• Visit the Registrar General's Department.
• Bring all the necessary documents.
• Pay the applicable fees.

Initial registration for citizen

Original registration for citizen

• Father's or guardian's identity card.
• Passport if acquired.

Initial registration for non-citizen

• Passport.
• Residence permit which is six months old.

Registrar General's Department

Central Registry Office

Makombe Building

Harare

Zimbabwe

Email: helpdesk@rg.gov.zw

• Be of 16 years of age or above
• Produce a birth certificate as proof of citizenship

• For searching records relating to any one year for any document, entry or other record: US$10.
• Fingerprint clearance: US$1.
• Urgent fingerprint clearance: US$5.
• Initial registration of persons who are above the age of 18: US$2.

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.    

• Synthetic ID is instant within 15 minutes of application.
• Green copy ID waiting 3 days.

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.

The issuance of identity documents is a statutory requirement in terms of the National Registration Act Chapter 10:17 which specify that every citizen by birth or by registration (acquired citizen) should register a National Registration document.

Enter other informations which might help

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.