| 01 | It is critical to ensure you have the correct visa before you arrive as you will need to return home to make changes if you have the wrong visa. |
| 02 | Safety should be a top priority. Sign up with a good security company and ensure your home is fitted with the latest security equipment. |
| 03 | Wear sunglasses and sunscreen throughout the year. The UV rays in South Africa are extremely strong. |
| 04 | Be adventurous, not stupid. Whenever you go on a new hike or nature walk, do it with a local who knows the route and the time it takes to get back. |
| 05 | Follow the networking process. Join a few expatriate clubs. It’s a lot easier to travel the grapevine between social scenes than to jump into on |
Foreign Embassies in the Cape Town City
Below is a list of foreign representatives in Cape Town in alphabetical order. For a complete list of foreign embassies in South Africa, visit http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/forrep/index.htm.
Angola (Republic of)
Consulate-General
Thibault Pavilion
1st Floor Thibault Square
Cape Town, 8000
Postal Address:
P O Box 1152
Green Point, 8051
Tel: 021 425 8700/1, Fax: 021 425 8705
Argentine Republic (Argentina)
Address during Parliamentary Session
(Embassy)
8 Brittany Avenue
Bantry Bay
Cape Town
Tel: 021 439 0403, Fax: 021 439 5918
Website: http://www.embassyofargentina.co.za
Austria (Republic of)
Consulate-General
Cape Town
3rd Floor, 1 Thibault Square
Cape Town 8001
Postal Address:
P O Box 6887
Roggerbaai 8012
Tel: 021 421 1440/1, Fax: 021 425 3489
E-mail: kapstadt-gk@bmeia.gv.at
Website: http://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/embassy/pretoria.html
Belgium (Kingdom of)
Address during Parliamentary Session
(Embassy)
Northgate
29 Boshoff Avenue
Newlands, 7705
Tel: 021 683 0400, Fax: 021 683 0401
Consulate-General
4th Floor, Vogue House
Thibault Square
Foreshore, 8001
Botswana (Republic of)
Consulate-General
4th Floor, Southern Life Centre
8 Riebeeck Street
St Georges, 8000
Postal Address:
P O Box 3288
Cape Town, 8000
Tel: 021 421 1045, Fax: 021 421 1046
Brazil (Federative Republic of)
(Embassy of the Federative Republic of)
Consulate General
2nd Floor, Safmarine House
22 Riebeeck Street
CBD
Postal Address:
P O Box 7958
Roggebaai, 8012
Tel: 021 421 4040/1/2, Fax: 021 421 1216
E-mail: braziliancon@telkomsa.net
Website: http://www.brazilianconsulate.org.za/
Canada
Embassy
Address during Parliamentary Session
19th Floor, S A Reserve Bank Building
St George’s Mall
Cnr Hout Street
Cape Town, 8001
Postal Address:
P O Box 683
Cape Town, 8000
Tel: 021 423 5240, Fax: 021 423 4893
Chile (Republic of)
Consulate General
Suite 1918, Main Tower
19th Floor, Standard Bank Centre
Heerengracht St
Foreshore, 8001
Postal Address:
P O Box 2067
Cape Town, 8000
Tel: 021 421 2344/46, Fax: 021 425 3034
China (People’s Republic of)
Consulate-General
25 Rhodes Drive (M63)
Newlands
Cape Town, 8000
Postal Address:
