Consular Services

• Your current or expired Malawi passport
• Completed passport application formOfficial form of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services, filled in with black ink.
• Two recent passport photographsIn colour, on a plain white background, 4.5 × 3.5 cm.
• Marriage, divorce or death certificate, if your name has changedOnly needed if the new passport is to show a different name.
• Birth certificate and Malawi national identity cardAsked for in particular from applicants who were born outside Malawi.
• Your contact detailsFull address in Mauritius, e-mail address and mobile number.

Requirements are set by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services and may change. The Consulate General will confirm the current list and the fee when you make your appointment.

• Police report or police affidavitConfirming the loss or theft of the passport.
• Copy of the lost passport, or of earlier passportsThe page with your photograph and personal details, if you have a copy.
• Completed passport application formFilled in with black ink.
• Two recent passport photographsIn colour, on a plain white background.

You must apply in person. The Consulate General will confirm the current requirements and the fee.

• Completed passport application forms for the childOther Malawi missions ask for two completed forms. Filled in with black ink.
• Consent form signed by the parents
• Copies of both parents' passportsThe page with photograph and personal details.
• The child's birth certificateRequired in particular for children born outside Malawi.
• Two recent passport photographs of the childIn colour, on a plain white background.
• The child's previous passport, if there is oneIf it was lost: a police report and a copy of the lost passport.

The child and the applying parent attend in person. The Consulate General will confirm the current requirements and the fee.

• Completed emergency travel document application form
• Covering letterA short letter explaining why you need to travel urgently.
• Your Malawi passport, or a copy of itExpired passports are accepted as proof. If the passport was lost or stolen, bring the police report instead.
• Two recent passport photographsIn colour, on a plain white background.
• Flight booking confirmationShowing your journey to Malawi.
• For a child: birth certificate and copies of the parents' passports

The fee and the method of payment in Mauritius will be published here once confirmed.

• The original documentSome missions also accept a copy for certification. Ask which is needed in your case.
• Covering letterSay which document is to be authenticated and for which purpose.
• Copy of your current passport
• Copy of your Malawi residence permitOnly for foreign nationals who hold Malawian documents.

Whether authentication is carried out on site or forwarded to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Lilongwe, and the fee, will be confirmed by the Consulate General.

• A set of your fingerprintsTaken at a police station in the country where you live.
• Covering letterSay why you need the certificate and where it should be sent.
• Copy of your passport
• Two recent passport photographs
• Proof of entry into or residence in MalawiFor example passport stamps or a residence permit. Asked for in particular from foreign nationals.

The fee is set by the Malawi Police Service. The amount payable in Mauritius and the method of payment will be published here once confirmed.

• Covering letter
• Fully completed application formThe Department uses different forms for registration, restoration and notification on reaching adulthood.
• Two passport photographs
• Certified copy of your birth certificate
• Certified copy of your Malawi national identity cardFor notification and registration of dual citizenship.
• Certified copy of your Malawi passportFor restoration: the page with photograph and personal details of your valid or expired passport — or of a parent's passport in which you were included.
• Affidavit from a parent or relativeFor restoration: confirming the Malawian citizenship of your parents.
• Certified copy of your other passportFor young adults notifying dual citizenship held since childhood.

Based on the requirements published by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services. Citizenship fees are set by the Government of Malawi; please check the current amount before you apply.

• Your Malawi passport
• Your birth certificate
• Letter from your village headConfirming your origin and that you are free to marry.
• Confirmation letter from the District CommissionerConfirming your origin and marital status.

Ask the Mauritian civil status office which documents it requires from foreign nationals before you apply. The fee payable in Mauritius will be published here once confirmed.

• Covering letter from the family or the funeral director
• Death certificateStating the date, place and cause of death.
• Passport of the deceasedIf it is missing: a police affidavit, and the birth certificate of the deceased or contact details of relatives in Malawi.
• Embalming certificate
• Authority to export human remainsIssued by the health authorities of the country where the death occurred.
• Certificate that the death was not caused by an infectious diseaseAlso called a non-epidemic certificate.
• Documentation from the funeral directorIncluding the name and address of the mortuary where the remains are kept.
• Details of the sender (consignor)With a certified copy of the identity document of the person reporting the death.
• Details of the receiver in Malawi (consignee)Full name, address and telephone numbers.
• Home address of the deceased in MalawiVillage, Traditional Authority and district.

Airlines and the Mauritian health authorities have their own requirements. Your funeral director will tell you what else is needed.