Egypt - Obtain a Death Certificate

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Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. To obtain a Death Certificate, the applicant/ family of deceased must first approach and inform the Ministry of Health contact link
2. Then the applicant must approach the Civil Status Department (CSD, maslahat al-ahwal al-madaniyya) of Egypt's Ministry of Interior office.
3. The applicant must submit the death notification form to the Ministry of Interior.
4. The person registering the dead (applicant) shows an attestation signed by a medical officer who confirmed the death of the person.
5. If the applicant does not have this document, they must show an attestation signed by both the Cell Executive Secretary and the Village leader where the deceased resided or buried.
6. The health office issues a permit for burial, with the cause of death, after the health inspector detects it.
7. The Health Office sends the death certificate to the civil registry, and in turn issues an official death certificate stamped after the request of the family of the deceased.
   

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Required Documents

• Medical certificate of death
• Birth certificate of death
• Identification documents
• Applicant’s original Egyptian passport or National ID card.
  

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry of Interior affairs
Department Civil Status Department
Address El Sheikh Rihan St.Cairo ,
Postal Code 11641
Phone no. 27948300 - 27959111 - 27952300
Fax 27960682
E-mail [email protected]

Ministry of Health and Population
3 Magless El Shaab st
Phone: 27943462 – 27942865
Fax: 27953966 – 27922904
Email: [email protected]
Contact link

Eligibility

• The applicant must be an Egyptian citizen.
• The applicant who has lost a person and requires a death Certificate can apply.
  

Fees

The fee to issue a death certificate is LE 100-200

Validity

The certificate is valid for lifetime.

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Processing Time

The processing time is 4 months.

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Required Information

• Name of the deceased person
• Sex of the deceased person
• The year, month, day and place of death;
• Ethnicity, of the deceased person
• Date of birth, of the deceased person
• Occupation, of the deceased person
• Residence of the deceased person
• Domicile of the deceased person,
• Name of deceased's father and mother
• Occupation of deceased’s father and mother
• Domicile of the deceased's father and mother;
• Name of the person applying for the death certificate
• Age, of the person applying for the death certificate
• Occupation of the person applying for the death certificate
• Domicile of the person applying for the death certificate
• Degree of relationship of the person applying for the death certificate to the deceased person
  

Need for the Document

The death certificate is required as a proof for a person’s death.

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