P O Box 3714
Cape Town, 8000
Tel: 021 674 0579, Fax: 021 674 0538
Website: http://www.chinese-embassy.org.za/eng/
Colombia (Republic of)
Honorary Consulate
31 Southern Cross Drive
Constantia, 7800
Tel: 021 794 3693, Fax: 021 794 4572
Denmark (Kingdom of)
Honorary Consulate
5 Tokai Road
Tokai, 7945
Postal Address:
P O Box 482
Constantia, 7848
Tel: 021 715 7019, Fax: 021 715 7096
E-mail: woodahl@iafrica.com
Embassy Affairs
5 Tokai Road
Tokai, 7945
Postal Address:
P O Box 482
Constantia, 7848
Tel: 021 715 7019, Fax: 021 715 7096
E-mail: danemb.cpt@mweb.co.za
Estonia (Republic of)
Honorary Consulate
16 Hofmeyer Street
Welgemoed
Bellville, 7530
Tel: 021 913 3850, Fax: 021 913 2579
E-mail: jrknipe@iafrica.com
Finland (Republic of)
Embassy
5 Lincoln Road
Oranjezicht,
Cape Town, 8001
Postal Address:
P O Box 693
Cape Town, 8000
Tel: 021 461 4732, Fax: 021 462 5768, Cell: 083 303 0916
Honorary Consulate
B5 Westlake Square
1 Westlake Drive
Tokai, 7945
Postal Address:
B5 Westlake Square
1 Westlake Drive
Tokai, 7945
Cape Town
Tel: 021 700 2800, Fax: 021 701 7050
E-mail: goran.palmgren@npp.co.za
Website: http://www.finland.org.za
France (Republic of)
Embassy
78 Queen Victoria Street
Gardens
Cape Town, 8001
Tel: 021 488 5080, Fax: 021 426 1996
Website: http://www.ambafrance-rsa.org
Consulate
78 Queen Victoria Street
Gardens
Cape Town, 8001
Postal Address:
P O Box 1702
Cape Town, 8000
Tel: 021 423 1575, Fax: 021 424 8470
Website: http://www.consulfrance-lecap.org
Georgia (Republic of)
Honorary Consulate
7th Floor
Southern Life Centre
Postal Address:
P.O. Box 3235
Cape Town, 0800
Tel: 021 421 6355, Cell: 082 575 8888, Fax: 021 425 3374
Germany (Federal Republic of)
Consulate General
19th Floor,
Safmarine House,
22 Riebeek Street
Cape Town 8001
Postal Address:
P. O. Box 4273
Cape Town 8000
Tel: 021 405 3000, Fax: 021 421 0400
Website: http://www.kapstadt.diplo.de
Greece
Consulate
19th Floor, Reserve Bank Building
60 St Georges Mall
Cape Town, 8001
Postal Address:
P O Box 3232
Cape Town, 8000
Tel: 021 424 8160/1, Fax: 021 424 9421
E-mail: grconcpt@mweb.co.za
Guatemala (Republic of)
Honorary -Consulate
16th Floor
2 Long Street
Cape Town, 8001
Postal Address: P O Box 1661
Cape Town, 8000
Tel: 021 418 2020, Fax: 021 418 1280
Hungary (Republic of)
Honorary Consulate-General
7 Kronendal Lyn
Delsig
Stellenbosch, 7600
Tel: 021 886 8855, Fax: 021 886 9048
Email: andreÖ·p@mweb.co.za
Iceland (Republic of)
Honorary Consulate
TIR Southern Africa
First Floor, 9 Ruby Terrace
Noordhoek
7979
Cape Town
Postal Adress:
P O Box 745
Noordhoek 7979
Tel: 021 789 0053, Fax: 021 789 2666, Cell: 083 253 8230
E-mail: jonix@iafrica.com, john@tir.co.za
India (Republic of)
Address during Parliamentary Session
High Commission
The Terraces, 9th Floor
34 Breë Street
Cape Town, 8001
Postal Address:
P O Box 3316
Cape Town, 8000
Tel: 021 419 8110, Fax: 021 419 8112
E-mail: indiactn@iafrica.com
Website: http://www.indiainsouthafrica.com
