• Prepare a request/application to be submitted to the appropriate authority.
• Submit your request/application along with all other required documents.
• Pay the application fee.

Nationality by option (origin)

• Birth Certificate of the applicant
• Identity Card or Passport
• If a parent (parents) is from Cape Verde your Birth Certificate is required.
• If nationality is via a grandparent is a "Cape Verdean" should submit your mother's or father's Birth Certificate and Certificate of Birth of your grandparent

Nationality through marriage:

• Application to the Registrar of the Central Registry, stating the applicants identity and the reason for submitting the request
• Marriage Certificate
• If the marriage took place outside the country, the Marriage Certificate has to be transcribed in the Central Registry
• Birth Certificate of the applicant
• Birth Certificate of the spouse with the registration of the marriage
• Photocopy of passport
• Certificate of Criminal Record from the country of residence

Nationality by naturalization:

• Photocopy of Residence Permit
• Application to the Ministry of Justice for the purpose of Request for Nationality
• Supporting document regarding income
• Photocopy of Passport - pages containing the identifying and containing the stamps of entry and exit from the country and their Visas;
• If you are a male citizen, proof of military service or dismissal from military service from your country of origin (confirmed by the Embassy or Consulate)
• Criminal Record Certificate issued in Cape Verde (or any other country that is at least not older than 6 months)
• Criminal record certificate issued in the country of origin;
• Request addressed to the Minister of Justice with complete identification of the applicant and the reasons for the request;
• Birth certificate issued in the country of origin and recognized by the Embassy or Consulate in Cape Verde;
• Declaration of SEF to prove that also resides there at least 5 years in the country.
• Written proof to be attached to the application, that the applicant that is not at the service of another state - presentation of documents by the Consular services from your country of origin.

Ministry of Justice
Praia - Santiago
Cape Verde
Phone: 262 32 61
Fax: 260 99 00
Email Contact Form

Directorate General of Registries and Notaries Identification
Avenue OAU - Achada de Santo Antnio
CP 205
Tel: 2 60 99 00/9930/9929
Fax: 62 2 33 50

Ministry of Justice Website

• Obtaining Cape Verdean Nationality through origin, is only possible in case of a grandparent or a parent being Cape Verdean
• Obtaining Cape Verdean Nationality through naturalization: foreigners may apply voluntarily or if they are married to a Cape Verdean.

Note: For those applying through naturalization, the applicant must be residing in the country for more than five (5) years.

• Application fee: 3611 ECV
• Certificate of Citizenship: 1200 ECV

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

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Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
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Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
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width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
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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.

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

• Cape Verde Government Web Portal:

https://portoncv.gov.cv/portal/page?_pageid=118,188596&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_dominio=25&p_menu=32&p_item=151&p_ent_det=738#

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