Malawi - Register Death and Obtain Certificate

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Procedure

• The applicant shall go to the district registra and get a form of death certificate
• The applicant then fills the form with the required details and attaches a death report to the form
• The applicant the takes the duly completed application form to a competent officer together with evidence of the occurrence particulars of death.
• If the competent officer, is satisfied that the occurrence took place in accordance with the particulars shown in the death report he or *she countersigns the application.
• The applicant then forwards the application to the Registrar together with evidence of payment for the death certificate.
• The applicant waits for a few days for the registrar to issue the death certificate

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Required Documents

• Form of Death Certificate
• Death report
• Proof of nationality of the deceased and informant
• Proof of payment for death certificate.

Office Locations & Contacts

The Registrar General,

P.O. Box 100,

Blantyre, Malawi.

The National Registration Bureau

Office of the President and Cabinet,

Capital Hill Circle, Private Bag 301,

Capital City, Lilongwe 3, Malawi.

Telephone: +2651789311 / +2651789 411

Eligibility

Relatives of the deceased or medical doctors who were present when the death occurred.

Fees

A death certificate in Malawi costs 20,000 Malawian Kwacha

Validity

A death certificate is valid after a person is dead

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Processing Time

It takes between 7 to 30 working days to register death in Malawi and acquire a death certificate

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Instructions

• The Malawian National Registration Act was passed in 2009 makes death registration compulsory and universal.
• To register a death, relatives of the deceased or other representative must complete a death report and deliver a copy of it to the district registrar.

Required Information

1. Date, Place and Cause of Death
2. Full Name of deceased
3. Address of the deceased
4. Profession or Occupation of the deceased
5. Nationality of the deceased
6. Sex of the deceased
7. Age of the deceased
8. Length of Residence in Malawi
9. Signature of Informant
10. Full Name of Informant
11. Address of Informant
12. Profession or Occupation of Informant

Need for the Document

It is compulsory to register every death that occurs in Malawi. It is the duty of the nearest relatives of such person who were present when the death occurred or in attendance during the deceaseds last illness to register the death

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/vitalstatkb/Attachment133.aspx

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