BLS is operational and accepting Schengen visa applications up to six months before the intended travel.
To apply you must address BLS in the following link:
For national visas (work, studies, non-lucrative, etc) please send an email to:
Payment
to the Consulate General
EFT
Residents
in Comoros, Madagascar and Mauritius can pay by bank transfer, only if
they are unable to make payment through a South African representative.
The
amount to be transferred must be the exact amount, in local currency (South
African Rand (ZAR) and free of commission or other bank charges.
If
the amount received does not correspond to the exact amount of the consular fee
of the process to be carried out, it will be rejected. We therefore
recommend that before making any bank transfer, you contact the CG in advance
to know the exact amount to transfer as well as the correct banking details.
No
request will be processed until the exact amount is received in the bank
account of this Consulate General.
Photograph
It should be a recent (no older than 6 months) colour photograph of the
applicant's face, 32 by 26mm, with a uniform, white and smooth background,
taken from the front with the head completely uncovered and without sunglasses
or any other garment that can prevent or hinder the identification of the
person. (The photograph should clearly show the oval of the face and should be
high resolution and on good quality photo paper).
Application
The visa application cannot be submitted by mail or electronically.
The application form cannot be completed online; it
must be printed.
The form must be duly signed. If it is not signed, it
cannot be processed.
Only for national visas (non-Schengen):
- A complete photocopy of all pages of the passport
must be submitted along with the application.
- It is necessary to read a specific form beforehand,
which you will then be required to sign and date along with the information
that has been entered into the computer system once at the CG.
- Once the application has been completed, a receipt
is issued with specific information that should be used to follow the course of
the application, and, to collect the visa.
Outcome
No correspondence on
the procedure will be registered or provided by this consulate until the
deadline established for decision-making on the visa has elapsed; consult our
webpage for the established time frames per visa type.
The outcome on
applications for short stay (Schengen) visas is decided by the consulate
general within 15 calendar days from the date of the complete application; This
period may be extended to a maximum of 45 calendar days in certain cases. The
average turn-around time in high season (April-October) is 13 days; in low
season (November-March), 6 days.