National Registration (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 (No. 18)

The Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage has replaced the Eighth Schedule to the National Registration Regulations, 1977 (S.I. 44 of 1977) with a new fee schedule in US dollars, and repealed the National Registration (Amendment) Regulations, 2009 (No. 17), S.I. 140 of 2009. A footnote confirms the fees may be paid in Zimbabwe dollars at the prevailing interbank rate.

General service fees: searching records for a document, entry or record in any year costs US$2; fingerprint clearance US$1, or US$5 if urgent; and photocopying a document or page 20 cents.

Identity documents: initial registration is free for anyone aged 16 to 18 and US$2 for those over 18. Replacing a lost or torn document costs US$5, or US$10 urgently. Replacing a lost or defaced metal or synthetic polythene identity document costs US$10 for residents and US$15 for non-residents, rising to US$20 and US$30 respectively for urgent replacement. Applying for a synthetic polythene ID while still holding a metal one costs US$20 for residents and US$30 for non-residents.

Corrections and name changes: correcting an error caused by the applicant costs US$10 on a green or pink copy and US$25 on a metal or synthetic ID, while an error caused by the Department is corrected free. A change of name after marriage on a replacement document is free, but any other change or alteration of name costs US$25. A change of citizenship status costs US$40, and a change of name by notarial deed US$100.

The regulations were published in a Government Gazette Extraordinary of 30 January 2024 and state no separate commencement date. One presentational note: the fee for correcting an applicant's error on a metal or synthetic ID is printed as '25' without decimals where every other entry carries two, but the column is stated in US dollars.