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In order to access this service, applicants must complete the following steps:

• For applicants applying for an Omang Card for the first time, complete and submit the Application for Registration (1st Schedule).
• For applicants applying for an Omang Card due to loss, renewal, theft, damage or change of surname, complete and submit the Application for Replacement.
• Along with the application form, submit the required documents (listed below) and provide finger prints. At the time of submission, a receipt will be issued to the applicant.
• The form is then forwarded to a centralized production center for processing. Upon successful processing, an Identity is issued for collection by the client.
• A receipt of submission is required when collecting the Identity Card.
• New applications done after 30 days of the applicant’s sixteenth birthday or acquiring citizenship are referred to as late registration. Applicants will be referred to the Botswana Police Service for cautioning and fining before collecting the Identity.

In order to access this service, applicants must complete the following steps.

• Complete and submit Application for Change of Name (with relevant support documents) to the Department of Civil and National Registration.
• The application will be processed and publicised in the Government Gazette for 30 days to accommodate possible objections.
• If there are no objections, an authorisation is publicised for 14 days in the Government Gazette to inform members of the proposed change.
•  If there is no objection to the authorisation, an authorisation letter is issued to the client.

In order to access this service, applicants must follow the following steps.

Deaths that occurred in health facilities

• The applicant (relatives or guardians) should submit a Death Notification tear-off (given by the doctor who certified the death) and identity document for citizens or passports for non- citizens. These should be submitted to the Civil and National Registration Offices (address provided below).

Death that occurred outside health institutions,

• Letter of confirmation of death from Kgosi or local authority.
• Statement from declarant and certified copy of their valid national identity document.
• Statements from two witnesses who know of the death and a certified copy of their valid national identity Document.

Late registration (after 30 days of occurrence),

• For deaths that occurred in health facilities, the applicant should submit:
• Letter of confirmation of death from the hospital or clinic.
• Statement from declarant and a copy of their valid identity document.

Death that occurred outside health institutions

• Letter of confirmation of death from Kgosi.
• Statement from declarant and a certified copy of valid identity Document.
• Statements from two witnesses who know of the death and a certified copy of their valid identity document.
• Upon successful processing of the application, the death certificate is issued and can only be collected by the next of kin being the mother, father, guardian, spouse or anyone authorized in writing by the family of the deceased. An identity document is required when picking up the death certificate.

NB: Late registration applications are referred to a centralized Assessment Committee for review.

In order to access this service, applicants must complete the following steps.

• Submit the required documents (listed below) to the Department of Civil and National Registration along with the required documents.
• The clerk will enter the birth into the Birth Register.
• After signature by the Registrar General, one original birth certificate is presented to the parent(s) or guardian of the child.