Visa Services
🇿🇦 South Africa Visitor Visa
Visitor visa (tourism)
Overview
Indian passport holders require a visitor visa applied through VFS with biometrics. Travelling with children requires unabridged birth certificates showing both parents' details — a requirement South Africa enforces strictly at the airport.
At a glance
Key facts
- Visa type
- Visitor visa (tourism)
- Processing time
- 10–15 working days
- Validity
- As granted, up to 90 days
- Permitted stay
- Up to 90 days
- Entry
- Single or multiple
- Government fee
- INR 2,700 (approx.)
- Azulo service fee
- INR 3,500 per applicant
Checklist
Documents required
- Passport valid 30 days beyond departure with 2 blank pages
- Completed DHA-84 application form
- Two recent passport photographs
- Confirmed return flight itinerary
- Confirmed accommodation for the full stay
- Bank statements for 3 months
- Employment or business proof
- Yellow fever certificate if transiting a risk country
- Unabridged birth certificate for each minor traveller
- Parental consent affidavit if a child travels with one parent
How it works
The process
- 1
Appointment
VFS slot booked and checklist issued.
- 2
Documents
Full file including minors' paperwork if applicable.
- 3
Biometrics
Attend the VFS centre in person.
- 4
Processing
10–15 working days.
- 5
Return
Passport collected or couriered.
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Important notes
- • Unabridged birth certificates are mandatory for minors and checked at boarding
- • Apply at least six weeks before travel in peak safari season
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