All visa applications must be lodged at the VFS Global Visa Application Centres dedicated to Italy. An extra fee will be applied as a service charge.
These are the VFS Centres in South Africa where you can apply if you are resident in the jurisdiction of the Consulate General of Italy in Johannesburg:
PRETORIA
Capital Junction, 1st Floor
1226 Francis Baard Street
Hatfield, Pretoria, Gauteng
MAP
JOHANNESBURG
Rivonia Village Office Block, 2nd floor
Cnr. Rivonia Boulevard and Mutual Road,
Rivonia, Johannesburg, 2196, Gauteng
MAP
JOHANNESBURG (Alice Lane)
3rd Floor Bowman’s Building, 11
Alice Lane, Sandton
DURBAN
21 Aurora Drive, Liberty Life Building, Second Floor
Umhlanga, Durban
MAP
GABORONE
Plot 544367 Unit 3, Wing 3, 4th Floor,
Mogobe Plaza, New CBD,
Gaborone, Botswana
MAP
MBOMBELA
2nd Floor, The Pinnacle Building,
1 Parkin Street, Mbombela
MAP
POLOKWANE
Maneo Building, 73 Biccard St,
Polokwane Central, Polokwane, 0700
BLOEMFONTEIN
Ground Floor , PHG Building / Noble House, 196 Nelson Mandela Dr,
Brandwag, Bloemfontein
MAP
You can book an appointment through the dedicated website Book an appointment | vfsglobal.
You can also contact the VFS’s helpline by phone (+ 27 12 4253048 for South Africa, +267 3733400 for Botswana) or via email (info.itza@vfshelpline.com for South Africa, info.itbo@vfshelpline.com for Botswana).
Please, do not use the emergency phone of the Consulate General for visa-related queries. The Consulate General of Italy in Johannesburg does not disclose details on visa applications over the phone nor gives information on their status, nor provide answers to questions whose content is already covered by the websites of the Consulate General and of VFS Global.