The Civil Status ID

Instruction for issuing Identity of the Iraqi Civil Status

Documentation required for applying to the Identity of the Iraqi Civil Status (Renewal – Replacement – New Issuance)

1- Identity of the Iraqi Civil Status (4 colour copies).

2- Iraqi Nationality Certificate (4 colour copies).

3- (12) personal colour photos.

4- (2) copies of the passport or British residency.

5- (2) copies of the Iraqi passport.

6- The name of the representative (proxy) in Iraq.

7- (3) photos of the representative.

For new born the application is as follows:

1- (4) copies of the Iraqi Birth Certificate provided that the application to be made after 3 months from the date of issuance of the Iraqi Birth Certificate of the child, so as to ensure the birth registration in the Ministry of Health records / Department of Health and Vital Statistics, as in the case of birth registration directly by the parents with the Ministry of Health, then the issuance of the civil status card of the child will be processed by the parents.

2- Colour copies of Iraqi Nationality Certificate of the child’s father (4 copies).

3- Colour copies of the Civil Status Card of the child’s father (4 copies), provided that they are new versions, meaning that the marital status has been changed from single to married in addition to two copies of Civil Status Card of the child’s mother.

4- Personal colour photos of the child’s father. (5 copies)

5- Personal colour photos of the new born. (5 copies)

6- A copy of the passport or residence of the father. (2 copies)

 Processing fees

Issuance fee for Identity of the Iraqi Civil Status	£1
Fee of processing the personal power of attorney	£10

Important Notes:

1- If there were uncompleted documents then the citizen must bring additional documents such as Civil Status Card or National Certificate of (the father or brother or uncle or unmarried sister.

2- If the application was for the purpose of change of marital status or (divorce) then the marriage certificate must be translated and ratified by the Foreign and Commonwealth office – legalization department and then legalized by the Consular Section.

The Consular Section organizes the papers to obtain the Civil Status Card and send them to the General Directorate of Travel and Nationality / Directorate of Civil Status in accordance with the following steps : –
1. The citizen submits an application to the mission stating his or her need for the Civil Status Card.
2. The citizen attaches with the application form (Form Annex 1) the original copy, not the copied. This form is used to obtain the the Civil Status Card for the first time or to renew it or to get damaged or lost alternate form and stamp with the circular stamp of the consulate.
3. The form above filled in by the head of the family or family housewife or the owner of the record, or the guardian, or the legal agent signing in their explicit signatures as the contents serve as a personal acknowledgement of the correctness of what they stated.
The form includes the following information: –
The number of the page, the record, the name of the directory and the governorate, in which the registration happened according to the census of 1957 and full descriptions and the names of those the applicant wants to give them a personal card. The applicant must sign and write his full name and address in the cell provided and the form must be stamped by the consul.
4. Two 3 x 3 cm photos must be attached with the form and two copies of each person attached one in the box provided to the photo of the applicants and the second photo attached to it.
5. In case of request a lost identity replacement the Consul should write down the statement of the applicant in the back of the form in addition to the above. The statement must include answering three questions, namely, (Where do you think the place of loss of the identity card, when do you lost it and how do you lost it?) The statement must be signed by the applicant and install the full name and left thumb fingerprint and signed by the consul and stamped by the stamp of the consulate and sent with the application form a copy of the lost identity card, a copy of the identity card of his father, his brother or non married sister – certified by the consul being as a replica. In case of request damaged replacements the applicant must write down a statement signed by him and signed and stamped by the Consul and attach the damaged identity with the form. The applicant must attach with the application of lost replacement or damaged a recent photograph of him.
6. Any official document must be attached with the application to support the personality of the applicant.
7. Amount of (750) dinars is met, equivalent in foreign currency one dollar fee for the issuance of identity and under a receipt of accounting (37 A). (Consulate Letter No. 8 / 4 / 21/84715).
8. The embassy to send what is mentioned above in a letter to the General Directorate of Travel and Nationality / Directorate of Civil Status and a copy of it to the Consular Department for its information and for following-up and accelerating the completion of the documents.
9. The citizen can authorize one of the citizens inside Iraq (private authorization) to come to the Civil Affairs Department for the purpose of following-up.
10. The department of Nationality and Civil Status holds competent of auditing the information and then organize the Civil Status identity based on records in 1957 and sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send it to the embassy or the mission concerned for the purpose of delivery to its owner.

Note: For the purpose of obtaining the Civil Status Card to the children of Iraqi citizens abroad this requires the following actions:

1. The citizen has to prove reality of his marriage to the Department of Civil Status of being married.
2. The citizen should mark the birth certificate of the newborn in the Department of Civil Status.
3. After Checking the items ( 1) and ( 2 ) above , the citizen can apply to the embassy for the purpose of obtaining the Civil Status Card to his children within the contexts the embassy informed by.