{"id":158,"date":"2023-04-03T18:23:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T16:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consjohannesburg.esteri.it\/chi-siamo\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T12:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:31:21","slug":"chi-siamo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/consjohannesburg.esteri.it\/en\/chi-siamo\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Consulate General of Italy in Johannesburg provides consular services to Italian nationals residing in its jurisdiction, to Italian non-residents who are temporarily in its jurisdiction and to foreign nationals who need to contact our Visa and School Sections.<\/p>\n

Its consular jurisdiction comprises the Provinces of Free State, Gauteng (with the exclusion of the metropolitan area of Pretoria-Tshwane), KwaZulu Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Northwest.<\/p>\n

To have access to the Consulate General, one has to exhibit a valid ID document with photo.<\/p>\n

Our address is:
\n37 First Avenue, Houghton Estate, 2198, Johannesburg<\/strong>
\nP O Box 46306 \u2013 Orange Grove 2119<\/strong><\/p>\n

PLEASE VISIT THE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF OUR WEBSITE BEFORE CALLING OR SENDING EMAILS REQUESTING INFORMATION.<\/strong><\/span>
\nTHIS CONSULATE GENERAL WILL REPLY ONLY TO EMAILS CONTAINING QUESTIONS THAT CANNOT BE ANSWERED BY CONSULTING OUR WEBSITE<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

E-mail for civil status<\/strong> (citizenship, birth, marriage, divorce, death): consolare.johannesburg@esteri.it<\/a><\/p>\n

E-mail for travel documents<\/strong> (Passports, ETD, CIE): johannesburg.pass@esteri.it\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

E-mail for visa<\/strong>: visa.johannesburg@esteri.it<\/a><\/p>\n

Email address for notarial services<\/strong> (powers of attorney, service of documents): notarile.johannesburg@esteri.it<\/a><\/p>\n

Email address for school\/university matters and Declarations of Value:<\/strong> scuola.johannesburg@esteri.it<\/a><\/p>\n

Email for the Secretary of the Consul<\/strong>: johannesburg.segr@esteri.it<\/a><\/p>\n

Email for generic requests<\/strong>: consgenjohannesburg@esteri.it<\/a><\/p>\n

Telephone: <\/strong>+27 (0)11 7281392\/93<\/p>\n

The switchboard for general information is available from Monday to Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

To speak with a consular officer from a specific office, please call from Monday to Friday, between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Opening hours to the public<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: from 09h00 to 11h30<\/strong>
\nMonday from 14h00 to 16h00<\/strong><\/p>\n

This Consulate General will be closed for the following Public Holidays:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • New Year’s Day \u2013 1 January 2026 \u2013 Thursday<\/li>\n
  • Human Rights Day \u2013 21 March 2026 \u2013 Saturday<\/li>\n
  • Easter Monday \u2013 6 April 2026 \u2013 Monday<\/li>\n
  • Liberation Day \u2013 25 April 2026 \u2013 Saturday<\/li>\n
  • Freedom Day \u2013 27 April 2026 \u2013 Monday<\/li>\n
  • Labour Day \u2013 1 May 2026 \u2013 Friday<\/li>\n
  • Italian Republic Day \u2013 2 June 2026 \u2013 Tuesday<\/li>\n
  • Heritage Day \u2013 24 September 2026 \u2013 Thursday<\/li>\n
  • Saint Francis of Assisi -04 October 2026-Sunday<\/li>\n
  • Reconciliation Day \u2013 16 December 2026 \u2013 Wednesday<\/li>\n
  • Christmas Day \u2013 25 December 2026 \u2013 Friday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Consulate General of Italy in Johannesburg provides consular services to Italian nationals residing in its jurisdiction, to Italian non-residents who are temporarily in its jurisdiction and to foreign nationals who need to contact our Visa and School Sections. Its consular jurisdiction comprises the Provinces of Free State, Gauteng (with the exclusion of the metropolitan […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-158","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consjohannesburg.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consjohannesburg.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consjohannesburg.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consjohannesburg.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consjohannesburg.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/consjohannesburg.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9167,"href":"https:\/\/consjohannesburg.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions\/9167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consjohannesburg.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}