You can apply for a South African Identity document via the South African Consular Services in Germany
When you apply at the South African Embassy or Consulate, you will be issued with a green ID Book
When you apply in South Africa you will be issued with a smart ID card
A person, who has previously been issued with a smart card ID may not be issued with a green bar-coded identity book afterwards. The Embassy therefore strongly urge all applicants to apply for a smart card ID during their next trip to South Africa instead of applying for the green bar-coded identity book at a South African mission abroad
When you apply for your new South African passport in Germany, you have to apply at either the South African Embassy in Berlin or the Consulate in Munich, depending on where you live.
The Embassy has taken great care to document all the relevant information, that can be downloaded from their website.
After submitting your application, the documents are sent to South Africa for processing. The embassy or consulate cannot influence the processing time.
Please remember that appointment openings fill up very quickly, and your application appointment can be a month or two after you send an appointment request.
Embassy Berlin Reach them through Tiergartenstraße. 18, 10785 Berlin +4930220730 +493022073190 berlin.consular@dirco.gov.za Social Networks SAEmbassyBerlin @SAEmbassyBerlin Website Consulate Munich Reach them through Sendlinger-Tor-Platz 5, 80336
All South African citizens/applicants requiring civic services, and who reside in Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thüringen shall approach the South African Embassy in Berlin: Tiergartenstr. 18, 10785 Berlin
All South African citizens/applicants requiring civic services, and who reside in Bayern and Baden-Wuerttemberg shall approach the South African Consulate-General in Munich: Sendlinger-Tor-Platz 5, 80336 Munich
To schedule an appointment at the Munich Consulate, please send an email with the information below to: Munich.CivicApp@dirco.gov.za
To schedule an appointment at the Embassy in Berlin, please send an email with the information below to berlin.consular@dirco.gov.za
You will get an email from the embassy to confirm receipt of your request for an appointment. They will then manually schedule an appointment and send you a second email with your appointment date. Check your email spam folder as the reply email from the embassy might end up there.
A complete list of what is needed for the application can be found on the South African Embassy Website, under the Identity Document Section
When your South African Identity document is stolen or lost, you must report it to the police and attach the police report detailing the loss or theft to your application. The Police report does not need to be translated into English.
If you’re applying for a South African passport in Germany, it’s important to note that the embassy cannot track the progress of your application until they receive the diplomatic bag from Home Affairs in South Africa. This means they are unable to provide updates on processing times. However, applicants with civic status enquiries can follow up directly with Home Affairs by emailing hacc@dha.gov.za. Some applicants have also had success obtaining updates by calling Home Affairs at 0800 60 11 90 from South Africa. Responses via email may take some time, with some applicants reporting a reply after about a month.
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