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Apply for a visa for France in Botswana

The French Embassy in Gaborone doesn't issue visas.

To complete your online application you must select South Africa as your country of submission of application.

Capago is the outsourcing company for the processing of Schengen visas on behalf of the French Consulate in Johannesburg. You can follow-up on the next availability in Gaborone on fr-bw.capago.eu.

What are the application fees?

The fees required for filing a visa application are composed of :

  • Fees charged by the French administration (pdf)to process your visa application. The applicable fees are indicated in Euros (€). This fee collected by the administration is non-refundable, even if your visa application is rejected ;
  • Service fees collected by CAPAGO when you submit your application to the external service provider. The basic service fees (120 EUR) plus the passport transfer fees (30 EUR) are in Euros but are paid in the local currency.

Optional paid-for services are also available for visa applications. You can access these when you make an appointment on the CAPAGO website.

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CAPAGO Visa Application Centre in Gaborone

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Contact details

761 Robinson road,
Gaborone
Botswana

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Email

infofrance-bw@capago.eu

Call center

+27 (0)71 866 3817 (Telephone/WhatsApp)

Website

https://fr-bw.capago.eu/

Submitting applications

Check the next availability in Gaborone on https://fr-bw.capago.eu/.

Collecting passports

Passports collection need to be done at the following address, from Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm.

  • Aramex/Sprint courriers, Plot 69368, Unit 1, Western Industrial Estate Broadhurst.
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Practical information

Closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

  • Thursday, January 1st 2026
  • Friday, April 3rd 2026
  • Monday, April 6th 2026
  • Monday, April 27th 2026
  • Friday, May 1st 2026
  • Tuesday, June 16th 2026
  • Monday, August 10th 2026
  • Thursday, Septembrer 24th 2026
  • Wednesday, December 16th 2026
  • Friday, December 25th 2026
​​​​​​Practical information on the appointment and the procedure in the Visa Centre
 Preparing for your visit to the Centre

When you are making an appointment i.e. via the call centre or on the CAPAGO Botswana website, you will be asked to immediately provide an email address where you can receive the appointment confirmation letter. You will be asked to produce this letter when you visit the CAPAGO Visa Application Centre.

 Attendance in person

Visa applicants must submit their visa application in person at a CAPAGO Centre. However, if you meet the following conditions, you can entrust your application to a third-party to submit it on your behalf or send your application by post:

  • You are applying for a short-stay Schengen visa;
  • You have been granted a Schengen visa in the previous 59 months;
  • Your biometric data (photograph and fingerprints) have already been taken for a previous visa;
  • You have a copy of your old Schengen visa.

If you authorise a third-party to act on your behalf, do not forget to give him/her the power of attorney document (pdf) duly completed and signed by yourself.

 Remember to bring the following
  • The appointment confirmation letter (printed out);
  • Your passport with at least 2 blank pages. The passport number must be identical to the one mentioned on the appointment confirmation letter;
  • Payment to cover the cost of the visa and the visa processing fees.
  • The file containing all the required documents presented in the same order as on the list of required documents;

If your visa application is incomplete (i.e. missing documents), you may choose not to submit your application until you have all the required documents and come back to the Centre at a later date and after making a new appointment. You will not have to pay any visa processing fees if you decide not to submit your application at this time.

However, if you do decide to submit an incomplete application, you will be asked to sign a document indicating that your application is incomplete and that certain documents are missing.

Submitting a complete application does not guarantee that the consular authorities will issue you with a visa.

 Biometrics

All visas issued by France are biometric visas.

Any visa applicant aged 12 or older is required to file their first visa application in person. The following biometric data will be required: a photograph, scanned or taken at the time of submission of application, and 10 fingerprints, taken flat and digitised.

However, it is also possible to have your previous biometric data re-used if you were issued a Schengen visa within at least the previous 59 months.

Children under 12 years of age are not required to provide the biometric data; the application must be submitted by the child’s parent/legal guardian. The photograph in the ISO/IEC format (pdf) of the child will be scanned.

After your appointment and submitting your application at the centre, you can track the progress of your applicationon the CAPAGO website.

Passports collection need to be done at the following address, from Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm:

  • Aramex/Sprint courriers, Plot 69368, Unit 1, Western Industrial Estate Broadhurst.