Zambia - Apply for Travel Identity Document

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To apply for a Travel Identity Document in Zambia, the applicant will have to contact the Department of national registration passport and citizenship office, 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 Department of national registration passport and citizenship office.
4. Once understanding the guideline properly, the applicant has to fill in all the necessary information in the application form.
5. Submit the application form with necessary attachments to the office.
6. Pay the fee as given in the “Fees” section of this page.
7. An interview will be held in the office upon submission of all the required documents.
8. After the completion and verification of all the required documents, the document will be accessible.
9. Collect the Travel Identity Document from the office with in a stipulated period of time.
   

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Required Documents

• Duly completed application form.
• To complete application for passport Barcode Form.
• Application to complete affidavit form.
• Two (2) passport size photos with white background.
• Photocopy of National Registration Card.
• Copies of marriage certificate for married applicant or affidavit of same in the absence of the actual document.
• Copy of the birth certificate.
• Copies of details from the previous passport.
• Two passport size photographs of 38mm x 51mm x 64mm or recent photographs with a clear background not mounted of which one must be endorsed by a recommender who has known the applicant for a period of not less than (2) years (These recommenders include the Ministers of Religion, medical/Legal practitioner, established civil servants, senior bank officials/any Zambian subject of similar standing who has personally acquainted with the applicant for at least two years. Members of the same family with the applicant are not allowed to be recommenders).
  

Other requirements:

• Copy of marriage certificate for married female applicant.
• Copy of deed poll for change of names.
• Copy of the statutory Declaration of the laws of Zambia.
• Police report on the loss of the previous passport.
• Sworn affidavit form on the reason for the lost passport.
• Applicant/parents or guardian to complete lost passport description form L for applicants below sixteen (16) years.
• Copy of the order from the department of social welfare services in the Ministry of Community Development and Social Welfare for adopted applicants.
• Copy of court order.
• Copy of the adoption certificate.
• Copy of the short form of birth certificate for the adoptee.
• Renunciation certificate of the adoptee form from the country of origin.
  

Requirements for applicants below the age of sixteen (16) years:

• Biological parents, or legal guardians to complete application Bar Code Form.
• Biological parents, or legal guardian to complete application form B and affidavit affirmation form M
• Two (2) passport photographs of 38mm x 51 mm or 51mm x 64mm of recent photographs with clear background not mounted of which one must be endorsed by a recommender who has known the applicant for a period of not less than two years.
• Photocopies of national registration of identity of biological parent or legal guardian.
• Photocopies of passports of parents or guardians.
• Copy of marriage certificate of parents/guardians (where necessary).
• A copy of birth certificate
• Copies of details of the previous passport for the applicant or current passport of parents or guardian.
  

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry of Home Affairs
Department of national registration passport and citizenship
Head Office
Independence Avenue
P.O.Box 50997
Lusaka, Zambia
+260211254336
Contact Details link.

Eligibility

• The applicant should be a bona fide resident of Zambia.
• The applicant can also be a Convention Refugee.
  

Fees

Application Fee: Pay as per the authority’s request.

Validity

The document is valid for 6 months.

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Processing Time

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Instructions

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Required Information

• The name of the applicant
• Nationality
• Address
• Reason of swearing
• National Registration No.
• Signature of Applicant
• License number
  

Need for the Document

The document works as an identity document issued by the government to enable applicant to clear border control measures.

Information which might help

National Registration Act of Zambia: link.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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