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CONSULAR FOCUS: JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
Telephone Number: 27-11-331-1681 
Fax Number: 27-11-331-1327 or 27-11-331-1314 
Street Address: 11th Floor, Kine Center, 141 Commissioner Street, Johannesburg 
Mailing Address: PO Box 2155, Johannesburg 2000 
Hours: Nonimmigrant visas - 8:00 am to 12:00 noon on Monday through Friday; Immigrant Visas - 8:00 am to 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; applications are accepted from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm on Wednesdays. 
Nonimmigrant Visas: Three year B-1/B-2 visas are available. Visas are issued in one day. Visa applications may be submitted in person, via drop box, or by mail (for applicants physically within the consular district). Travel agents are often used to submit B-1 and B-2 visas. Interviews are scheduled at the discretion of the consular official and interviews of younger applicants is common. There are no restrictions on re-applying if initially denied a nonimmigrant visa (though the visa issuance rate at the consulate is high). 
Immigrant Visas: The US consulate in Johannesburg has jurisdiction for immigrant visas for all of South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Namibia and Mozambique. Interviews normally take one to two months to be scheduled after the applicant has a current priority date and all of the documents are in order. Military clearances are still required for all white males and can be obtained from the Chief of Staff, Personnel (War Records), P/B X281, Pretoria 001. Only long form birth and marriage certificates are acceptable and they can be obtained by writing to the South African Department of Home Affairs, Private Bag Z114, Pretoria 0001. 
Medical Exams: Appointment slots fill up quickly and you should allow two weeks for processing. The following physicians have been approved to conduct medical exams for immigrant visa applicants: 
Johannesburg-area:

Dr. Mark S. Singer, 7 Long Avenue, Glenhazel, ph: 786-6923/26

Drs. R.M. Mayer, J.W. Rodwell, L.A. Wormald and J.C. Pitcher, 301 Hyde Park Corner, Jan Smuts Ave., ph: 788-5200/1

Dr. Pier Carlo Pavese, 158 - 9th Ave., C/R Louis Botha Ave., Highland North, 2192, ph: 786-4219

Drs. Gary Cutler and Michael Setzer, Norwood Clinic, 96 William Rd, Norwood, 2192, ph: 728-1273/4/5


Pretoria-area:

Dr. D.A. Van Staden, Wilgers Hospital Consulting Rooms, Ste. 2, Lynnwood Rd, Pretoria, ph: 807-0239/0385


Bloemfontein-area:

Dr. J.L. Fouche, Centrum Medicunum Bldg, 11 Ella ST, Willows, Bloemfontein, ph: 47-0136/1999


Nelspruit-area:

Drs. C.W. Mars, M.C. Eksteen and O.E. Ludwig, PO Box 38, 9 Bell Street, Nelspruit, ph: 2-3156


Cape Town-area:

Dr. John Taylor, 137 Boston House, 46 Strand Street, ph: 21-4236, 21-4367

Drs. S. Levy, A.G. Stoner, A.S. Morton and G. Greeff, Sixth Floor Pier House, Heerengracht, Forshore, ph: 21-6145

Dr. J.B. Lazarus, 306 Medical Center, Kloof Road, Sea Point, ph: 434-1968


Durban-area:

Dr. P.J. Edington, 23 Heron Toad, Berea, 29-5603

Dr. Godfrey Gordon, 617/9 Colonial Mutual Buidings, ph: 305-4840


East London-area:

Drs. E.L. Murray and S.G. Murray, Medical Center, 280 Oxford ST, ph: 2-3151


Port Elizabeth-area:

Drs. B.A. Helman and A.J. Niemann, 105 St. Georges Med. Ste., 408 Park Drive, ph: 34-3838