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Please note that from 1 September 2009, the Consulate-General in Chicago will no longer accept mailing/postage fees from applicants in order to return documents.
Applicants must:
1) enclose a self-addressed, pre-paid courier envelope at the time of application for documents issued locally (such as temporary passports and emergency travel certificates, visas and permits) to be mailed to applicants, and
2) send a second pre-paid courier envelope if the applied for documents will be issued in Pretoria, South Africa (such as passports, birth certificates, etc.), only in cases where a temporary passport if applied for.
The applicant's name and address must be indicated as both the sender (return address) and receiver (addressee) on the prepaid courier envelope. All courier envelopes/labels must have a tracking number.