Apply In-Person

1. Obtain all necessary documents.
2. Submit application requirements to the Migration and Visa Unit of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
3. Pay the application fee.

• Two passport sized photos
• Certified copy of birth certificate or affidavit in lieu of birth certificate
• Personal declaration to establish nationality
• Certified copy of valid residence permits if available
• Proof that the applicant has been in Botswana for such a period i.e. letter from tribal authority

Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Migration and Visa Unit
Tel: +267 361 1300/27/44
Toll free Number: 0800 600 777

Ministry of Labour & Home Affairs (MLHA)
Block 8, Government Enclave, Khama Crescent
Private Bag 002
Gaborone, Botswana
Tel: (+267)3611100
Fax: (+267) 3907426
Email: mlha-pro@.gov.bw

• Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs (MLHA) Website

• People who have settled in Botswana immediately before 30 September, 1966 and have lived ordinarily as members of a particular tribe or community or have been customarily accepted as a member of a tribe or community qualifies to apply for the service.

• Application Fee: P200.00

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents which can be used by people who would like to follow this procedure.    

Please attach sample completed documents which would help other people who would like to follow this procedure.    

Please explain processing time taken in obtaining the document/certificate. 

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M". 
	

Please provide instructions on obtaining the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

• Citizenship represents the link between a person and a state or an association of states. Possession of citizenship is normally associated with the right to work and live in a country and to participate in political life.

Ways to acquire citizenship in Botswana:

• Citizenship by settlement
• Dual citizenship
• Citizenship by descent
• Naturalisation
• Naturalisation of foreign spouse
• Registration of adopted child over three (3) years old
• Registration of minor child of a citizen
• President's power to register citizens
• Declaration of intent

• It is the mandate of the Ministry of labour and Home Affairs to promote gender equality, provide labour, occupational health and safety, civil registration, migration, citizenship and coordinate graduate internship and vocational training. They are in charge of issuing work and resident permits.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

• Citizenship Requirements and Processes:

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More information which might help people.