Apply In-Person:

1. To renew Society Registration in Zambia, the applicant will have to contact the Ministry of Home Affairs, please tap on the following link to view contact details: link.
2. Make sure to have all the documents that are listed under the “Required Documents” section of this page.
3. An application form will be provided to the applicant upon visiting the Registrar of Societies department of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
4. Once understanding the guideline properly, the applicant has to fill in all the necessary information in the application form.
5. Pay the fee as given in the “Fees” section of this page.
6. After the completion and verification of all the required documents, the registration will be renewed.
7. Collect the certificate of renewed registration from the office in a stipulated period of time.
   

• Copies of national registration cards (NRC).
• Passport or driving licence in respect of Zambians and immigration permits in respect of non-Zambians must be submitted for each office bearer.
• Detailed CV’s with traceable references for each office-bearer.
• Copy of Constitution.
• Copy of the registration certificate.
  

Ministry of Home Affairs
Department of Registrar of Societies
Head Office
Independence Avenue
P.O.Box 50997
Lusaka, Zambia
Contact: +260211254336
Contact Details link.

Any registered society secretary who wants their registration renewed.

Renewal Fee: Pay as per authority’s request.

The validity of the renewal is subject to deregistration or cancellation of the certificate.

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links.

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

The processing will depend on the verification of submitted documents.

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, google video, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of the 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 other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office has held birth records since january 1908.

• Names of the members, addresses, NRCs and signatures
• Phone numbers of the ten (10) office bearers.
• Name of the Society
• Address of the Society
  

The renewal helps the society run for a longer period of time.

Societies Act of Zambia: link.

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

Place some external links which might help.

More information which might help people.