Nationality attestation
Get a certificate attesting that you are a Sierra Leonean national, with a QR stamp.
A nationality attestation is a certificate from the mission stating that you are a Sierra Leonean national, for an authority or institution that asks for one. The mission checks your nationality documents, and the certificate carries a QR stamp anyone can verify.
At a glance
- Issued by
- The Sierra Leone mission that serves the country you live in.
- Processing time
- Most attestations are ready within 10 working days of payment and of the mission receiving your original.
- Originals and visits
- Bring or send the original of the document you uploaded to the mission. The mission compares it with your upload and returns it with the certificate. For return by mail, send a prepaid self-addressed envelope.
- How you get it
- Collect it from the mission, or have it posted to you in a prepaid envelope you send.
- When you pay
- When you apply.
Who can apply
Sierra Leonean nationals, including dual nationals, who have been asked for proof of their Sierra Leonean nationality by an authority or institution abroad.
What you need
Documents to upload
- Your Sierra Leone passport, national ID card or birth certificatePassport photo page, both sides of your national ID card, or your birth certificate.You can upload it, or bring or send it to the mission
To send, bring or do
- Prepaid self-addressed envelopeSend a prepaid self-addressed envelope to the mission for the return of the certificate.Needed if you answer “Prepaid mail” to “How do you want to receive the certificate?”
The mission then checks
- Nationality confirmed with NCRA or the issuing registry
How it works
- Apply online and upload your Sierra Leone passport, national ID card or birth certificate.
- Pay the fee to the mission and submit your receipt details.
- The mission checks your identity and your nationality documents.
- The mission issues the certificate with a QR stamp that anyone can verify online.
Fees and how to pay
You pay the mission when you apply, then send your receipt details with the application or from the tracking page.
The ways to pay depend on the mission. Choose the country where you live to see them.
What the form asks
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