Italy will pause visa applications this month while the consulate and VFS systems undergo maintenance and upgrades. During the shutdown, both systems will be offline and no operations will be possible.
VFS Centres in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Gaborone, Nelspruit, Polokwane and Bloemfontein will be shut down from February 11-18, resuming normal operations on February 19.
Application centres in Cape Town, Gqeberha and George will not accept visa applications from February 13-17 and will resume operations on February 18.
Arrangements will be made to reschedule affected appointments.
Centres will remain open for visa collections only.
