1. Go to the county court in your area of residence to apply for the procedure.
2. Submit all required documents.
3. Pay all necessary administrative fees.

Note: In case you have lost your Certificate of Senegalese Nationality please contact the chief clerk of the county court who issued the certificate.

• A birth certificate, issued not longer than 3 months
• A certified photocopy of the national identity card or the birth certificate of the applicant's parents, issued not longer than 3 months
• A certificate of residence
• A stamp of 2,000 FCFA
• The receipt issued when the administrative fee was paid

Directorate of Civil Affairs and the Seal
Direction des Affaires civiles et du Sceau (DACS)
Department of Justice (DOJ)
58, rue Carnot - Annexe Ministre de la Justice - BP 4030 - Dakar
Phone: 33 823 59 57
Fax: 33823 16 12

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All Senegalese citizen may send a request to obtain a Certificate of Senegalese Nationality.

The total cost of obtaining the certificate is 2,300 FCFA:

• A stamp duties: 2,000 FCFA
• Issuance Fee (paid to the Treasury Services) : 300 FCFA

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

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Your application to obtain a Certificate of Senegalese Nationality will be processed within a day or two, from the time you have submitted all required documents and paid all necessary fees.

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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.

A Certificate of Senegalese Nationality is a document stating the person indicated in the certificate is a Senegalese national.

Following are procedures on how to obtain a Certificate of Senegalese Nationality .

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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.

• Senegal Public Service Website:

http://www.servicepublic.gouv.sn/index.php/demarche_administrative/demarche/1/30/4/231

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