Indonesia (Republic of)
Consulate-General
124 Rosmead Avenue
Kenilworth, Cape Town, 7708
Postal Address:
P O Box 10129
Caledon Square
Cape Town, 7905
Tel: 021 761 7015, Fax: 021 761 7022
E-mail: postmaster@indonesia-capetown.org.za
Website: http://www.indonesia-capetown.org.za
Ireland
Embassy
12th Floor, LG Building
No. 1 Thibault Square
Long Street
Cape Town, 8000
Tel: 021 419 0636/7, Fax: 021 419 0639
Website: http://www.embassyireland.org.za
Italy (Republic of)
Consulate-General
2 Grey’s Pass
Gardens, 8001
Tel: 021 487 3900, Fax: 021 424 0146
E-mail: itacons@mweb.co.za
Website: http://www.conscapetown.esteri.it
Japan
Consular Office
2100 Main Tower
Standard Bank Centre
Heerengracht, 8001
Tel: 021 425 1695/6, Fax: 021 418 2116
E-mail: enquiries@consuljapan.org.za
Website: http://www.japan.org.za
Korea (Republic of)
Honorary Consulate-General
Sunset Avenue No. 7
Llandudno, 7806
Tel: 021 790 9970, Fax: 012 790 9979
Lebanon (Republic of)
Honorary Consulate
No 3 The Willows
Braeside Road
Kenilworth
Postal Address:
P O Box 53288
Kenilworth, 7745
Tel: 021 593 5481, Fax: 021 593 8206
Lithuania (Republic of)
Honorary Consulate
23rd Floor,
ABSA Center
2 Riebeeck Street
Cape Town, 8001
Postal Address:
P O Box 596
Cape Town, 8000
Tel : 021 421 7045, Fax : 021 421 7049
Email: lietuva@iafrica.com
Madagascar (Republic of)
Consulate General
4 Thelma Road
Claremont, 7708
Postal Address:
P O Box 44612
Claremont, 7735
Malta
Honorary Consulate
332 Koeberg Road
Milnerton
Cape Town, 7441
Tel: 021 524 190
Mauritius (Republic of)
Honorary Consulate
No.1 Victoria Road
Unit 2, Clifton
Cape Town, 8005
Mexico (United Mexican States)
Honorary Consulate
2nd Floor, The Spearhead
42 Hans Strijdom Avenue
Cape Town, 8001
Postal Address:
P O Box 50889
V & A Waterfront
Cape Town, 8002
Tel: 021 419 3848, Fax: 021 425 2692
Monaco (Principality of)
Honorary Consulate
Unit No.1 Milton’s Way
11 Bell Crescent Close
Westlake Business Park
Westlake 7945
Tel: 021 702 0991 / 021 702 0992, Fax: 021 702 0993
E-mail: info@consulate-monaco.co.za
http://www.consulate-monaco.co.za/
Mozambique (Republic of)
Consulate
45 Castle Street
7th Floor,
Cape Town, 8001
Tel: 021 462 2944/5, Fax: 021 262 946
Netherlands (The Kingdom of the)
Consulate General
100 Strand Street
Cape Town, 8001
Postal Address:
P O Box 346
Cape Town, 8001
Tel: 021 421 5660-3, Fax: 021 418 2690
Website: http://www.dutchconsulate.co.za
New Zealand
Honorary Consulate
345 Landsdowne Road
Corner Denver and Landsdowne Road
Cape Town, 7700
Tel: 021 696 8561
E-mail: info@healingofmemories.co.za
Website: http://nzembassy.com
Norway (Kingdom of)
Honorary Consulate
28th Floor
2805 ABSA Building
2 Riebeeck Street
Cape Town, 8001
Postal Address:
P O Box 4446
Cape Town, 8000
Tel: 021 418 1276, Fax: 021 421 6068
Papua New Guinea
The Australian Diplomatic Representatives are in charge of the consular interests of Papua New Guinea in the Republic of South Africa.
