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  • Visa Fees

    All visa application fees are payable for each applicant, including dependants.The fees are payable in South African Rand.

    The acknowledgement of your visa fee payment will be valid for 15 working days from the date of payment and applicants must submit their applications within this period.

    Payments

    You can pay your visa application fee in the following 3 ways:

    1. By bankers cheque at a visa application centre - issued by any South African bank and favouring the British High Commission, Pretoria.
    2. In cash - at any of the Nedbank branches in South Africa. The account details for the British High Commission bank account are:
    Account Name: British High Commission
    Account Number: 1454092696
    Account Type: Current Account
    Bank Name: Nedbank
    Important:
    Applicants need to use their passport number as the payment reference number
    3. Online - Only Visa and MasterCard credit cards are accepted. We are unable to support any other type of credit cards such as American Express. Payments by debit card are not permitted. Once an online payment has been taken applicants will receive a confirmation email from our payment provider RBS WorldPay - a printed copy of this payment confirmation should be submitted as part of your application as proof of payment.

    Electronic fund transfers (EFT), internet transfers, direct debit payments and any other mode of payment other than the above are not acceptable.

    Important: The visa application fee reflects the administrative costs of processing an application and is not refundable if your application is refused. If a payment has been made and the application is not submitted or if the applicant refuses to provide biometric details with their application, then we will refund the fee.

    These fees are effective for all visa applications made from 11 January 2010
    The consular rate of exchange is 1 GBP= 12.5 ZAR. Please note the visa fees are subject to change.

     Category Fees (ZAR)
    Category: Visit
    Single or double visit up to 1 month (India only) 575
    Approved Destination Status (ADS) Agreement with China, up to 30 days only 838
    Single, double and multiple visit, valid up to 6 months 838
    Long term multiple entry (1 - 2 years) 2688
    Long term multiple entry (5 years) 5000
    Long term multiple entry (10 years) 6250
    Entertainer visitor 838
    Family visitor 838
    Business visitor - general 838
    Business visitor - academic visitor (up to 12 months) 838
    Business visitor - visiting professor 838
    Business visitor - religious worker 838
    Business visitor - film crew 838
    Special visitor - marriage/civil partnership 838
    Special visitor - medical treatment 838
    Special visitor - visitor in transit 575
    Special visitor - student visitor, up to 6 months 838
    Special visitor - child visitor 838
    Special visitor - prospective student 838
    Special visitor - parent of a child at school (up to 12 months) 2688
    Sports visitor 838
    Business visitor - clinical attachments/dental observations (up to 6 weeks) 2688
    Business visitor - PLAB test 2688
    Category: Study (non PBS)
    Dependant of student applicant 1813
    Category: Employment (non PBS)
    Work permit holder 2688
    Work permit/HSMP dependant 2688
    Off Shore Workers 2688
    Overseas domestic worker - private household 2688
    EC Business Association Agreement 2688
    Sole representative 2688
    UK Ancestry 2688
    Seasonal agricultural worker 2688
    Dependants of any of the above 2688
    Vander Elst Free of charge
    Swiss Posted Worker Free of charge
    Category: Settlement
    Spouse/civil partner of a settled person 7313
    Unmarried/same sex partner of a settled person 7313
    Fiancé(e)/proposed civil partner of a settled person 7313
    Child or dependant relative of a settled person 7313
    Adopted child of settled person 7313
    Armed Forces 7313
    Family reunion Free of charge
    Category: Points Based System (PBS)
    Tier 1 general applicant 8438
    Dependant of tier 1 general applicant 8438
    Tier 1 general applicant with HSMP approval letter (transitional arrangement) 3125
    Dependant of tier 1 general applicant with HSMP approval letter (transitional arrangement) 3125
    Tier 1 investor or entrepreneur 8438
    Dependant of tier 1 investor or entrepreneur 8438
    Tier 1 post study applicant 3313
    Dependant of tier 1 post study applicant 3313
    Tier 2 applicant 3313
    Dependant of tier 2 applicant 3313
    Tier 4 (general) student applicant 1958
    Dependant of tier 4 (general) student applicant 1813
    Tier 4 (child) student applicant 1813
    Tier 5 applicant (temporary worker) 1563
    Dependant of tier 5 applicant (temporary worker) 1563
    Tier 5 applicant (youth mobility scheme) 1563
    Chevening Scholarship or Fellowship Free of charge
    British Marshall Scholarship Free of charge
    Fulbright Scholarship Free of charge
    Commonwealth Scholarships and Fellowships Plan Free of charge
    Category: Exempt
    Diplomats: official visit/posting Free of charge
    Members of international organisations on official visits Free of charge
    Member of UK or visiting forces Free of charge
    Category: Others
    Exercise the right of access to a child 2688
    Parent/primary carer of an EEA national child 2688
    Returning resident 2688
    Right of Abode Certificate of Entitlement 2688
    Course F 838
    Joining ship/aircraft 575
    Direct Airside Transit (DAT) 575
    Family member of an EEA national Free of charge
    Family member of a Swiss national Free of charge
    Turkish nationals to establish in business Free of charge

    Visa application fees are set in £ sterling by the British Government and are the same world wide.
    Visit the UK Border Agency Visa Services website to see the £ sterling visa application fees.
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