Apply In Person

1. To amend or modify a Birth, Marriage, or Death Certificate, the applicant should make a written application to the Magistrate of the district in which the entry of the document was registered for an order authorizing the Registrar of Civil Status to amend an entry.Please view the Civil Status Office contact details through this Contact Details
2. The applicant should obtain the application form for rectification from any Civil Status Office or download the form directly through this Form For Rectification.
3. Read and complete the amendment form correctly, and then make a copy of the civil status document to be amended and the applicant’s National Identification Card (NIC) and enclose then with the completed application form in a single file.
4. Then submit the application file to the Magistrate of the district in which the entry of the document was registered.
5. The magistrate will assess the application and refer the application to the Minister Public for a conclusion of the amendment application.
6. The Minister Public will deliberate on the amendment application and make a conclusive decision regarding the application.
7. The Minister Public will then for conditions of the amendment application to the Magistrate and upon receipt of those conditions, the Magistrate will either decide to grant or refuse the amendment of the civil status document.
8. If the application is approved for amendment, the registrar of the civil status documents will modify the document as required and update the civil status registry.
9. If the application is not approved, the applicant will be informed in writing and he/she is dissatisfied with the decision of the Magistrate, the applicant may within six weeks from the date of the decision, move to the Supreme Court for a reconsideration of the application.

• Completed application form.
• NIC.
• Copy of the document to be amended.

Civil Status Office
Address: Office of the Registrar of Civil Status
7th Floor, Emmanuel Anquetil Building, Port Louis.
Tel: 201 1727
Contact Details
The Supreme Court and District Courts Contact Details

• Individuals who are holders of a Mauritius Birth, Marriage, or Death Certificate are eligible to apply.

• The application is free of charge.

• A civil status document is valid forever unless nullified by a court of law.

• Form For Rectification.

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

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
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Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since January 1908.

• NIC number.
• Name.
• Address.
• Contact information.
• Date of Birth.
• Gender.
• Marital status.
• The Serial number of the document to be amended.
• Particulars to be amended.
• Declaration.

• A civil status document is used to prove an occurrence in the civil status of an individual. Ie to prove Birth, Mariage, and Death of a person.

• CIVIL STATUS ACT

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

• Civil Status Division

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