Philippines (Republic of the)
Honorary Consulate
85 Main Road
Muizenberg, 7945
Postal Address:
P O Box 284
Muizenberg, 7950
Tel: 021 788 9265, Fax: 021 788 8261
Website: http://www.philippineembassy-pretoria.com
Portugal (Republic of)
Consulate-General
1006 Main Tower
Standard Bank Centre
Hertzog Boulevard
Cape Town, 8001
Postal Address:
P O Box 3433
Cape Town, 8000
Tel: 021 418 0080/81, Fax: 021 418 0084
Website: http://www.cgportugalcapetown.com
Romania
Consulate-General
Helderberg
53 Herschel Road
Kenilworth, 7700
Tel: 021 761 1781, Fax: 021 761 2657
E-mail: romembsa@global.co.za
Russian Federation
Consulate-General
2nd Floor
Southern Life Centre
8 Riebeeck Street
Cape Town, 8001
Postal Address:
P O Box 261
Cape Town, 8000
Tel: 021 418 3656/57, Fax: 021 419 2651
E-mail: rusco@icon.co.za
Website: http://www.russianembassy.org.za
Spain (Kingdom of)
Consulate-General
37 Shortmarket Street
Cape Town, 8001
Tel: 021 422 2415, Fax: 021 422 2328
Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of)
Honorary Consulate
15 Piet Retief Street
Stellenbosch, 7600
Postal Address:
P O Box 608
Stellenbosch, 7599
Tel: 021 887 8018, Fax: 021 886 5773
E-mail: ddalling@mweb.co.za
Website: http://www.srilanka.co.za
Sweden (The Kingdom of)
Honorary Consulate
2805 ABSA Building
2 Riebeeck Street
Cape Town, 8001
Postal Address:
P O Box 446
Cape Town, 8001
Tel: 021 418 1276, Fax: 021 418 6068
Website: http://www.swedenabroad.com
Switzerland
Consulate General
Cape Town
Nr 1, Thibault Square
26th Floor (Old BP Building)
cnr Long and Hans Strijdom Streets
Cape Town 8001
Postal Address:
P O Box 563
Cape Town, 8000
Tel : 021 418 3669, Fax : 021 418 1569
Email: cap.vertretung@eda.admin.ch
Website: http://www.eda.admin.ch/capetown
Tunisia (Republic of)
Honorary Consulate
40 Fifth Avenue
Rondebosch East
Cape Town, 8001
Tel: 021 697 0293
Honorary Consulate-General
Old Post Office
Main Road
St James, 7945
Postal Address:
P O Box 121
St James, 7946
Tel: 021 788 7069, Fax: 021 788 5616
Website: http://www.turkishembassy.co.za/
United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
Her Britannic Majesty’s High Commission
91 Parliament Street
Cape Town, 8001
Tel: 021 461 7220, Fax: 021 461 0017
Consulate-General
Southern Life Centre
8 Riebeeck Street
Cape Town, 8001
Postal Address:
P O Box 500
Cape Town, 8000
Tel: 021 425 3670, Fax: 021 425 1427
Website: http://ukinsouthafrica.fco.gov.uk/en/
United States of America
Consulate-General
4th Floor, Broadway Industries Centre
Foreshore
Cape Town 8001
Tel : 021 421 4280-3, Fax : 021 421 1230
7th Floor, Broadway Building
Hertzog Blvd
Foreshore
Cape Town, 8001
Tel: 021 461 0583-5
Website: http://southafrica.usembassy.gov
Uruguay (Oriental Republic of)
Address during Parliamentary Session (embassy)
Suite 2308
Trust Bank Centre
Heerengracht
Cape Town, 8001
Postal Address:
P O Box 4774
Cape Town, 8000
Website: http://www.embassyofuruguay.co.za
Vanuatu (Republic of)
Grosvenor Court 1
High Level Road 78
Green Point, 8002
Cape Town
Postal Address:
P O Box 114
Green Point, 8051
Tel: 021 4346570, Fax: 021 4346518
E-Mail: Christian@brendel.co.za
Website: http://www.vanuatu.net.vu
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