Passports

Passports are processed and issued in Zimbabwe. At the Embassy you complete the application, give your fingerprints and have your documents authenticated. A relative or nominee in Zimbabwe then submits the application and collects the passport for you.

What adults bring

• Your original long birth certificate, and a photocopy
• Your original Zimbabwean national identity card (synthetic, polythene or metal, or a green waiting pass with a photograph), and a photocopy, if you are 16 or older. Driver’s licences are not accepted.
• Your original marriage certificate or divorce order, and a photocopy, if it applies
• Two identical colour photographs, 3.5 × 4.5 cm, on a strictly white background, in dark clothes, with no glasses or jewellery
• Your expired or current passport, and a photocopy of the photo and details page
• An original police report, translated into English, if your passport was lost or stolen
• A letter authorising a relative or nominee in Zimbabwe to submit and collect the passport for you, with the full names and ID numbers of both of you

Photocopies need not be certified: the Embassy authenticates them. Bringing them ready saves time at your appointment.

Children under 18

Bring everything above, and also:

• The child’s national ID and a photocopy, if the child is 16 or older
• One parent, in person, to sign Section 5 of the form, with their Zimbabwean birth certificate, national ID, current passport and residence permit, and photocopies
• If both parents have died: their original death certificates and photocopies
• For a legal guardian: a Zimbabwean court order. Guardianship certificates must be authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country that issued them.

Good to know

• Forms cannot be posted to you. They are given to you at the Embassy.
• Application forms expire six months after they are completed: make sure the Passport Office in Harare receives your application in time.
• Your forms and documents are returned to you at the Embassy. You send them to the person you have authorised in Zimbabwe, and you arrange the shipping of your old and new passports.
• Your old passport can be cancelled at the Embassy free of charge, or in Zimbabwe.
• Applications can be submitted at the Registrar General’s offices in Harare, Bulawayo, Gwanda, Gweru and Mutare. Passport fees and processing times are set by the Registrar General: +263 242 702295 to 9, or +263 242 706311 to 2.