authentication of documents

How do I get an appointment?

For passports and child registration, appointments can also be booked through the VFS Global service centre in Berlin opened by South Africa’s Home Affairs department. For other civic services in Munich, e-mail munich.civicapp@dirco.gov.za.

Documents checklist

What South African citizens usually need to bring for the most common requests, based on official South African government information:

South African passport (application abroad)

• Passport application form BI-73 (DHA-73), completed in black ink
• Form BI-529 (citizenship), required for all South African citizens abroad
• Fingerprints for applicants aged 16 and over – taken at the mission
• Certified copies of your passport and ID or birth certificate (the passport alone is not enough)
• Colour photos as specified by the mission; documents in other languages need a sworn English translation
• Apply 6–12 months before expiry; collection only in person. Emergency: an Emergency Travel Certificate for the direct return to South Africa

Sources: South African High Commission in Canberra – South African passports (dirco.gov.za), South African Embassy in Bern – civic services (dirco.gov.za) (checked October 2026). Requirements and fees can change and individual posts may ask for more – confirm the current list with the consulate before your visit.

Visa information

Germans need no visa for tourist or business trips: a visitor’s permit for up to 90 days is issued on arrival with a return ticket. Overstaying, even by a few days, leads to an entry ban of one to five years. The paid electronic travel authorisation (eTA) is optional for Germans.

Other consulates and embassies in Munich

82 other countries are represented in Munich, among them: Afghanistan (consulate general), Albania (consulate general), Angola (honorary), Antigua and Barbuda (honorary), Armenia (honorary), Austria (consulate general), Barbados (honorary), Belarus (consulate general), Spain (consulate general), Sweden (honorary), Switzerland (consulate general), Thailand (consulate general), Tunisia (consulate), Türkiye (consulate general), Uganda (honorary), Ukraine (consulate general), United Arab Emirates (consulate general), United Kingdom (consulate general), United States (consulate general), Zambia (honorary). The full list of all 83 missions is on the overview page for Germany.

Closing days

Closed on Bavarian public holidays and on South African holidays, including Freedom Day (27 April), Youth Day (16 June), National Women’s Day (9 August), Heritage Day (24 September) and the Day of Reconciliation (16 December).

Emergency assistance

South Africans in an emergency outside office hours can reach the embassy’s duty officer on +49 171 36 42 679. Germans in South Africa are helped by the German Embassy in Pretoria and the Consulate General in Cape Town.

South African missions in Germany

Measured in a straight line from Munich, the nearest other South African office is the Honorary Consulate in Stuttgart (about 190 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Munich.

• Berlin (500 km) – Embassy of South Africa
• Munich – Consulate General (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg) (this page)
• Bremen (580 km) – Honorary Consulate (Bremen)
• Dortmund (480 km) – Honorary Consulate (North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Dresden (360 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt)
• Erfurt (320 km) – Honorary Consulate (Thuringia and Hesse)
• Hamburg (610 km) – Honorary Consulate (Hamburg)
• Lübeck (640 km) – Honorary Consulate (Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
• Stuttgart (190 km) – Honorary Consulate (Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)